15 Families Return Home After Tanker Danger Ends

At least 15 families returned to their homes for the first time in nearly three days Saturday as crews finished the delicate job of removing a derailed phosphorus-carrying railroad tanker.

An evacuation order in effect since Wednesday’s derailment and fire was lifted after the tanker was loaded onto a special flatbed rail car. Thousands of people in eight counties had been evacuated because of toxic gases given off in the fire but most were able to return home Friday.