Solvent Taken Off Derailed Train; Evacuees Return
From United Press International
TUCSON —
Hundreds of people evacuated near a derailed train were allowed to return home Wednesday after explosive naphtha solvent was unloaded from an overturned leaking tank car, authorities said. Nine cars of a 99-car Southern Pacific freight train jumped the tracks in the railroad yards on the southeastern edge of the city Tuesday.
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