Locals Kept Out of Most Areas After Train Wreck
From Times Wire Reports
Authorities in Graniteville barred thousands of residents from most parts of the mill town for a fifth day after a train wreck that released a cloud of chlorine gas, killing nine people and injuring more than 300.
Emergency crews temporarily sealed a ruptured tanker car to stop the leak of chlorine and worked to put a more permanent patch in place, said Aiken County sheriff’s spokesman Lt. Michael Frank.
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