UPDATE: 8:09 p.m.
Lynchburg, VA - Officials tell ABC 13 at least 50,000 gallons of crude oil (click here) is missing after the train derailment and fire in Lynchburg Wednesday afternoon.
Some of the crude oil likely burned in the fire, officials say. It is unknown exactly how much oil leaked into the James.
While Lynchburg's water supply will not be affected by the derailment, communities down stream are already taking precautions.
Residents are now allowed to return to their homes in the evacuated area of Commerce and Jefferson Streets. Anyone who left their vehicle on Jefferson Street, at Depot Grille or in the general evacuation area is asked to return to the area and retrieve their vehicle as soon as possible. They must first check in with the Lynchburg Police Officer on duty at Ninth and Commerce Streets....
This is what happens when pipelines DERAIL.
2 January 2012
The pipeline Sabal Trail (click here) wants to connect to, Williams Transco in Alabama, blew up in 2011, flaming a hundred feet up, heard more than 30 miles away, left a crater more than 50 feet wide, destroyed 65 acres of trees, fried five acres of soil into pottery, and launched a 43-foot pipe section as a missile that landed 190 feet away. The cause was never announced. There was no construction going on, so could it be corrosion? Do we want another pipeline like that?...
Lynchburg, VA - Officials tell ABC 13 at least 50,000 gallons of crude oil (click here) is missing after the train derailment and fire in Lynchburg Wednesday afternoon.
Some of the crude oil likely burned in the fire, officials say. It is unknown exactly how much oil leaked into the James.
While Lynchburg's water supply will not be affected by the derailment, communities down stream are already taking precautions.
Residents are now allowed to return to their homes in the evacuated area of Commerce and Jefferson Streets. Anyone who left their vehicle on Jefferson Street, at Depot Grille or in the general evacuation area is asked to return to the area and retrieve their vehicle as soon as possible. They must first check in with the Lynchburg Police Officer on duty at Ninth and Commerce Streets....
This is what happens when pipelines DERAIL.
The pipeline Sabal Trail (click here) wants to connect to, Williams Transco in Alabama, blew up in 2011, flaming a hundred feet up, heard more than 30 miles away, left a crater more than 50 feet wide, destroyed 65 acres of trees, fried five acres of soil into pottery, and launched a 43-foot pipe section as a missile that landed 190 feet away. The cause was never announced. There was no construction going on, so could it be corrosion? Do we want another pipeline like that?...
