Homes evacuated after train carrying hazardous materials derails in Pennsylvania

Homes were being evacuated early Monday morning after a train carrying hazardous materials derailed outside of Philadelphia. A 40-car CSX Norfolk S...

July 17, 2023
5:16 PM

Homes were being evacuated early Monday morning after a train carrying hazardous materials derailed outside of Philadelphia. A 40-car CSX Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania just before 5 a.m. Monday, prompting emergency crews to respond to a suburban area of Whitemarsh Township. Between 15 and 20 of the derailed cars were carrying hazardous materials, prompting a Level 2 hazmat response, Fox 29 reported. Officials evacuated houses and businesses in the area of the derailment as a precaution early Monday morning, saying there was no known hazard to the public at this time.

Isabel Keane