Train derailment, acid leak force mandatory evacuation

Sunday, May 18, 2008

LAFAYETTE, La. -- Six cars of a freight train derailed Saturday, including one that began leaking hydrochloric acid, causing thousands of people to evacuate homes, businesses and a nursing home within one mile of the wreck.

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