Workers clean up La. derailment, acid spill

Monday, May 19, 2008

LAFAYETTE, La. -- Thousands of people remained evacuated from their homes Sunday as hazardous material workers cleaned up hydrochloric acid that spilled when six train cars derailed a day earlier.

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