Graniteville Toll Heavy Train Crash Kills Eight
Norfolk Southern derailed in Graniteville South Carolina causing eight deaths and about 5400 residents to evacuate. Toxic chlorine gas leaked from a breached tanker as the EPA warned unsafe air quality and officials urged residents to shelter in place or stay with relatives nearby.
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Norfolk Southern
Graniteville
Environmental Protection Agency
National Transportation Safety Board
Debbie Hershman
Aiken County
Sheriff's Office
Control
Thom Berry
Michael Hunt
Norfolk Southern Apologizes for Graniteville Spill Response
Railroad spokesman says we are profoundly sorry and offers assistance to those affected by the chemical spill in Graniteville. 2A
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Norfolk Southern
Graniteville
Avondale Mills
Robin Chapman
Massive emergency response floods Graniteville area
Hundreds of public safety officials from South Carolina and Georgia converge on Graniteville to assist after a major incident. The rapid deployment indicates a large scale emergency response and coordinated regional support.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Graniteville
Chemical spill test grips Granville as curfew imposed
Lethal chlorine gas from wreckage continues to leak late Thursday. Aiken County Sheriff imposes a two mile curfew from 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. as Norfolk Southern aids evacuees with financial assistance from a church relief center.
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Sheriff's Office
Norfolk Southern
State of emergency declared in Aiken County
Gov. Mark Sanford signed an executive order noon Thursday declaring a state of emergency in Aiken County in response to a fatal Graniteville train crash. The move activates the State Emergency Operations Center and makes state response assets available for immediate ground assistance.
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Graniteville
Mark Sanford
Aiken County
Sanford
Rescue driver recalls saving coworkers after Avondale Mills derailment
Rodney Johnson, a Avondale Mills machine operator, rushed co workers to safety at Aiken Regional Medical Centers in a pickup. He described fleeing a green toxic fog and guiding about 15 people to safety as others decontaminated at shelters in Aiken after the train wreck near the mill.
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American Red Cross
First Baptist Church
Aiken
Avondale Mills
Johnson
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