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WSB-TV Atlanta, GA 10/11/20
 

Residents evacuated overnight in Lilburn after train derailment

 

 

LILBURN, Ga. — Gwinnett County firefighters are currently on the scene of a CSX train derailment in the Lilburn area.

 

The fire department says the train went off the track just before 2 a.m. with multiple cars off the track and a fire involving potentially hazardous materials. According to firefighters, the train had approximately 170 cars and three locomotive engines. They added 2 workers on the train were able to escape the wreckage. CSX says the workers were sent to an area hospital for observation.

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CNN 10/11/20

 

CSX train derails in Georgia after heavy rains from remnants of Hurricane Delta

 

A CSX train derailed in Gwinnett County, Georgia, early Sunday morning following heavy rains from Hurricane Delta.

 

 

(CNN)A CSX train derailed in Lilburn, Georgia, early Sunday morning following heavy rains from the remnants of Hurricane Delta, according to Gwinnett County Fire and Emergency Services.

 

Firefighters responded to the train derailment around 2 a.m. ET after a "911 caller advised the train had derailed and the train was taking on water," said a statement from Gwinnett Fire.

 

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Gwinnett Daily Post, Lawrenceville, GA 10/11/20

Train derails, catches on fire in Lilburn overnight after Hurricane Delta-related storms wash out tracks

 

 

 

 

 

The heavy rains from Hurricane Delta that moved through metro Atlanta this weekend washed out train tracks in Lilburn early Sunday morning, causing a train to derail, several rail cars to catch on fire and, as a result, prompting an evacuation of homes in the surrounding area.

 

Lt. Justin Wilson said firefighters were called to the scene of the derailment, which was on the CSX line near Main Street and Camp Creek Parkway, at 1:43 a.m. A 9-1-1 caller said two CSX employees were trying to get out of the train and that it was taking on water.

 

Firefighters were already in the area looking into reports of a woods fire on Bailey Drive, which they discovered was related to the train derailment.

 

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