Raw video from train derailment & fire in Lynchburg, VA
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Video from various sources of the derailment and fire this afternoon (Wednesday) involving a CSX train in Lynchburg, Virginia.
A train carrying crude oil derailed in Lynchburg on Wednesday afternoon in the Depot Grille area, sending flames and thick black smoke into the air.
The CSX train was carrying between 12 and 14 CSX tanker cars when it derailed around 1:45 p.m.
There are no reports of injuries. It’s not clear yet what caused the derailment.
Additional coverage from FirefighterBuzz.com
According to a Lynchburg city official who has been at the command post, crude oil is slowly leaking into the James River. Intake stations downstream have been notified. A boom in the river is trying to catch the crude oil. The city official says that three or four train cars are in the James River.
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