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Article: Leaked Rail Car Not Created for Chemicals
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- March 7, 2005
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LEON D'SOUZA, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
03-07-2005
Dateline: SALT LAKE CITY
A railroad tank car that leaked hazardous chemicals, forcing thousands of people from their homes, had been loaded with a dangerous cocktail of corrosive acids that it was not designed to resist, authorities said Monday.
Hazardous materials crews and rail officials were angered by an alleged lack of information from the company that leased the rail car.
Sunday's leak produced a cloud of orange fumes that spread over several blocks of South Salt Lake, chasing some 6,000 people from their homes and closing several roads and highways, including a stretch of Interstate 15. By …
