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Train derails in Greenville, South Carolina

Train derails in Greenville, South Carolina
DESTINY: BREAKING AT NOON. - A LARGE TRAIN DERAILMENT IN GREENVILLE. THIS IS SKY 4 LIVE, OVER THE SCENE RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN SEE A LONG LINE OF CARS. THOSE ARE TRAIN CARS FLIPPED OVER AND PATRICK HUSSION IS THERE LIVE. PATRICK, WHAT’S THE LATEST? PATRICK: DESTINY WE’RE HEAR OFF BUNCOME ROAD IN GREENVILLE, JUST DOWN FROM THE OVERPASS WHERE NINE CARS JUMPED THE TRACK THIS MORNING. THIS WAS AROUND 8:00 A.M. WE WILL SHOW YOU THE BOTTOM OF ONE OF THOSE RAIL CARS, AS IT LAYS ON IT’S SIDE. MULTIPLE AGENCIES HAVE DRONES IN THE AIR AND THEY WILL BE HERE FOR SOME TIME. ONE OF THE TRAINS JUST PASSING BY ON THE TRACK THAT SAW THAT THE REALM AND. WE WANT TO GO BACK TO THE SKY4 FOOTAGE LIVE, OFFICIALS TELL US THERE THERE’S NO DANGER TO THE PUBLIC. THE PARKER FIRE DEPARTMENT CHIEF CONFIRMED, THAT THREE TANKERS THAT DERAILED DID NOT CONTAIN ANY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. NORFOLK SOUTHERN CONFIRM THAT. NORFOLK SOUTHERN HAS TAKEN OVER THE CLEANUP EFFORTS AND PARKER FIRE CHIEF, GREG FARLEY TALKED TO US ABOUT HIS TEAM’S RESPONSE WHEN THE CALL CAME IN. THEY ALSO SAY, IT WILL BE SOME TIME BEFORE THESE ROADS REOPEN. >> YOU HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF A FIRE IN THE POSSIBILITY OF A HEALTH EMERGENCY TO THE PUBLIC AND A POSSIBILITY OF A HAZMAT SITUATION. THEY STARTED GOING THROUGH AND MAKING SURE THOSE THINGS WERE NOT AN ISSUE. PATRICK: WE TALKED TO ANOTHER FIRE OFFICIAL WHO SAID THIS ROAD MAY BE CLOSED FOR A WEEK OR MORE. OLD BUNCOMBE AND THE SURROUNDING ROADS SO BE PREPARED FOR THAT. THEY SAY IT WON’T JUST BE THE ROADS, IT WILL BE THE SWAMP RABBIT TRAIL IN THE AREA THAT WILL ALSO BE CLOSED AND WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED HERE ON WYFF NEWS FOUR. IF IT WAS AN EMERGENCY, THEY WOULD HAVE SENT OUT ALERTS AND THEY DID NOT HAVE TO DO THAT BUT NOW IS A GREAT TIME TO REMIND PEOPLE TO GO ON THE GREENVILLE COUNTY SYSTEM TO SIGN UP FOR THIS SO SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS AGAIN AND IF IT WERE A PUBLIC EMERGENCY, THEY WIL
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Train derails in Greenville, South Carolina
A train has derailed in Greenville leaving at least nine cars off the track. The derailment happened about 8 a.m. Thursday at Old Buncombe Road at Buncombe Road in the Poe Mill community. The Parker Fire District chief said the derailment happened on a Norfolk Southern railway line. (Video below shows derailment from Sky 4)He said it could take a week for the derailment to be cleaned up. The section of the Swamp Rabbit Trail in this area will be closed until the clean up is completed.

A train has derailed in Greenville leaving at least nine cars off the track.

The derailment happened about 8 a.m. Thursday at Old Buncombe Road at Buncombe Road in the Poe Mill community.

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The Parker Fire District chief said the derailment happened on a Norfolk Southern railway line.

(Video below shows derailment from Sky 4)

He said it could take a week for the derailment to be cleaned up.

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The section of the Swamp Rabbit Trail in this area will be closed until the clean up is completed.

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