CSX Railroad Derailment; Green Mountain, NC
Green Mountain, NC | 2009-May-27
Initial Notification: SSC received telephone notification at 0830 from USEPA Region 4 concerning a train derailment. Based on the NRC Report #906758 the train derailment involved 15-30 cars. Incident took place on 27-May-09 at approximately 0530 local time.Due to unknown reasons 2 freight trains derailed into the North Toe River. Some of the cars contained hazardous materials. No release reported at this time, however, derailed cars contained alcohol, molten sulfer, petroleum lube oil and possible liquid petroleum gas. Response personnel on route. No technical assistence requested from NOAA at this time. EPA emergency responders will provide additional information once on-scene.
| Primary threat: | Chemical |
| Products of concern: | No release reported at this time, however, derailed cars contained alcohol, molten sulfer, petroleum lube oil and possible liquid petroleum gas. |
| Latitude (approximate): | 35° 59.62′ North |
| Longitude (approximate): | 82° 15.56′ West |