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(Source: CBS News, August 5, 2013)

LAWTELL, La. — Gov. Bobby Jindal has declared a state of emergency following a train derailment this weekend, in which two cars spilled hazardous, potentially toxic chemicals.

About 100 homes remain evacuated as officials work to clean up the site of a 26-car train derailment near the small community of Lawtell, about 60 miles west of Baton Rouge.

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