(The Associated Press circulated the following story on March 26.)
GLENDORA, Miss. — About 200 residents were allowed to return home Monday after firefighters put out a blaze that erupted when a train carrying liquid propane hit a fuel truck in the small Tallahatchie County town, authorities said.
The fire was put out a short time after the 2:30 p.m. collision, a Canadian National Railway Ltd. spokesman said, and everyone has been accounted for.
A railway employee suffered minor leg injuries in the accident, Canadian National’s Jim Kvedaras said.
Another employee missing after the collision was found safe and uninjured.
Kvedaras also said the driver of the truck has been accounted for. He said it appeared the fuel truck had stalled crossing the railroad tracks.
The cars carrying liquid propane appeared to be intact, Kvedaras said.
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality’s emergency response office an employee has not yet reached the accident.