(Source: Charleston Gazette, February 23, 2015)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Approximately 36,000 gallons of oily-water mixture had been recovered from containment trenches where the Kanawha River meets Armstrong Creek as of Monday morning, after a CSX oil train derailed in Fayette County last week. The joint information center established after the train derailed said on Sunday a “small” amount of oil entered the Kanawha River as ice melted and water levels changed Sunday morning.
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