Homes Are Evacuated After A 40-car CSX Norfolk Southern Freight Train Carrying Hazardous Materials Derailed In Pennsylvania – Video Shows One Of The Container L

Homes were being evacuated early Monday after a train carrying hazardous materials derailed outside Philadelphia. A 40-car CSX Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, just before 5 a.m. Monday, prompting emergency crews to respond to a suburban area of Whitemarsh Township. Between 15 and 20 of the derailed cars were carrying hazardous materials, prompting a Level 2 hazmat response, Fox 29 reported. An unspecified number of residents in the suburb 15 miles from Philly have since been evacuated, as well as several businesses closest to the derailment site. Video below: A 40-car CSX Norfolk Southern freight train