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Hazmat update: Butadiene car still burning, scene stabilized as crane moves in

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The derailed train cars as seen from Air 3 on the afternoon of Nov. 1. The derailed train cars as seen from Air 3 on the afternoon of Nov. 1.
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  • Thursday, May 23 2013 9:21 AM EDT2013-05-23 13:21:56 GMT
    As of 5:30 Thursday morning, a 14 News Crew is at train derailment on Oak Grove Road. Officials say a train car has come off the track and are currently waiting for a crew from Louisville to get it back
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    Nearly 60-thousand "Lea" panel, loft and bunk beds in various sizes are being recalled. It turns out the side mattress support rails can break, posing a fall hazard. The rails are on 34 different Lea
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LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – Firefighters are no longer dousing a burning car with water at the site of a train derailment. Kentucky Emergency Management personnel said crews ceased using water because the controlled burn is stable and eventually specialists will be near the footprint of the wreckage.

Specialized cranes will be brought in Friday to remove non-hazardous cars, some full of plastic pellets. Crews emptied a car full of styrene, another flammable and hazardous chemical, which was near the burning butadiene car. 

Cars containing hydrogen fluoride are the most dangerous, but the units are not leaking. The two cars containing that chemical are at the bottom of the heap and will likely be the last to be emptied.

While the shelter-in-place was lifted for residents within a five mile radius, those within a 1.2 mile radius are still under an evacuation order. EMA Regional Response Manager Steve Oglesby said the evacuation will continue "indefinitely."

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