No serious injuries were reported but a chlorine leak from a tank car leak forced some residents in northwestern West Virginia and southeastern Ohio to evacuate their home last weekend.
The evacuations occurred after a loaded tank car developed a small liquid chlorine leak inside a chemical facility in Proctor at Axiall Corporation’s Natrium chemical facility.
Axiall said in a statement that the plant was shut down while hazmat crews evacuated the railcar and the area of the leak.
One employee and a contract worker were treated at a nearby hospital, the company said.
The plant is located along the CSX Ohio River Subdivision between Parkersburg and Benwood, West Virginia.
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