GILBERT, S. C. -- Officials say eight railroad cars, one loaded with thousands of gallons of sulfuric acid, derailed this weekend in a sparsely populated rural area west of Columbia.
Officials said no injuries were reported and that residents of two nearby houses went to stay with relatives. The derailment Sunday morning was near Gilbert, about 30 miles from the capital city.
Officials said the spill posed no immediate danger because the tank car containing the acid had not leaked.
Sulfuric acid gives off harmful fumes that can burn the skin and eyes. About 50 emergency workers on the scene had gas masks ready.
Robin Chapman, a spokesman for Norfolk Southern, says the train had 10 cars in all, including two locomotives. Chapman says the train was traveling from Linwood, N.C., to Savannah, Ga.
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