Overview
- Authorities lifted a half-mile shelter-in-place late Tuesday morning after air monitoring showed safe levels.
- The early-morning derailment near Trenton involved 31 rail cars, and a leaking sulfur car ignited before firefighters extinguished the blaze.
- U.S. Route 41 between Trenton and Pembroke remains shut and is expected to stay closed through the week for CSX cleanup, according to Kentucky transportation officials.
- Hazmat teams and the Hopkinsville Fire Department contained the spill, and CSX crews continue removing derailed cars and conducting air checks.
- Federal Railroad Administration and PHMSA investigators were dispatched to the site, and the cause remains under investigation with no injuries reported.