Thirty-one train cars, including one carrying molten sulfur, were involved in a CSX train derailment on Tuesday morning in Todd County, Kentucky.
The derailment occurred just after 7 a.m. local time near the rural city of Trenton, near the Tennessee border; no injuries were reported, according to CSX. The car carrying molten sulfur caught fire, leaking the chemical into the air and prompting officials to instate a shelter-in-place order for Trenton. The order was lifted at approximately 11 a.m. local time, authorities said.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed that officials from the Federal Railroad Administration and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration were heading to the scene to investigate on Tuesday at around noon…