The Orange County Emergency Administration and officials in southern Kansas City were preparing Monday to send two cars containing dangerous ethylene oxide curtains due to a derailment last Thursday.
“They were putting those cars back on the track and replacing the wheel formula this morning,” Orange County Judge John Gothia, director of the Orange County Office of Emergency Management, told The Enterprise. “And as soon as they put those wheel formulas under those cars, they’ll put them on the track and move them to another location. “
Prudent shipping is due to the flammable nature of the gas, which is used to produce other chemicals as an antifreeze and in lesser quantities as a pesticide and sterilizer.
Other chemicals that were transported when the exercise was derailed, such as monoethanolamine, are pumped out of the area to discard them in the meantime.
The two cars carrying this chemical, which is used in cosmetics and as raw curtains in the production of detergents and polishing products, were the only ones that fled derailment.
“There’s still something on the site, and it’s more irritating,” Gothia told The Enterprise. “They stay active when they get him out of those cars. “
Evacuation orders in force for FM 1130 on Len Drive East to Morvant Road and Texas 62 from Texas 12 South to FM 1078.
If the maximum of two disruptive cars move on time, two schools in the domain that remained closed on Monday amid ongoing cleaning, Mauriceville Elementary and High School, will open on a schedule on Tuesday.
“If those two cars are out of control today, they’ll reopen the school for categories in person,” the ruling said.
School officials responded to a request for comment before the close of this edition.
Other soil cleaning and contamination tests have been suspended while officials paint to safely send ethylene oxide, which is highly flammable and colourless. The two tanker trucks carrying the fuel did not lose derailment, which affected 25 cars.
“Once they’ve been cleaned and removed from the site, they’ll start with the rest of the cars and get them out of the ditch where they all are,” Gothia said. where they can be decontaminated, cut and disposed of”.
All dangerous fabrics stabilized on Saturday morning, allowing the main line to open and trains to resume operation, Gothia said.
Debris cleanup is expected to end until Friday, while decontamination and testing in the domain can take much longer.
“The main purpose once those two cars are out is to start taking the cars out of the ditch, so that (the Texas Environmental Quality Commission) can start painting and cleaning the floor,” Gothia said.
TCEQ said in a statement that the firm was running to assist in recovery efforts, which are being made through the Orange County Fire Department.
“The Orange Fire Department has established a reaction command to coordinate reaction efforts,” a commission spokesman said in a statement. “The ECA is being implemented with the Response Command to assess impacts, provide assistance and provide resources to the body of local emergency reaction workers required the initial reaction phase. “
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