[ExSoldier]

Sorry if I offended you, but someone did ask the question and I provided a link: the fact that it was EOM was just a click away. Chill out.

I'm not offended. I did check the link (with a single click) but if you'd noted the EOM angle we could have warned you not to get all wrapped up in something useless. Please don't tell me to chill out, okay? You're still pretty new here. An EOM quote might send even less informed newbies into a slight state of panic so we try to ignore him whenever we can. Right Cindy?

[Cindy]

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[wakingup]

Toxic Chemical Spill Forces Evacuation of More Than 6,000 People Near Salt Lake City

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A railcar leaking toxic chemicals sent plumes of gas into the air Sunday and forced the evacuation of more than 6,000 people.
Authorities evacuated a half-square mile area downwind from the accident site and closed at least nine roads after the leak was discovered by crews loading chemicals into a parked railcar in South Salt Lake.

"We're speculating that the liner in the railcar must have failed," Union Pacific spokesman John Bromley said.

No injuries were reported.

The chemicals involved - hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid and nitric acid - can cause severe burns if they come into direct contact with skin or eyes.

Cleanup crews were working to transfer the chemicals to tankers.

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBY2ONZZ5E.html