Soil removal continues near Ohio railcar leak

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WILLARD, Ohio (AP) — Cleanup crews are working to removesoil impacted after a Tuesday train
derailment in northern Ohio damaged arailcar that leaked flammable liquid and forced the evacuation
ofhundreds of homes.CSX Corp. spokesman Gary Sease said20 to 25 homes remained unoccupied Friday evening and
the soil removalwill continue at least into Saturday. He said fire officials willdetermine when those
families can return home.Sease saidenvironmental teams have been monitoring the air and determined it
safefor those who have already been allowed to return homes.Therailcar damaged in the derailment in Willard
leaked about half of its26,000 gallons of styrene monomer, which is used to make plastic andrubber products.
Willard is about 65 miles southwest of Cleveland.Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rightsreserved.
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten orredistributed.WILLARD, Ohio (AP) — Cleanup crews
are working to removesoil impacted after a Tuesday train derailment in northern Ohio damaged arailcar that
leaked flammable liquid and forced the evacuation ofhundreds of homes.CSX Corp. spokesman Gary Sease said20
to 25 homes remained unoccupied Friday evening and the soil removalwill continue at least into Saturday. He
said fire officials willdetermine when those families can return home.Sease saidenvironmental teams have
been monitoring the air and determined it safefor those who have already been allowed to return
homes.Therailcar damaged in the derailment in Willard leaked about half of its26,000 gallons of styrene
monomer, which is used to make plastic andrubber products. Willard is about 65 miles southwest of
Cleveland.Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rightsreserved. This material may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten orredistributed.

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