A Texas train derailed Thursday morning, spilling chemicals, knocking out power in the surrounding area and forcing hundreds to evacuate.
A 25-car Kansas City Southern train went off the tracks in Mauriceville at around 7:30 a.m., according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
Ten of the cars were empty, but at least four tankers were leaking a petroleum product the sheriff’s office said was not a threat to the public. Another tanker spilled “a corrosive product” that authorities were working to contain.
Aerial photos of the crash show a mangled pileup of train cars, some of…
