A rock slide caused a fiery train derailment early Thursday in Kentucky, injuring two people and igniting spilled ethanol fuel the train's tanker cars were carrying.
The accident involving a southbound CSX train happened just after 7 a.m. in the Draffin area in Pike County, WYMT-TV reports. The train was hauling 96 tankers filled with ethanol and two loaded rock cars.
A mountain rock slide forced the train off the tracks, sending two locomotives and other cars into the Big Sandy River. One of the locomotives and multiple rail cars caught fire, but crews were able to contain the flames to the site.
Two members of the train's crews escaped the locomotive that plunged into the river and were able to make it to the shore. They were taken to the hospital, and were in "pretty good shape," according to an online update by Pike County Emergency Management Director Doug Tackett .
Officials told WYMT that some fuel had spilled into the river, and crews were taking the appropriate actions.
