AP Six rail cars derailed early Saturday in this south Louisiana city, with one car leaking hydrochloric acid, forcing authorities to evacuate thousands of

LAFAYETTE - Police say six cars of a freight train have derailed in Louisiana, including one that began leaking hydrochloric acid, causing thousands of people to evacuate homes, businesses and two nursing homes within a 1.6-kilometre radius of the wreck.
Lafayette Parish sheriff's Lt. Craig Stansbury says the spilled acid has sent a toxic cloud over the area Saturday, and at least five people, including two railroad workers, have been taken to hospital and treated after complaining of skin and eye irritation.
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LAFAYETTE, La., May 17 (UPI) - Everyone within a mile of a derailed train in Lafayette, La., was evacuated Saturday when two cars began leaking hydrochloric acid, police said.
More than 3,000 people were instructed to evacuate, and were warned they would be out of their homes and businesses for at least 48 hours, CNN reported. Residents were taken out of a nursing home.
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(CNN) -- More than 3000 people were evacuated in Lafayette, Louisiana, on Saturday after two of six derailed train cars containing highly corrosive

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Authorities evacuated 3000 people on Saturday after a train derailment released deadly chemicals in the southern Louisiana town of