Twice a day they deliver hot food to those who need it. She said it is satisfying to be able to help people get back on their feet, noting that many of the victims, despite having other things to worry about, tell the Red Cross volunteers how grateful they are for the help. Crews righted two overturned propane rail tankers and planned to work through the night to remove the propane after a train derailed in the center of town. Most residents of this town of about 1,300 remained evacuated from their homes Wednesday night. About 1,400 students at Upperman High School and Baxter Elementary got the day off, and classes were canceled again today at the two schools, which are about a mile from where the train tankers overturned.
Propane is both flammable and explosive.
The tankers did not leak and no one was injured when the 12-car freight train derailed Tuesday. A third propane tanker was partially overturned. The three tankers carried a total of 90,000 gallons of propane. Train crew members told officials the cars left the tracks after the rails apparently gave way. Craig Wade, general manager for Nashville and Eastern Railroad Corp., said the freight train was traveling from Lebanon to Cookeville with a crew of two.