Train Derails in Columbus, Ohio, 100 Homes Evacuated

A mile-wide area of Columbus, Ohio, is being evacuated as authorities attempt to contain the blaze caused this morning by a freight-train derailment and explosion. About 100 homes have been evacuated after 11 cars of 98 on a train headed south through the city derailed around 2 a.m. today, near Interstate 71. The accident took place southeast of the Ohio State University campus. A command post is being set up at the Rhodes Center at the Ohio State Fairgrounds, where the evacuees are being...Full Story