TONIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO TIME IT OUT FOR
YOU.
>>> BUT WE DO BEGIN TONIGHT WITH
YET ANOTHER TRAIN DERAILMENT,
AND, OF COURSE, THE HEIGHTENED
CONCERN AFTER THAT TOXIC TRAIN
DERAILMENT IN OHIO.
THIS TIME, IN FLORIDA.
TAKE A LOOK.
MORE THAN 30,000 GALLONS OF
LIQUID PROPANE ONBOARD.
AT LEAST SIX CARS DERAILING, TWO
CARS CARRYING THAT PROPANE.
NEARBY BUSINESSES PUT ON ALERT
FOR POSSIBLE EVACUATIONS.
HAZMAT CREWS ON THE SCENE
TONIGHT.
SEVERAL CARS OVERTURNING.
FIRE CREWS ALSO THERE THIS
EVENING, NEAR SARASOTA, FLORIDA.
SO FAR, THERE'S BEEN NO LEAK OF
THAT PROPANE, BUT OF COURSE,
WHEN THE CALL CAME IN OF YET
ANOTHER TRAIN DERAILMENT
CARRYING POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
FUEL, IT PUT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY
ON EDGE.
VICTOR OQUENDO LEADING US OFF
TONIGHT FROM FLORIDA.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT, A TRAIN
CARRYING MORE THAN
30,000 GALLONS OF PROPANE FUEL
DERAILING IN FLORIDA.
EMERGENCY CREWS RUSHING TO THE
SCENE.
IT COMES AFTER THAT TOXIC TRAIN
DERAILMENT IN EAST PALESTINE,
OHIO.
FIVE CARS TOPPLING OVER TODAY.
SO FAR, THERE'S BEEN NO LEAK.
>> CAN YOU IDENTIFY THE
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL?
>> PROPANE.
>> Reporter: HAZMAT CREWS NEAR
SARASOTA USING THERMAL IMAGING
TO EXAMINE THAT PROPANE TANKER.
FOUR OTHER RAILCARS ALSO FALLING
OVER, CONTAINING SHEET ROCK.
A 100-FOOT SECTION OF THE
RAILROAD SNAPPED IN HALF AND
UPROOTED.
>> IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE
SEVERAL DAYS TO GET THIS
COMPLETELY CLEANED UP.
THEY'LL HAVE TO REBUILD THE
TRACK, BECAUSE IT'S DESTROYED.
>> Reporter: OFFICIALS ALERTING
SURROUNDING BUSINESSES -- BE
READY TO EVACUATE, IN CASE OF
EMERGENCY.
>> RIGHT NOW, EVERYTHING IS OKAY
AND IT'S A STATIC SITUATION.
IT'S WHEN THEY GO TO UPRIGHT THE
TANK THAT WE WILL BE BACK OUT IN
FULL FORCE, JUST TO ENSURE THE
PUBLIC SAFETY.
>> Reporter: AND TODAY, THE
GOVERNOR OF INDIANA OBJECTING TO
THE EPA'S DECISION TO SEND
HAZARDOUS WASTE FROM EAST
PALESTINE TO HIS STATE, SAYING,
"THERE'S BEEN A LACK OF
COMMUNICATION WITH ME AND OTHER
INDIANA OFFICIALS ABOUT THIS
DECISION."
DAVID, HERE IN FLORIDA TONIGHT,
THE SEMINOLE GULF RAILWAY SAYING
THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND HE'LL
CONTINUE WORKING WITH LOCAL
AUTHORITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT
BOTH THE RAIL CARS AND THE
TRACKS ARE CORRECTED.
DAVID?
>> BUT AGAIN, YET NEW QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR RAILS.