2015 Mount Carbon train derailment
The 2015 Mount Carbon train derailment refers to a derailment in Mount Carbon, West Virginia, on February 16, 2015, which involved a CSX Transportation train hauling 107 tank cars of crude oil from North Dakota to Virginia. It resulted in a large oil spill that caught fire with several subsequent large, violent fireball eruptions. The spill, fire, and eruptions destroyed one home, forced the evacuation of hundreds of families and caused the temporary shut down of two nearby water treatment plants. Eventually, 19 railcars carrying crude oil caught fire with each car carrying up to 30,000 US gallons (110,000 L; 25,000 imp gal) of crude oil.
| Mount Carbon CSX Derailment | |
|---|---|
The accident site on February 18, 2015. | |
| Details | |
| Date | February 16, 2015 13:15 EST (18:15 GMT) |
| Location | Mount Carbon, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 38°8′55.38″N 81°17′34.07″W |
| Country | United States |
| Line | CSX Huntington Division, New River Subdivision |
| Operator | CSX Transportation |
| Incident type | Derailment |
| Cause | Broken Rail |
| Statistics | |
| Trains | 1 |
| Injured | 1 |
| Damage | Large fire, 24 tank cars, One home destroyed, release of 378,000 gallons of crude oil |
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