1/16/2000 - 8:50 PM - Kiel, WI Several Hundred Evacuated After Train Derails, Leaks Methanol

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i found this at another site but have not been able to find a link for a newstory yet, has anyone got any info on this?

1/16/2000 - 8:50 PM - Kiel, WI Several Hundred Evacuated After Train Derails, Leaks Methanol

-- boop (leafyspurge@hotmail.com), January 17, 2000

Answers

boop,

At first I thought you were talking about Germany. Where in the world is Carmen San Diego ... er, ah, I mean Kiel, Wisconsin?

Ed

-- Ed Yourdon (ed@yourdon.com), January 17, 2000.


Looking at my handy-dandy atlas here in Utah....Kiel, Wisconsin, is due north of Milwaukee, it looks about 50 miles.

-- nothing (better@to.do), January 17, 2000.

Kettle-Moraine country, very beautiful, many cheese-head stores

-- Lars (lars@indy.net), January 17, 2000.

here's the story referred to above:

Several Hundred Evacuated After Train Derails, Leaks Methanol Location Date of Incident Kiel, WI, United States 1/16/2000- 8:50 PM Information Added: Monday, January 17, 2000 - 12:28 PM ----- The estimated 300 evacuated residents were allowed to return to their homes about five hours after the methanol tanker derailed and began leaking.

People took shelter in the local high school and basement of city hall.

A hazardous materials team from Manitowoc County arrived after 10 p.m. and contained the small spill

Wisconsin Central Ltd. workers arrived on the scene early today (Monday) and used two crans to put the overturned car back on the tracks.

Residents were allowed to return to their homes about 3:15 a.m.

The Kiel Fire Department was first on scene, and was assisted by fire departments from Kelhart Lake, New Holstein, St. Anna and St. Naianz, ans well as Kiel and New Holstein police and the Calumet and Manitowoc county sheriff's departments.

Link to story:

www.humanitarian.net

-- Carl Jenkins (Somewherepress@aol.com), January 18, 2000.


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