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CSX Train Derails in Tennessee; 5,000 Evacuated Because of Toxic Gas as Storms Approach Area | 02 July 2015 | At least one train car carrying a flammable and toxic gas derailed early Thursday and caught fire in eastern Tennessee, prompting an evacuation within a 2-mile radius, authorities said. NBC News reported that more than 5,000 residents of Maryville have been evacuated after the CSX train derailed in Blount County, south of Knoxville. Seven officers were taken to the hospital after breathing in fumes from the blaze, Blount County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Marian O'Briant told NBC.