Paulsboro Train Derailment

Senator Robert Menendez (D) came to  Paulsboro on Friday as the Unified Command in Paulsboro began  the process by which residents can return to their homes, a week after a train derailment caused vinyl chloride to leak from a tanker car.

Federal investigators have completed the on-site portion of their inquiry into the Paulsboro train derailment that released a hazardous chemical, forcing evacuations that remain in place.

A Paulsboro woman has filed a $10million lawsuit over the train derailment on the East Jefferson Street Bridge over the Mantua Creek that released vinyl chloride into the air.

A South Jersey lawmaker wants rail freight companies to follow new rules, after the train derailment and hazardous chemical spill one week ago in Paulsboro.

The Unified Command in Paulsboro  say a hazardous material has been removed from a tanker car that was ripped open when it derailed last week

Federal regulations require inspections of rail bridges and other infrastructure and reports on accidents, but leave it to freight railroad owners to do the work themselves.

A community information meeting about the Paulsboro train derailment and hazardous chemical release did not turn out as planned.

An Open House for Paulsboro residents regarding Friday's train derailment takes place tonight at the Nehaunsey Middle School.

The evacuation area in Paulsboro has been expanded to include an additional 100 homes as the shelter-in-place order is modified as the cleanup continues from Friday's train derailment.

As a shelter-in-place order remains in effect in Paulsboro, Congressman Rob Andrews is calling for the Coast Guard to pick up the pace of cleanup.