The tank car was parked on a spur off a main rail line along Interstate 215 in Riverside County, about 92 kilometers east of Los Angeles.
The tank car was parked on a spur off a main rail line along Interstate 215 in Riverside County, about 57 miles east of Los Angeles.
The evacuation zone extended a half-mile in all directions and included 170 residences. The area has a mix of businesses and large plots of undeveloped land between the city of Perris and March Air Reserve Base.“What they are telling me is this can resolve itself in two days; it could get worse before it gets better,” he said.Article content
Drones equipped with infrared sensors were monitoring the temperature, which appeared to be dropping but remained too high for firefighters to safely approach, authorities said at an afternoon news conference. When conditions are safe, firefighters planned to move away a dozen tanker cars surrounding the chemical container and then eventually move it away to a safer location, officials said.
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