WOOD RIVER — Authorities Friday morning lifted a shelter-in-place warning issued to residents in parts of Wood River and Roxana Thursday after a chemical vapor venting in Wood River.
The warning was lifted at 7:30 a.m. Friday after being issued early Thursday morning when a stationary rail car containing spent sulfuric acid that had become over pressurized was found to be venting.
A water curtain established Thursday continued in use Friday morning, with the Wood River Fire Department joined by the North County Fire and Rescue, Florissant Valley, Spanish Lake, Black Jack and Kinloch departments from Missouri.
Authorities said that, at about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Wood River firefighters received an EMS call for a train engineer feeling sick and having trouble breathing under the Phoebe Goldberg overpass. The train he was on had just passed the stationary rail cars.
The engineer was treated and transferred to a local hospital.
Jeff DeGraff of Norfolk Southern said the initial concern was for one rail car — part of a group of five cars from the Phillips 66 refinery awaiting pick up by KCS Railroad — that was found to be venting.
Late Wednesday and early Thursday, Wood River police and fire were joined at the scene by the Madison County Emergency Management Agency Command Post, Norfolk Southern personnel, hazardous material contractors and fire departments from East Alton, Roxana, Alton, Godfrey, Edwardsville, Glen Carbon, Mitchell and the Phillips 66-operated Wood River Refinery in Roxana.
Around 4:30 a.m. Thursday, Wood River officials issued a shelter-in-place order for about 500 residences. It remained in place until 7:30 a.m. Friday. No evacuation order was issued.
The incident expanded to include four rail cars. DeGraff said venting of the vapors was done as part of a safety mechanism to reduce built up pressure in the rail cars. He said there had been no release, leak or spills of liquids or solids from the tank cars.
Several roads were closed Thursday in Wood River and Roxana as a part of the hazaardous materials response. Illinois 3 was briefly closed Friday morning, but was soon reopened.
A water main break under the Phoebe Goldberg overpass also was reported in Wood River during the response. Late Thursday Wood River officials reminded affected residents they were under a boil order for at least 48 hours.
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