Oil sheen spotted, 100 residents remain evacuated after Oregon oil train derailment
About 100 people remained under evacuation from the town of Mosier as of 5 p.m. Saturday, a day after an oil train rumbling past the Columbia River Gorge town jumped its rails and caught fire.
Authorities said they had contained a light oil sheen detected in the Columbia River and were investigating the source. The discovery highlighted risks that the wreck posed to migrating salmon, although environmental officials said the volume appeared to be small.
Firefighters put out the blaze in the tanker cars by around 2 a.m. Saturday, and highway officials re-opened Interstate 84 to traffic.
But disruptions continued for residents of Mosier, where exits to the interstate remained closed. Residents in the town of about 400 were told not to shower, use the toilet or let any water go down their drains. They were told to boil tap water before drinking it.
The damage, Mayor Arlene Burns said early Saturday, could have been much worse. Still, she said, "It's only so long you can go without flushing your toilet."
She said Mosier Manor, a trailer park near the site of the derailment, was still evacuated Saturday morning.
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