One dead in Belgium chemical train crash

In Belgium, as a result of the accident of a train carrying chemicals, one person was killed and 17 were taken to the hospital, three of them in serious condition.

Buildings within a radius of half a kilometer from the scene were evacuated.

Small amounts of toxic substances were reported in the running water and the air by the local authorities.

On Saturday, several carriages of carrying a toxic substance, derailed near the town of Ghent in the province of East Flanders.
As a result, there was a fire. Rescuers did not put out the fire, as the interaction of water with chemicals can be even more toxic.
The fire raged for over 20 hours completely burning the cars.

As noted on the Voice of Russia, by UN expert on chemical safety Valery Petrosyan, the chemical that was on the train, acrylonitrile, is a very strong carcinogen.