Derailed oil tankers still burning

Oil tanker fires from Monday’s train derailment near Montgomery, West Virginia still are burning and will be allowed to burn out.  

Officials plan to move the train cars not involved in the fire today -- Wednesday, Feb. 18 – with the oil still inside them. It’s too dangerous to pump the oil out with the fires still burning. 

100 to 125 people were moved from their homes to hotels in Fayette County and Charleston.  Others are staying with friends and family.  

The evacuation will continue until the fires have completely burned out.  

The cause of the derailment has not been determined.  

For an earlier Monongah High Alumni blog article on the disaster, click on http://jo4wvu.blogspot.com/search?q=Here+we+go+again%2C+contaminating+West+Virginia+water+supply