Roads have also been shut down, including the 215 Freeway in both directions from Van Buren to the Ramona Expressway. Officials in Riverside County, California said Friday that it is too dangerous to go near the leaking train car. It wasnt immediately clear what caused the reaction, which dramatically raised the temperature inside the tanker car. There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Evacuation orders were lifted in Riverside County on Saturday morning after a chemical reaction inside a rail car parked on private property had threatened to cause an explosion, forcing people from their homes two days before. One of the main concerns was that the car would explode as pressure built up inside the car and temperatures rose during the day. Firefighters encountered flames raging within the large pole-supported barn that contained a doublewide mobile home and vehicles underneath. 7 civilians, 2 firefighters hospitalized after hazmat incident Here's What We Know So Far, Women Found Dead Near Railroad in Carson Identified, How SNL Star Ego Nwodim Brought Lisa From Temecula' to Life. The civilian suffered minor injuries and the 12 firefighters are being evaluated at area hospitals. County fire officials identified the chemical as styrene, which is used in making foam products. Officials previously said the train car was leaking a chemical called styrene, which is used to make plastic products. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. In a 6 a.m. news conference, fire officials said the chemical was styrene a chemical compound used to make latex, synthetic rubber and polystyrene resins. As firefighters made early attempts to put out some of the flames, fireworks continued to ignite, popping and flashing in the sky, amid the thick smoke. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG), People seek shelter in the back of an ambulance following an explosion that took place at a home in to the sky in Ontario on Tuesday, March 16, 2021. A chemical leak from a railroad tanker-train car led officials in Southern California on Friday to temporarily shut down a major freeway and evacuate more than 100 homes amid fears of an explosion. The blaze was reported about 9:30 a.m. in the 40000 block of Kenneth Street, near Hastings Boulevard, according to Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department. Fire officials say the temperatures are slowly getting down but not low enough to lift evacuation orders late Friday night. Whoops! Crews continued to work Saturday to get the car as cool as possible, at which point a private hazmat team would offload the contents, Cordova said. Authorities say one person was killed in the weekend crash of a single-engine plane that slammed into a grassy hillside above a Los Angeles neighborhood amid dense fog, Officials have announced that temporarily shuttered parts of Yosemite Valley will reopen earlier than expected after fears of flooding have receded, Federal authorities say a Southern California man who assaulted police with pepper spray during the storming of the U.S. Capitol was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison, A Southern California man accused of killing three 16-year-old boys by intentionally ramming their car after they played a doorbell-ringing prank on him has been found guilty of murder, California air regulators approved a rule to stop selling new big rigs and buses that run on diesel starting in 2036, Privacy PolicyTerms of ServiceSign Up For Our NewslettersSite Map, Copyright 2023, The San Diego Union-Tribune |, This image taken from video provided by ABC7 Los Angeles, shows the scene where a railroad tank car is leaking near Perris, Calif., Friday, Aug. 12, 2022.