Residents of Kentucky Town Return Home for Thanksgiving After Train Derailment, Chemical Spill

A pair of CSX Transportation-owned C40-8 General Electric locomotives sit idle on a siding in Worthville, Ky., on Jan. 6, 2014. Luke Sharrett/Getty Images

Residents of a Kentucky town who were forced to evacuate on Nov. 22 after a multiple-car train derailment resulted in a chemical spill have been allowed to return to their homes.

A state of emergency was declared in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, on Nov. 22 after 16 rail cars—two of which were carrying molten sulfur—derailed north of Livingston, Kentucky.