Residents Return to Town After Chemical Train Crash

Residents Return to Town After Chemical Train Crash
A chlorine tanker car, part a Norfolk Southern freight train, rolls through Luray, Virginia Feb., 18, 2012. Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images
Chris Jasurek
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Residents of Bartow, Georgia, are returning to their homes, which they fled after a train derailment released toxic chemicals.

Some 500 homes had to be evacuated after a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed near Bartow shortly after 8 p.m. on the night of Jan.6.

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