The Latest on train derailment: 5,000 evacuated in Tennessee

A fire continues to burn at the site of a train derailment in eastern Tennessee after a CSX train car carrying a flammable and toxic substance derailed and caught fire, and officials say firefighters are trying to keep neighboring rail cars cool as they make efforts to move them away from the flames.

Craig Camuso, CSX regional vice president for state government affairs, said officials don't know yet how much acrylonitrile is coming out of the tank and burning or how much remains inside.

CSX says the train car that derailed was carrying acrylonitrile, a hazardous material used in multiple industrial processes including making plastics.

Several law enforcement officers were hospitalized after a CSX train car carrying a flammable substance derailed and caught fire in eastern Tennessee.

In a statement, CSX says the train car was carrying acrylonitrile, a hazardous material used in a variety of industrial processes including making plastics.

A CSX statement says the train that derailed and caught fire in eastern Tennessee was carrying acrylonitrile, a hazardous material used in a variety of industrial processes including making plastics.

Tennessee Emergency Management Agency spokesman Dean Flener says there have been no reports of fatalities after a CSX train carrying a flammable substance derailed and caught fire in eastern Tennessee.

Flener says the situation is being handled locally but two state emergency management officials have been sent to Blount County in case the agency's help is needed.

Authorities say at least one train car carrying a flammable and toxic gas has derailed and caught fire in eastern Tennessee, prompting an evacuation within a 1-mile radius.