JACKSON, Miss. - Perry County Sheriff Jimmy Dale Smith says that leaks have been stopped on three of four rail cars that were spilling fuel oil after a derailment.
About 50 residents in a southeast Mississippi town remain evacuated after 18 cars of an 85-car train derailed.
Canadian National Railway spokesman Patrick Waldron says the train, heading from Jackson, Miss., to Mobile, Ala., derailed at 9 a.m. Friday in New Augusta.
There were no reported injuries, and the cause of the derailment is being investigated.
Smith says U.S. Highway 98 remains closed as a precaution.
Smith says the spill is contained. He says he hopes residents in a nearby trailer park and homes can return home by Friday night.
The American Red Cross has opened a shelter in New Augusta for evacuees.