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Entire east Georgia city evacuated after train derailment

Residents of Bartow, Georgia have been told to leave the city after some sort of spill related to the derailment.

BARTOW, Ga. (WAGT) — An entire east Georgia city has been told to evacuate after a train derailment, Sunday night.

NBC affiliate WAGT reports the Augusta Fire Department's hazmat team has responded to Bartow, Georgia in Jefferson County. The city, located about 150 miles east and south of Atlanta, has been told to evacuate due to some sort of spill related to the train derailment.

A local church in Louisville, 10 minutes from Bartow, Georgia, is taking in evacuees who have nowhere to go.

WAGT reports there were no reported injuries, but crews from the train were transported to a local hospital for evaluation.

No other information was available.

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