Hydrochloric acid fumes leaking from a freight train tanker forced the evacuation of 255 homes and closed schools in Monument, Colorado as emergency crews contain seepage of the corrosive chemical, authorities said on Wednesday. Sergeant Mike Schaller, spokesman for the El Paso County Sheriffs Office, said a crew on a southbound train noticed a vapor trail emitting from a northbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway rail car early Wednesday morning.
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