More than seven months after a train derailment and chemical spill forced more than 700 people from their homes in Paulsboro, N.J., the borough remains ill-prepared to respond to a similar or worse accident, officials told federal investigators, according to various news reports.
Should another evacuation be necessary, they said, Paulsboro would have difficulty transporting many of its 6,100 residents to safety. Many residents do not have cars, and the borough has only two buses to evacuate residents. Neither is handicap-accessible, meaning officials would have to call on other towns or Gloucester County for assistance.