Two weeks after crude oil train cars derailed and caught fire in northwest Illinois, the site has been stabilized. Now the long-term cleanup and restoration work begins.
Paul Ruesch has been the on-scene coordinator from the US EPA since the derailment. He says the track has been restored and damaged cars removed. As area about the size a football field is now surrounded by a wall seven feet high.
The site is next to the Galena River, near where it empties into the Mississippi.
Ruesch predicts a year from now you won't even be able to tell it happened. 400 people from a variety of agencies initially responded.
Oversight transfers next week from the US EPA to the state. The field office in Rockford will be responsible for the remainder of the recovery.