A firefighter sprays water onto a flaming tanker car at the scene of a Canadian National Railway freight car derailment late Saturday afternoon near Glendora. (Sun-Sentinel photo by Clay McFerrin)
Firefighting units from throughout Tallahatchie County and beyond battled a chemical fire that began Saturday afternoon and blazed deep into the night, sending thick black smoke billowing high into the sky at the scene of a freight train derailment near Glendora.