Update: Shelter in place lifted, U.S. 23 open again in Russell
May 20—RUSSELL, Ky. — Greenup County Public Safety has announced that as 2 p.m., the shelter in place warning has been lifted and U.S. 23 is open again.
This morning, a CSX rail car had a small anhydrous ammonia leak in the railyard off of U.S. 23 prompting the shelter in place and the closing of the highway.
Around 2 p.m., Greenup County Public Safety announced that the leak had been capped and crews were offloading the product.
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