Local Leaders to Governor Brown: No More Oil Trains

"It's not safe and its not responsible. We need to move in a different direction."

That was Mayor Charlie Hales speaking at a hastily organized press conference on Tuesday urging Governor Kaye Brown to help persuade Washington Governor Jay Inslee to reject a large oil train terminal in Vancouver.

Hales was joined by Multnomah County Chairwoman Deborah Kafoury, Paul Lumley, Executive Director, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, and Regna Merritt, PA, Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility.

Also, there was Jim Appleton, the fire chief in Mosier,

It was the fiery crash of an oil train in Mosier that brought everyone together.

he town of Mosier was thrown into chaos when 16 cars of a 96-car train operated by Union Pacific derailed. Four of them burned, sending smoke into the sky that could be seen for miles.

About 100 people were evacuated for days and oil knocked out the town's water treatment system, forcing residents to refrain from showering and flushing toilets.

They were also under a boil water order until Monday when test results allowed officials to lift all the remaining boil water orders except for two homes on Rock Creek Road.

Officials are still trying to determine what caused the derailment.