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Firefighters walk the perimeter of the Escambia County Jail after an explosion caused the evacuation of the facility, Thursday, May 1, 2014, in Pensacola, Fla. Two inmates were killed in the explosion more than 100 others were injured according to an Escambia County spokeswoman. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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Debris from an explosion at the Escambia County Jail is scattered at the entrance to the facility, Thursday, May 1, 2014, in Pensacola, Fla. Two inmates were killed and more than 100 others injured in the explosion according to an Escambia County spokeswoman. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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A worker, who asked not to be named, paints the stage of the Sylvan Theater with the Washington Monument in the background, on the National Mall in Washington, Friday, May 2, 2014. The Washington Monument is scheduled to reopen May 12 after earthquake damages were repaired. For years, the mall's grounds and facilities have fallen into disrepair, even though it's is the most-visited national park. Visitors often find dead grass, broken sidewalks and fetid pools of water. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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NTSB lead investigator, James Southworth, adjusts his glasses as he address the media during a news conference in Lynchburg, Va., Thursday, May 1, 2014. Southworth will lead the investigation into a CSX oil train derailment near downtown yesterday. Department of Environmental Quality spokesman Bill Hayden said state workers smelled oil downstream from the derailment site during a night-time survey. CSX crews and heavy equipment contractors worked to clear more than a dozen derailed train cars, some carrying crude oil. Two cranes were lifting derailed cars and moving them to a new track. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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Workers remove damaged tanker cars along the tracks where several CSX tanker cars carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire along the James River near downtown Lynchburg, Va., Thursday, May 1, 2014. Department of Environmental Quality spokesman Bill Hayden said state workers smelled oil downstream from the derailment site during a night-time survey. CSX crews and heavy equipment contractors worked to clear more than a dozen derailed train cars, some carrying crude oil. Two cranes were lifting derailed cars and moving them to a new track. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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Workers remove damaged tanker cars along the tracks where several CSX tanker cars carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire along the James River near downtown Lynchburg, Va., Thursday, May 1, 2014. Department of Environmental Quality spokesman Bill Hayden said state workers smelled oil downstream from the derailment site during a night-time survey. CSX crews and heavy equipment contractors worked to clear more than a dozen derailed train cars, some carrying crude oil. Two cranes were lifting derailed cars and moving them to a new track. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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Survey crews in boats look over tanker cars as workers remove damaged tanker cars along the tracks where several CSX tanker cars carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire along the James River near downtown Lynchburg, Va., Thursday, May 1, 2014. Virginia state officials were still trying Thursday to determine the environmental impact of the train derailment. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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Survey crews launch boats to look over tanker cars as workers remove damaged tanker cars along the tracks where several CSX tanker cars carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire Wednesday along the James River near downtown Lynchburg, Va., Thursday, May 1, 2014. Virginia state officials were still trying Thursday to determine the environmental impact of the train derailment. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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Workers remove damaged tanker cars along the tracks where several CSX tanker cars carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire along the James River near downtown Lynchburg, Va., Thursday, May 1, 2014. Virginia state officials were still trying Thursday to determine the environmental impact of the train derailment. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
