A passenger is injured from an accident between a Union Pacific and Metrolink train collision on Friday Sept. 12, 2008 in Chatsworth, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark Davis)

Neighborhood Council Aids Police, Firemen
Metrolink, Freight Train Collide and Burn

Following the collision of a freight and Metrolink train on tracks near the north end of Canoga Avenue Friday afternoon, the Chatsworth Neighborhood Council mobilized.

Councilman Dan Huffman was one of the first to the scene which he described as horrific as train cars burned.

There will be 1,000 rescue workers at the site for at least three days, according to a first responder.

Nearly 1,000 people gathered at Chatsworth High School awaiting news.  They had no food, water or toilet facilities, a police officer said.

A carload of bottled water and other supplies was rushed to the police command post by Council President Judith Daniels.

Meanwhile, Councilmember Jelena Csanyi was hand-carrying crates of water to the firefighters and ambulance drivers waiting on Topanga Canyon Boulevard.

Councilmembers Vicki Briskman, Jeff Hammond and Jelena Csanyi gathered others to make sandwiches for the first responders and people waiting at the high school.  They made sandwiches at the Ralphs supermarket at Canoga Avenue and Devonshire Street.  The supermarket had already emptied it's storeroom of bottled water and other emergency supplies.

Daniels also arranged for the delivery of hundreds of sandwiches from the Subway sandwich shop on Mason Avenue.

Trader Joe's market sent a truckload of bottled water to the scene.

As night fell, new details of the accident emerged.  For the latest news, click HERE.


More than 300 firefighters work to douse flames and rescue victims, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. (REUTERS Photo/Gus Ruelas)

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