Train carrying hazardous materials derails in Maine

A freight practice carrying hazardous supplies derailed and caught hearth Saturday morning in Rockwood, Maine, hearth officers mentioned. Nonetheless, not one of the hazardous supplies aboard caught hearth, in response to railroad officers.  

A spokesperson for Canadian Pacific Kansas Metropolis Restricted (CPKC) advised CBS Information in an announcement that the practice derailed at about 8:30 a.m. Jap time because of a “monitor washout” in a rural wooded space about 15 miles east of the city of Jackman. A “monitor washout” typically occurs after heavy rain and washes away ballast and roadway underneath the monitor.

Rockwood Hearth and Rescue posted a photograph of the derailment Saturday on its Fb web page and suggested residents “to remain clear!”

The CPKC spokesperson mentioned there have been “no evacuations and no menace to public security.” It was nonetheless unclear if there have been accidents within the derailment. 

In response to CPKC, the derailment sparked a hearth involving three locomotives and practice automobiles carrying lumber, however mentioned that not one of the automobiles carrying hazardous supplies had been concerned within the hearth.

“We’re coordinating with native first responders who’re on scene,” CPKC mentioned. “Our emergency response groups and unsafe supplies specialists have responded and proceed to conduct a full evaluation of the state of affairs.”

Rockwood is within the north-central a part of the state in a principally rural space. It is close to Moosehead Lake, one of many largest our bodies of freshwater within the state.

The derailment is the newest one to plague the rail trade. Federal regulators and members of Congress are urging railroads to do extra to stop derailments after current fiery wrecks involving hazardous chemical substances in Ohio and Minnesota prompted evacuations.