CALGARY, Alberta — A freight train
derailed in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan on Tuesday, setting
two cars carrying petroleum distillate on fire, the Canadian National
Railway Co. said. The railway said the train, traveling from Winnipeg,
Manitoba, to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, had three locomotives and was
pulling 100 cars when 26 cars derailed near the community of Clair.
"Of the 26 derailed
cars, two cars carrying petroleum distillate have spilled and that's the
product that caught fire. There were four other dangerous goods cars;
two of hydrochloric acid, two of caustic soda. They are reported to be
intact," CN spokesman Jim Feeny said, adding no injuries were
immediately reported.
Derailments have become a
particularly sensitive issue in Canada since the crude oil train crash
in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, in July 2013 that killed 47 people. Feeny said
he could not immediately confirm what type of tanker car was carrying
the distillate. He declined to identify the owner of the product, saying
it was confidential customer information. The Transportation Safety
Board of Canada said it was deploying a team of investigators to the
site, which is about 124 miles east of Saskatoon. Local media reported
some nearby residents in the rural area and about 50 people from Clair
had been evacuated.
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