A new rail accident The night of March 26 took place in the dakota state del Norte, in the northern United States, where a 70-car train derailed and poured dangerous materials, according to information from the local press.
A company train Canadian Pacific crashed at around 11:15 p.m. (local time), about a mile from the town of Wyndmere, in Richland County. No injuries were reported according to the spokesman for the railway company, Andy Cummings.
About 31 of the 70 train cars derailed, some of them transported liquid asphaltcrew members told the local newspaper Grand Forks Herald.
According to reports, the railway company ruled out a affectation to the public securitysince there were no bodies of water or rivers near where the incident occurred and it was not necessary to carry out evacuations.
The hazardous material is being collected by personnel and local authorities, Canadian Pacific reported, according to press reports.
The staff working in the area will let the cold solidify poured material, which is expected to transform into a kind of gel. The cleanup could take between 7 and 10 days, according to a Fox news release.
Some nearby venues were closed, Richland County Police reported.
It is the last of a series of rail accidents that have been registered in recent weeks in the United States.
The most serious of them occurred at the beginning of February in East PalestineOhio, where 50 cars derailed spilling toxic materials in an accident that forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents.
Source: Sputnik World