Crews are working to wash up a prepare derailment in Pennsylvania that led to a number of automobiles touchdown within the Lehigh River.
It occurred on Saturday morning in Decrease Saucon Township in Northampton County, fireplace and county officers introduced on Fb. Pictures present field and tanker automobiles off the tracks.
“There are currently no evacuations, no injuries, and no leaks from any containers,” the County of Northampton stated whereas asking folks to keep away from the positioning and permit first responders to do their jobs.
Northampton County Emergency Administration, Lehigh County Hazmat and Nancy Run Hearth Firm are on the scene off Riverside Drive.
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Tanker automobiles could be seen off the tracks on Riverside Drive in Decrease Saucon Township on March 2, 2024. (Nancy Run Hearth Firm/Fb)
A few of the trains automobiles landed on the banks of or within the Lehigh River. (Nancy Run Hearth Firm/Fb)
The prepare belongs to Norfolk Southern, Northampton County says. Crews from the corporate are on website doing an evaluation.
Norfolk Southern had a number of derailments final 12 months, with one of the crucial notable in Ohio “when 38 cars of a 151-car train carrying hazardous materials derailed and 12 others caught fire,” CBS Information Philadelphia reviews.
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Norfolk Southern says crews and contractors are on the prepare derailment scene creating a clean-up plan close to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. (Nancy Run Hearth Firm/Fb)
The prepare derailment occurred on tracks alongside the Lehigh River. (Nancy Run Hearth Firm/Fb)
Norfolk Southern stated in an e-mail to Fox Information Digital they responded to the incident close to Bethlehem and “appreciate the quick, professional response by local emergency agencies.” Crews and contractors will stay on scene over the approaching days to wash up the derailment site.
“There is no threat to the public, no hazardous material concerns from the railcars, and no reports of injuries to our crew members,” an up to date assertion Saturday afternoon reads.
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A small diesel gas leak has been contained and shall be vacuumed out, a Norfolk Southern spokesman stated. One automotive containing plastic pellets spilled “predominantly onto the ground” and shall be cleaned up. A close-by street shall be closed throughout cleanup operations, and the one lane portion of Riverside Drive has been impacted on account of the derailment.
A company truth sheet from Norfolk Southern says the corporate “has the most extensive intermodal franchise in the East” and ships over 2,900 commodities for its prospects. The corporate additionally says it’s the “largest rail shipper of metals in North America.”
