A train car carrying roughly 30,000 gallons of propane was among six that derailed in Florida Tuesday in a scene first responders compared to a “minefield.
“It looks like a minefield, honestly,” Southern Manatee Fire Rescue Chief Robert Bounds told the local NBC affiliate station.
” The propane tanker car managed to stay intact during the partial derailment and didn`t show signs of any immediate leakage, Bounds said.
” Underside of train cars flipped on their side and torn up train tracks after partial train derailment.
One of the cars was a tanker of propane, while the five others were carrying sheet rock.
Southern Manatee Fire Rescue Workers will need to siphon the propane out of the tanker in order to move the train car upright and clear the tracks.
“The real potential will be when they come to offload the product,” the fire chief said.
Bounds said the remediation efforts could take one to three days and surrounding buildings could likely be evacuated while crews work.
The propane must be removed in order to turn the train car upright and clear the tracks — which could take multiple days.
WFLA The section of the tracks where the train cars derailed is also about 700 feet from a homeless encampment.
It`s unclear what caused the train cars to flip off the tracks, Bounds said.
https://nypost.com/2023/02/28/train-car-carrying-30000-gallons-of-propane-derails-in-florida/
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