Saturday, October 19, 2013

13 train cars carrying liquid petroleum gas, crude oil derail in Alberta

CTVNews.ca Staff Published Saturday, October 19, 2013 8:56AM EDT
Thirteen train cars carrying liquefied petroleum gas and crude oil have derailed near Gainford, Alta., located about 80 kilometres west of Edmonton. Nine of the cars contain liquefied petroleum gas and four of the cars contain petroleum crude oil, Parkland County Communications Assistant Carson Mills told CTV News Channel. Mills said there are fire crews are at the scene battling fires and a voluntary evacuation has been issued for area residents.No injuries have been reported, but the entire community of approximately 100 has been evacuated

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