A Norfolk Southern Corp. train hauling Canadian crude oil and liquefied petroleum gas veered off the rails in western Pennsylvania on Thursday.
Oil spilled onto the track in the town of Vandergrift, close to a bend by the Kiskiminetas River, local officials told Reuters.
No passengers or train operators were injured by the derailment, which caused 21 of the 120 tank cars to veer off the track. 19 of those cars held crude oil, while the other two carried the petroleum gas.
It's unclear at this point exactly how much gas spilled from the cars. Leaks in the three of the tank cars were plugged soon after crude oil began streaming out of punctures in the metal.
The train was on its way from Conway to Morrisville, Penn.
Eyewitness Ray Cochran, who lives in a house above the train tracks, told Reuters that he saw the cars derail.
"I heard a strange noise, a hollow, screeching sound," Cochran said. "I looked out the window and saw three or four tankers turn over and one of them ran into the building."
Emergency response crews cleaned up the site of the accident, while a representative from the Federal Railroad Administration arrived at the scene.
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