Cleanup begins after freight train derailment, fire in Maine

SANDWICH ACADEMY GRANT TOWNSHIP, Maine –

Canadian Pacific Railway is main cleanup and monitor repairs following a freight prepare derailment and fireplace in Maine, officers Sunday.

Three rail staff had been handled and launched from a hospital after three locomotive engines and 6 prepare automobiles carrying lumber and electrical wiring went off the monitor Saturday in Somerset County, officers mentioned.

Canadian Pacific is main cleanup, salvage and restore, working with state companies and native fireplace and rescue, mentioned Jim Britt from the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. Workers had been eradicating derailed locomotives and rail automobiles, cleansing up crash particles and repairing the rail line. It was unclear how lengthy the method would take.

Some hazardous supplies had been on the prepare, officers mentioned, however first responders decided they weren’t susceptible to leaking or catching fireplace. There was no risk to public security, officers mentioned.

A preliminary evaluation put the blame for the derailment on a washout brought on by melting ice and particles, state officers mentioned. But the Federal Railroad Administration, which despatched an inspector to the location, steered it is going to be weeks earlier than full particulars of the accident are launched. Canadian Pacific has till the top of May to submit a report, an company spokesperson mentioned.

People had been urged to remain away as work continued. The derailment occurred close to Rockwood, a city of about 300 residents on Moosehead Lake, about 90 miles (140 kilometers) northwest of Bangor.