Connecticut Derailment: Freight Train Derails, Sending Cars Carrying Liquid Propane Into River

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Federal investigators are being deployed to central Alberta after a large train derailment west of Edmonton.

Connecticut derailment: Freight train derails, sending cars carrying liquid propane into river

A freight train derailed Thursday in Connecticut, sending cars carrying flammable liquid propane into the water, though officials say they don't appear to be leaking.

Freight train carrying liquid propane derails in Connecticut

Town officials said that a shelter-in-place order was issued for those living within half a mile of the derailment

Train carrying propane, other flammable materials derails in Connecticut, forcing shelter-in-place order

Residents are asked to stay away from the derailment site as crews work to upright the cars in case a leak occurs.

Train derails along river in Mansfield, Conn., officials say

Crews are responding after a train derailed near Route 32 in Mansfield on Thursday morning, according to town and emergency officials. Fourteen train cars derailed, and four of them, which were carrying liquid propane for home heating, landed in the Willimantic River, according to John Roache, chief of the Mansfield Fire Department. The other 10 cars derailed on land — two carrying liquid propane and eight carrying grease, lumber and grain, Roac…

Train carrying flammable fuel derails in Mansfield, evacuations underway

A train has derailed near Route 32 in Mansfield, the town wrote in a Facebook post. Fourteen train cars derailed, and five landed in a river, according to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. DEEP also said the cars are carrying a flammable liquid fuel. A half-mile evacuation is likely, DEEP said. The derailment happened around 9:22 a.m., Connecticut...