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A Canadian Pacific hazardous materials train derailed near Lancaster, Minnesota, Wednesday afternoon, Governor Tim Walz confirmed on Twitter.
“State officials are working with local emergency managers after a train derailed near Lancaster. Glad to hear no injuries were reported and the site is under control,” Walz wrote.
He added: “Experts are on their way to investigate the site and make sure the community has everything they need.”
According to WCCO, the train contained 24 freight cars, including some carrying hazardous materials. According to the report, none were leaked.
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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz confirmed a train derailed near Lancaster, Minnesota, on Wednesday. (Stephen Ripen/Getty Images)
It happened about 10 miles from the US border with Canada.
The derailment comes a day after another CPKC freight train, also carrying hazardous materials, fell off the tracks near Balfour, North Dakota.
Six boxcars and a locomotive derailed about 5:15 p.m. Tuesday in McHenry County, KMOT-TV reported.
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According to the report, three of the boxcars contained hazardous materials, but nothing leaked. The derailment site was released on Wednesday morning and reopened to train traffic.
No injuries were reported in the incident.
The derailment comes amid heightened attention to train derailments after 38 cars of a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio on Feb. 3, 2023. Some cars were carrying hazardous materials, which leaked into nearby waterways, causing extensive damage to residents, fish, and other wildlife in the community.
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Half of the city’s 5,000 residents were evacuated.
Salvage operations are shown at the scene of a train derailment outside of New Castle, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, May 11, 2023. (Lucy Schaly/Pittsburgh Post Gazette via AP)
Earlier this month, nine cars of the Norfolk Southern train derailed in Pennsylvania. None of them transported dangerous goods.
The derailment occurred Wednesday, May 10, near New Castle, about 50 miles northwest of Pittsburgh.
The New Castle Fire Department said the cargo contained soybeans and paraffin wax, a substance used to make candles.
EPA contractors walk back to their cars with collected soil samples from the March 9, 2023 derailment site in East Palestine, Ohio. (Michael Swensen/Getty Images)
The next day, on May 11, at least three boxcars on a CSX Corp. train derailed. near Mason, Tenn.
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The boxcars were carrying grain and carbon B material, officials said. The derailment occurred around 4:20 am
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
