Tanker Car Leaks Gas; I-40 Is Closed
Officials worked Wednesday to remove propane gas from a railroad wreck that forced the closure of Interstate 40, the major east-west thoroughfare through northern Arizona.
Sgt. Allan Schmidt of the Arizona Department of Public Safety said a stretch of I-40 east of Flagstaff would remain closed until sometime today.
The highway was closed when 24 cars of a Santa Fe freight train derailed 10 miles east of Flagstaff. No one was injured, but at least one tanker car was leaking liquefied petroleum gas, officials said.
Interstate travelers were detoured on mountainous two-lane roads south of the derailment.
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