The State : 7 Cars in Fuel Train Derail
Seven tank cars loaded with liquefied petroleum gas derailed near Byron in Contra Costa County, forcing evacuation of 15 homes, when one of the tankers leaked a mixture of propane and butane through a broken valve. Emergency crews stopped the leak, and no one was hurt. The Oakland-bound, 33-car train jumped the rails about 45 miles east of San Francisco. Southern Pacific Railroad spokesman Andy Anderson blamed a “mechanical failure” under one of the cars for the accident.
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