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GORDON, Texas (AP) — Thirty-five cars of a Union Pacific train
derailed Tuesday afternoon near a small Texas town, officials
said.
No injuries were reported and no evacuations have been ordered
following the afternoon derailment, Union Pacific spokeswoman
Robynn Tysver said.
News footage showed multiple train cars piled on top of one
another on the railroad track located in a rural area. A grass
fire and smoke could be seen beside the derailment site.
The emergency services district said the derailment was being
treated as a hazardous material situation. But it was not
immediately known what the derailed train cars were carrying.
The derailment occurred around 2 p.m. just east of the town of
Gordon, Tysver said. Gordon is located about 65 miles (105
kilometers) southwest of Fort Worth.
None of the railroad cars were leaking their contents, according
to a post on social media by the Palo Pinto County Emergency
Services District 1.
“All personnel have been accounted for, and no injuries have
been reported. The situation is currently stable, but not yet
fully controlled,” the emergency services district said in a
statement.
Some small grass fires were reported following the derailment.
“Fire officials are actively working to contain and extinguish
them, and no structures are currently threatened,” the statement
added.
The Palo Pinto Fire Department was working to contain a grass
fire, Tysver said.
“Union Pacific crews are en route,” Tysver added.
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