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BNSF TRAIN CARS CARRYING PAINT, OXYGEN AND LITHIUM BATTERIES 🚆🎨🔋⚗💥 DERAIL INTO MISSISSIPPI RIVER
Here's the important question: WHAT ARE (((THEY))) MIXING?!?
ANY CHEMISTS OUT THERE WORTH THE NAME...THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
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A few train cars have derailed into the Mississippi River in Wisconsin, according to authorities. There appear to be no fatalities, but the extent of injuries are unknown.
https://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/multiple-train-cars-derail-into-mississippi-river-south-of-de-soto/article_f7b5048a-e535-11ed-92ac-f7cd24434024.html
Kaitlin Nolan - excellent piece, by the way
Four BNSF railroad crew members were transported to a nearby hospital for medical examinations after a southbound freight train derailed in southwestern Wisconsin, sending some rail cars into the Mississippi River.
Residents of De Soto said it was the "loudest shriek they ever heard" when a BNSF Railway freight train derailed shortly after noon Thursday between De Soto and Ferryville in Crawford County.
The cause of the derailment is still unknown. Two locomotives and an unknown number of cars derailed on the eastern side of the river, a BNSF spokesperson said in a statement.
Crawford County Emergency Management Director Jim Hackett said the derailment poses no immediate threat to public safety.
Hackett said the derailed train cars contained paint, oxygen and lithium batteries.
"At this time, we're not concerned about any hazard to the public, the batteries have not gone into the water," he said.
A Vernon County hazmat team is on site in the event of a hazardous waste situation. If lithium is exposed to water, a rupture or explosion can occur.
Two of the freight train's three locomotives derailed and a diesel fuel leak from one of the locomotives has been "fairly contained" to the river bay, said Brandon Larson, director of Vernon County Emergency Management and Hazmat.
Larson's team has deployed absorbent booms to soak up the spillage.
Two cars holding painted floated south down the river. Hackett said boat crews were able to secure the rouge cars to the bank.
Nearly 30 state, local and public agencies responded to the incident. Hackett said the community response — many volunteer firefighters — was "quick" and "amazing."
First responders are expected to work through the night at the site. Officials said they do not know how long the clean up process will take.
BNSF is working to build "access ways" of rock and sand from Highway 35 to the railroad that runs parallel to the highway. Due to the waterway in between the railroad and the highway, a platform must be constructed so crews can access and remove the cars.
Private truck drivers contracting with BNSF have been hauling sand and rock from a quarry in Genoa to the accident location.
The cause of the derailment is under investigation, said BNSF spokesperson Lena Kent said. She did not immediately respond to a follow-up email inquiring about whether whether the derailment had caused any environmental contamination.
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