Train Carrying Oil Derails in Columbia River Gorge
04 6월 2016 - 7:31AM
Dow Jones News
By Alejandro Lazo and Betsy Morris
A Union Pacific Corp. train carrying crude oil through the
scenic Columbia River Gorge in northern Oregon derailed on Friday
and caught fire, prompting the shutdown of Interstate 84 and the
evacuation of local schools, federal and local officials said.
Union Pacific didn't immediately respond to a request for
comment. A spokesman for the Federal Rail Administration said the
train belongs to Union Pacific. Investigators from that federal
agency are on their way to the scene, as are investigators from the
state Department of Transportation.
The derailment occurred near the town of Mosier, which is along
the Columbia River about 70 miles north of Portland, said Tom
Fuller, a spokesman for the Transportation Department.
No deaths were reported, and it is unknown if oil was spilling
into the river, said Richard Hoover, a spokesman for the Oregon
Office of State Fire Marshal.
Schools in Mosier were evacuated and images of the derailment on
local news stations showed large plumes of smoke coming from the
site of the derailment.
The derailment follows a cluster of such incidents in North
America over the past few years, including the oil-train wreck in
Canada that killed 47 people in 2013 and a derailment in Virginia
that spilled thousands of gallons of oil into the James River the
following year.
Write to Alejandro Lazo at alejandro.lazo@wsj.com and Betsy
Morris at betsy.morris@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
June 03, 2016 18:16 ET (22:16 GMT)
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