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BNSF Amarillo

 
Site Contact:
Eric Delgado
OSC

(delgado.eric@epa.gov)

Site Location:
17th and Johnson St.
Amarillo, TX 79102
 response.epa.gov/BNSF-Amarillo
NRC#: 989841

At 11:30 a.m. initial report of tank cars burning in the Amarillo south rail yard. Subsequently a report of an explosion in the yard was received. There were 26 cars in the track. The track has six flammable gas cars on the west end and two cars of anhydrous ammonia on the east end of the track. Initially a 0.25 mile evacuation was enforced with shelter-in-place warnings for a 0.5 mile radius. As of 3:00 pm all evacuations were lifted.