(foster.althea@epa.gov)

Site Location:
Mile marker 67
Fruitland, Montague County, TX
response.epa.gov/bnsf_fruitland_derailment

BNSF reported a train derailment involving approximately 35 rail cars near Fruitland, Montague County, Texas, at 0530.

3 cars involving potential hazardous materials were involved, as well as a 300 gallon spill of diesel fuel from the locomotive.

A fire ensued in a lumber car after being exposed to hydrogen peroxide from a forward leaking rail car.

The other 2 cars, holding a residual amount of isopropanol and acetone, did not leak.