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CISCO, TX. — The media reported that 24 railcars from a Union Pacific train derailed from a rail bridge just west of Cisco, near Interstate 20 about 11:26 p.m. on Sunday, June 18.

Raquel Espinoza, spokeswoman for Union Pacific, told the media that crews were on the scene and were currently in the process of cleaning up the mess left behind from the train derailment.

In an article at Reporter News in Abilene:

As a result of the derailment, methanol and petroleum oil went inside a creek, she said. It was not immediately clear how much material entered the creek, but a barrier has been placed to secure the oil and methanol from continuing to enter the creek. Union Pacific’s environmental response team is onsite, she said.

A spokeswoman for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality said a preliminary estimate of 180,000 pounds of methanol might have entered Sandy Creek. TCEQ inspectors are onsite.

Espinoza said the location where the derailment occurred is remote and crews are having some trouble bringing in equipment to clean up the mess.

Various cargo, mostly industrial shipment, were inside the rail cars, she said. Some rail cars, she said, carried residual amounts of hazardous materials.

According to Espinoza, there were no injuries.

The incident remains under investigation at this time.

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