Train derailment kills horses, sends toxic chemicals into river
Flooding caused by heavy rainfall is one of the possible causes of a fiery train derailment earlier this year that killed and injured horses and leaked high-hazard, flammable chemicals into the environment, including a nearby river.
A preliminary report issued by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says 25 tank cars of a Union Pacific Railroad train derailed near Fort Worth, Texas on April 24. The derailment resulted in the breaching of at least three tank cars that leaked approximately 74,000 gallons of denatured alcohol which subsequently ignited. Some of the product entered a nearby tributary of the Trinity River. No people were injured in the accident. However three horses died and three horses were injured.