Hazmat train derailment in Canada forces evacuation
Dozens of residents in Saskatchewan, Canada were evacuated yesterday after a train carrying hazardous materials derailed, spilling petroleum distillate and bursting into flames. Petroleum distillates are used in diesel, kerosene, heating oil and jet fuel.
News sources report that no one was injured in the accident involving a Canadian National Railway Co. (CNR). Firefighters responded to the blaze and were able to contain it by evening.