The Fort Worth Fire Department responded to a derailment of a Union Pacific train leaking chemicals Sunday morning, which caused a brief shelter-in-place order.
Nine train cars derailed at a privately owned rail yard in the 4700 block of West Vickery Boulevard around 10:43 a.m., according to Craig Trojacek, a spokesperson for the Fort Worth Fire Department. No injuries were reported, he said.
Two of the train cars held materials that were leaking carbon dioxide, he said. As a safety precaution, the derailment was listed as a hazmat incident and a shelter-in-place order was issued. There was never a big threat to the public, Trojacek said.
Firefighters were still out at the site monitoring as the products were offloaded and moved to a different train, he said.
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Vickery Boulevard was closed for a brief time as firefighters determined the severity of the derailment, but there was no big interruption to traffic and the area has started to reopen, Trojacek said.