A freight train derailed in a Chicago suburb on Thursday, briefly sparking evacuations of nearby homes and businesses. The train derailed at 217th Street and Main in Matteson, NBC Chicago reported. A mandatory evacuation was underway amid a suspected leak from the derailed cars. The evacuation affected people and businesses within a quarter-mile east, 1 mile west […]
Emergency officials ordered an evacuation after a freight train derailed in suburban Chicago on Thursday. The train derailed in the village of Matteson around 10.30am local time, WGN-TV reported. No injuries have been reported. Workers are trying to determine whether any hazardous materials have leaked from the train. Officials ordered residents within a mile of […]
MATTESON, Ill. — A freight train has derailed in Matteson Thursday morning and residents have been ordered to evacuate the area. It happened in the 21700 block of Main Street at around 10:35 a.m., according to a village spokesperson. No injuries have been reported. As of around 11:45 a.m., a mandatory evacuation order has been […]
MOSCOW (AP) — A passenger train derailment in northern Russia killed three people and injured dozens, officials said Thursday. The 14-carriage train derailed Wednesday night in Russia’s northern republic of Komi, state rail company Russian Railways said in a statement, with nine carriages coming off the tracks. About 40 people were injured, 10 of them […]
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Flooding, high river levels and heavy rain led to the death of a firefighter and disrupted train travel in southern Germany on Sunday. The firefighter’s body was recovered after an inflatable watercraft carrying four firefighters capsized as they navigated floodwaters to bring residents to safety in the town of Pfaffenhofen, on […]
Parts of a long-distance train carrying 185 passengers derailed in south-western Germany late on Saturday after the railway tracks were hit by a landslide caused by heavy rainfall. No one was injured and the passengers were evacuated from the train early on Sunday, according to a spokesman for the national railway operator. By mid-afternoon on […]
Flooding, high river levels and heavy rain led to the death of a firefighter and disrupted train travel in southern Germany on Sunday. The firefighter’s body was recovered after an inflatable watercraft carrying four firefighters capsized as they navigated floodwater to take residents to safety in the town of Pfaffenhofen, on the Ilm River in […]
A train derailed in Logan County Saturday evening, according to the Logan County Sheriff’s Office. >>PHOTOS: Train derails in Logan County; People asked to avoid area The Logan County Sheriff’s Office is asking people to avoid the area of CR-142 between SR-47 and TWP-123, north of West Mansfield. This embedded content is not available in […]
A tense House Oversight Committee meeting on Thursday night to debate a contempt of Congress resolution against Attorney General Merrick Garland became even more rancorous when Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., made it personal against a colleague. “I don’t think you know what you’re here for. I think your fake eyelashes are messing up what […]
Interstate 40 segments near the Arizona-New Mexico border were shut down following a train derailment and subsequent fire south of the highway on Friday morning. A BNSF train derailed near northeastern Arizona on the New Mexico side of the Arizona-New Mexico border about 11:45 a.m., according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. Of the roughly […]
A CSX train derailed in Wyoming, Hamilton County, Saturday night. >> High school students connect with Montgomery County leaders to plan futures According to a Facebook post from the city, the derailment happened on the tracks between Wyoming Avenue and Cooper Avenue. This embedded content is not available in your region. The Wyoming Fire Department […]
A train has derailed in between the cities of Wyoming and Lockland Saturday evening, according to an alert from the city of Wyoming. The alert was sent out via text message at 8:55 p.m., announcing that the derailment occurred between Wyoming and Cooper avenues. Wyoming said it was evacuating 500 feet from the tracks, which […]