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Workers respond to derailed train carrying liquid propane

Workers respond to derailed train carrying liquid propane

Photo: 560 WGAN Newsradio


BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) A hazardous materials team in Maine was monitoring an area on Tuesday where a train derailed that was carrying liquid propane.

Two cars in the train were carrying the propane, WGME-TV reported. The Monday night crash happened in Biddeford when two cars went off tracks at about 8 p.m.

There was a small leak detected in the area but it has since been contained, WGME-TV reported.

No one was hurt in the derailment. The workers were looking for combustible gas.

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