Watch: Train Cars Carrying Ethanol Tumble In Front Of Stopped Cars In Southern Minnesota Town

CBS Minnesota

October 28, 2021

Officials in southern Minnesota say a train carrying ethanol derailed Wednesday afternoon, with about eight cars running off the tracks.

The Martin County Sheriff’s Office says the train derailed at about 2:15 p.m. in Fairmont, a small town located between Interstate 90 and the Iowa border. The derailed cars, four of which overturned, blocked the crossing on County Road 39 on the northwest end of town.

Union Pacific officials say two of the cars leaked ethanol into a ditch, but local waterways weren’t impacted.

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