RIPLEY, N.Y.—Crews worked Wednesday to clear the site of a 16-car Norfolk Southern freight train derailment that forced the evacuation of dozens of western New York homes after ethanol leaked from two tankers.
A spokesman for the rail company and police said the train left the tracks around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday in the town of Ripley, about 60 miles southwest of Buffalo.
No one was injured and there was no fire, emergency response officials said, but two of the derailed cars contained ethanol that leaked. Chief Mark Smith of the Ripley Volunteer Fire Department said the leaks from both cars were contained Wednesday morning.
A derailed tanker containing propane is intact, officials said.
A state of emergency in the town is in effect, Smith said.
Crews work to clear the site of a 16-car Norfolk Southern freight train derailment that forced the evacuation of dozens of western New York homes after ethanol leaked from two tankers, Wednesday, March 2, 2016, in Ripley, N.Y. Alice Waters/The Observer via AP
