No Injuries or Hazardous Spills in 10-car Train Derailment in Northern Minnesota, Officials Say

A Canadian National Railway locomotive leads a west bound freight on the old Grand Trunk line to Chicago, in Bellevue, Mich., on Sept. 8, 2007. Matthew Siddons/Shutterstock

COOK, Minn.—No one was injured and no hazardous material spilled when 10 Canadian National Railway cars derailed in northern Minnesota, officials there said.

The derailment happened just before 8:30 p.m. Monday in a rural, unpopulated area about 6 miles north of Cook, the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Sheriff’s deputies and firefighters who responded found five of the derailed cars had tipped over, while the others remained upright.