Union Pacific Says Leak in Railcar Caused Disappearance of 30 Tons of Ammonium Nitrate

The company that manufactured the chemical reported more than 60,000 pounds missing from a hopper car on arrival in California.

Dockers prepare 1,200 tons of bags of the chemical fertilizers ammonium nitrate on the quays of Saint-Malo, France, bound for the UK on Oct. 2, 2001. Valery Hache/AFP via Getty Images

Commercial freight carrier Union Pacific Corp. reported that a leak in a sealed hopper railcar hauling 60,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate most likely caused the chemical to disappear during transit in early April.

A Union Pacific spokesperson told The Epoch Times that the company’s four-month investigation wrapped up on Aug. 21 and that the company “fully cooperated with authorities.”