Not only was Friday's incident relatively rare, so too are deaths from incidents involving hazmat cargo rail cars. The last reported death from a hazardous material on a train was in 2011.

Fire officials confirmed Monday afternoon that the chlorine was found under a rail car in an industrial area of Pittsburg, prompting hazmat crews to inspect the car. The incident was first ...

Fire officials confirmed Monday afternoon that a small amount of chlorine was found under a rail car in an industrial area Pittsburg and said hazmat crews were inspecting the car. The incident was ...

A hazmat situation caused a road closure in Spartanburg, South Carolina, according to Spartanburg Fire officials. Around 12:15 p.m. on Wednesday, CSX personnel discovered a loaded rail car venting ...

Fire officials confirmed Monday afternoon that chlorine was found under a rail car in an industrial area of Pittsburg prompting a health advisory which was later lifted. Kara St. Cyr reports.

Public safety officials lifted a shelter in place in Greenup County, Kentucky, after emergency crews responded to a gas leak.

Kirking said the train was carrying “intact hazardous materials,” so authorities ... night Friday to extinguish the fires, cool the rail cars and remove hazardous material from them, Kirking ...

AS YOU CAN SEE, FIREFIGHTERS ARE HERE ON SCENE, AS WELL AS THE HAZMAT DEPARTMENT AT THIS MOMENT. NOW, KEEP IN MIND, THIS COMPANY MAKES FERTILIZERS AND RAIL CARS, OFTEN COMES INTO THE BUILDING.

Crews have removed all rail cars carrying hazardous materials from the site of a derailment in North Dakota. Nearly 30 Canadian Pacific Kansas City train cars derailed and caught fire roughly 140 ...

A rail car leaking butane gas prompted a hazmat team to swoop down to Jarvis in Haldimand County on Thursday. Inspectors found the leak in one of the tankers around noon, while the train was at a ...

One of two railroad cars that derailed Thursday just west of Roush Road, east of Lima, remained on its side Friday morning. Hazmat officials were on scene overseeing the clean-up. LIMA — Two ...