, but some are . Take the latest one in Washington state. The reports that a BNSF train and is now spilling diesel fuel on tribal land along Puget Sound. Right now, no injuries have been reported, and the cause of the hasn’t been released yet.
The AP says the train on a berm (a flat strip of land, raised bank or terrace that borders a river or canal) along Padilla Bay on the Swinomish tribal reserve near Anacortes, Washington. Most of the 5,000 gallons of diesel onboard the train spilled on the land side of the berm and not toward the water.
According to the AP, officials on site say there are no indication that the spill reached the water or impacted any wildlife in the area. Responders reportedly placed a boom along the shoreline as a precaution and removed all the diesel that was left in the two locomotives that derailed. Luckily, four tank cars remained upright during the incident.
This isn’t actually the only BNSF that happened on Thursday. Another train in Arizona that was carrying corn syrup derailed near the state’s border with California and Nevada. In a bit of good news, there are no reports of spills or leaks at that incident. However, the estimated eight cars that derailed were blocking the main track, and there’s no word when it’ll reopen. Like the other derailment, there’s no info on exactly what caused the incident.
These derailments, of course, come at a time when there’s heightened scrutiny on rail safety across the U.S. f. It probably will come as no shock to you to learn that on average, according to the AP, the U.S. has about three train derailments per day.