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Cause under investigation after fiery derailment of train hauling crude oil north of Seattle
Crews are continuing to work on cleanup after six tanker train cars derailed in the Custer area of Whatcom County and caught fire Tuesday. No one was injured. Author: KING 5 Staff Updated: 6:58 PM PST December 23, 2020
WHATCOM COUNTY, Wash. Federal investigators are assisting local authorities in investigating what caused a tanker train hauling crude oil to derail in Whatcom County Tuesday morning. There have been no reported injuries.
Cleanup continued Wednesday as crews work to clear the train cars, debris, and crude oil that leaked from the cars. Officials said it could take months to get the area fully cleaned up.
Evacuations ordered as train derails, burns near Custer
The Bellingham Herald 12/22/2020 Denver Pratt, The Bellingham Herald (Bellingham, Wash.)
Dec. 22 A train has derailed and caught fire in the Custer area and residents and visitors within a half-mile were being evacuated, according to Whatcom County Public Works, the Whatcom County Sheriff s Office and Washington State Patrol.
The train, carrying crude oil, derailed around 11:40 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 22, in the Custer area, according to Courtney Wallace, a Burlington Northern Santa Fe spokesperson. It is a BNSF train and track, Wallace said.
The train derailed near the 7500 block of Portal Way, according to the Whatcom County Sheriff s Office on Twitter. The sheriff s office is working on evacuating people within a half-mile of the derailment, the agency said.
Last week, Silver City and the New Mexico Office of Natural Resources Trustee announced an agreement that will provide $1.3 million to extend municipal sewer service to as many as 27 homes in the Indian Hills neighborhood currently served by individual septic systems. The approximately 3,900 lineal feet of new 8-inch sewer pipe will start where the Blackhawk Road sewer extension terminates a project also funded by settlement dollars along Cain Drive between Grandview Road and Blackhawk Road, then run east along Cain, stopping just short of Swan Street and also extending north up Arrowhead Road from Cain until just before Arrowhead takes a 90 degree turn. The town of Silver City will operate and maintain the system, which will also include a lift station to pump sewage to the existing gravity line along Cain just west of Grandview. ※We will waive the connection fee for one year” should residents choose to install at their own expense their own connecting sewer line, Si
Investigation underway after train derails in Whatcom County, sparking fire, evacuations Alfred Charles, KOMONews.com Executive Producer
Investigation underway after train derails in Whatcom County, sparking fire, evacuations
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Whatcom County officials were trying to determine what caused a northbound BNSF Railway train carrying crude oil to derail Tuesday morning in the Custer area, sparking a huge fire that prompted an evacuation for nearby residents in the vicinity, authorities said.
The incident occurred around 11:40 a.m. in the Custer area near the 7500 block of Portal Way, and officials closed Grandview Road at Portal Way and Main Street. Motorists were urged to avoid the area as crews worked to clean up the site and upright the train cars. The town of Custer is located just north of Bellingham near the Washington state and Canada border.