The Derailment of a freight train with the flammable liquefied Propene, near the motorway a 40 is escaped Moers, Germany, has been a disaster. The highway and a national road were temporarily blocked. How quickly turned out, however, was no acute danger of explosion: none of the Propene-filled tank car leak was beaten, police said on Monday. The cause of the accident and the amount of damage was initially unclear. Aerial images were found to have jumped behind the locomotive, and close to a bridge over the A40 at least two cars from the Track.
The fire Department noted in the case of measurements at the site of the accident, no escaping Gas. The highway was reopened. The railway line between Duisburg and Moers but remained locked.
The accident sparked bad memories: in 1978, had been killed in an accident with a Propene tank truck in Spain, more than 200 people, as the liquid Gas spilled on a campsite and inflamed. In the case of a railway accident in Bulgaria until 2016 was derailed by a Propene-Laden freight train and exploded. Seven people were killed.
extent of damage is yet to be determined
At the time of the accident in Moers, the overhead line had been damaged and on the train down, reported the Federal police. That’s why the electricity had to be taken management on the route from the network and earthed, before the driver could be rescued. He had suffered a shock and had been taken to the hospital, said a police spokesman.
“is Likely to have been a Soft incorrectly converted, but this must now result in investigations,” said a spokesman for the freight operator, the port of Krefeld GmbH. Speculation to the cause of the accident are premature, stressed the Deutsche Bahn. The competent authorities had taken up the investigation.
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the damage is, How extensive, can only be determined if the derailed train was removed. Only then, a reliable forecast for the duration of further Work, and the release of the train route is possible. (dpa)
