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(Reuters) – A Norfolk Southern (NYSE:) prepare derailed on Saturday, spilling diesel gas and polypropylene plastic pellets into the Lehigh River in japanese Pennsylvania, police mentioned.
There have been no reviews of accidents to the crew on the prepare or evacuations or a hazardous materials menace to the group, the Decrease Saucon Township Police Division mentioned in an announcement.
Emergency personnel have been dispatched and containment booms have been deployed to manage the oil spill, it added.
Norfolk Southern, in a publish on social media platform X, mentioned it could examine the accident, including that their crew and contractors would stay on the scene over the approaching days to scrub up.
Ancora Holdings, which holds a big fairness stake within the firm, referred to as for the rapid termination of Norfolk Southern Chief Government Officer Alan Shaw and urged an orderly reconstitution of the board, that firm mentioned in an announcement following the derailment.
Early final 12 months, a Norfolk Southern Railroad-operated prepare derailed, inflicting a fireplace that despatched a cloud of smoke over the city of East Palestine, Ohio, and forcing 1000’s of residents to evacuate.
President Joe Biden visited the realm final month and referred to as the prepare derailment “an act of greed.” He urged Congress to move a bipartisan invoice to toughen rail security legal guidelines.