BELLEVILLE, Mich. — A Norfolk Southern train derailed this morning in Van Buren Township in the Detroit area, the news site MLive reports, but a spokeswoman for the Michigan Department of the Environment says “there is no environmental concern” from the incident.
“Nothing is leaking,” said spokeswoman Jill Greenburg.
No injuries were reported.
A Facebook post from the Van Buren Township Department of Public Safety says approximately 30 cars were involved, but photos and video from the scene show about 10 cars that are derailed. One that overturned was carrying grain; others were empty, including several coil steel cars. One of the train’s cars was reportedly carrying a hazardous material — liquid chloride, a salt product used in road treatment — but that car was not among those that derailed.
Several local roads were temporarily closed as a result of the derailment.
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