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KAUZ-TV Wichita Falls, TX  1/8/22
 

UPDATE: U.S. 287 reopens after train derailment

 

 

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UPDATE 11:40 a.m. - According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, a train fire near Oklaunion was initially reported as a train derailment.

Staff Sgt. Dan Buesing said 30 train cars derailed carrying denatured alcohol.

 

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Times Record News, Wichita Falls, TX  1/8/22

Train wreck in Oklaunion sends emergency crews scrambling

 

 

The Wichita Falls Fire Department and crews from Sheppard Air Force Base were among emergency agencies sent to the scene of a train derailment Saturday morning near Oklaunion.

 

Preliminary reports indicated the accident is being treated as a hazmat situation and several pictures posted on social media show some train cars on fire.

 

Multiple agencies responded to a report of a train

on fire Saturday near Oklaunion.  Courtesy Facebook.

 

Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Dan Buesing said several train cars of a Burlington Northern-Santa Fe train containing denatured alcohol derailed and three or four were on fire. Traffic on U.S. 287 has been redirected.

 

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KFDX-TV Wichita Falls, TX  1/8/22  6:12 pm CST

 

UPDATE: Train derailed and on fire near Oklaunion, over 20 railcars on fire

 

 

We are updating this story as new information comes in. Check back here often to see the latest.

 

WILBARGER COUNTY (KFDX/KJTL) — A train has derailed and caught fire outside of Vernon, near Oklaunion.

 

UPDATE: Saturday, Jan. 8, 5:30 p.m.

 

According to an official with BNSF Railway company, 28 of the 98 cars on the train derailed at approximately 10 a.m. this morning.

 

As of 5:32 p.m., 25 of the derailed cars carrying ethanol were on fire.

 

There are no reported injuries to crewmembers. 

 

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WOAI-TV, Channel 4 in San Antonio, TX, 1/9/22:

 

 

    Fire crews work to put out flames from derailed train in Wichita Falls    

 

 

Fire crews in Texas battled a chemical fire caused by a train derailment near Oklaunion Saturday.

 

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