An explosion inside a shipping container at Union Pacific’s Bailey Yard prompted evacuations in western Nebraska Thursday because of the toxic smoke generated when one of the chemicals aboard caugh…
OMAHA, Neb. — An explosion inside a shipping container at the world’s largest railyard prompted evacuations in western Nebraska Thursday because of the toxic smoke generated when one of the chemicals aboard caught fire.
Around noon, an explosion occurred inside an intermodal container on a railcar at Union Pacific’s Bailey Yard in North Platte, though it wasn’t clear what caused the explosion, railroad spokeswoman Robynn Tysver said.Authorities evacuated everyone within a four-mile radius of the railyard, which is about 280 mileswest of Omaha, was evacuated because of the smoke, and U.S. Highway 30 was closed between North Platte and Hershey.
One of the containers involved was carrying perchloric acid, which is used in explosives as well as a variety of food and drug products, Tysver said. The railyard where the explosion happened covers 2,850 acres and stretches as wide as eight miles at one point. An explosion inside a shipping container caused an evacuation at the Union Pacific railyard in Nebraska due to toxic smoke on September 14, 2023.A few years ago, an eight-story tall observation tower called the Golden Spike Tower was built to allow people to watch thousands of railcars be sorted from one train to another on Union Pacific’s key east-west corridor.Norfolk Southern train derailed and caught fire in eastern Ohio.
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