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Train derails near Thunder Bay, Ont.
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Cheryl Santa Maria
Digital Reporter
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Tuesday, January 13, 2015, 5:24 PM - A HAZMAT team has been sent in to assist with a train derailment near that occurred near Thunder Bay late Tuesday morning.
Twenty-two cars went off the track around 11:20 a.m. According to the OPP, several of them are carrying crude oil. No leaks have been identified.
Hwy. 17 near the Nipigon junction has been shut down as a precaution, and it could remain that way for up to 24 hours.
“No motor traffic will be going through until we know more about what materials are on board and what hazards are involved with it,” OPP Nipigon detachment commander Sgt. Randy Bye told CKPR News.
No one was injured in the incident.