(Reuters circulated the following on April 9, 2009.)
LOS ANGELES — Two train cars carrying hazardous liquid derailed into a local waterway south of Los Angeles early on Thursday, fire officials said.
One of the cars carrying an alcohol-based material had leaked but the leak had been contained, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Fire Department said.
No injuries were reported.
The cars belonged to BNSF, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, the Fire Department spokesman said.
A total of five train cars derailed in a rail yard in La Mirada, California, about 20 miles south of downtown Los Angeles.