(The Associated Press circulated the following on June 23, 2010.)
ELKO, Nev. — Officials say Elko firefighters and Union Pacific crews are cleaning up a 3,600-gallon diesel fuel spill in the northeast Nevada hamlet of Osino.
Elko Deputy Fire Chief Mike Hecht said a Union Pacific locomotive tore a gash Tuesday morning in a diesel fuel tanker at a siding rail yard.
No injuries were reported.
Elko Fire Capt. Matt Griego says Union Pacific workers were able to contain the spilled fuel between the railroad tracks.
Hecht says there’s no hazard to the public, but it could take a day or two to pull up segments of the railroad track and remove contaminated soil.