Shelter-in-place orders issued after train carrying hazardous material derails in Connecticut

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MANSFIELD, Conn.– A bid carrying propane derailed this greeting successful eastbound Connecticut, causing a shelter-in-place bid to beryllium issued for houses astir the derailment zone.

The derailment occurred conscionable earlier 9:30 a.m. ET, erstwhile respective cars became detached from the bid astatine the Willimantic River adjacent Rte. 32, oregon Stafford Road, successful Mansfield.

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The municipality of Mansfield said determination is interest for hazardous worldly contamination, and the materials the bid was carrying are flammable.

Some of the bid cars derailed into the river, according to municipality officials. There was besides lumber, atom and grease onboard.

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A photograph shows an overturned bid car aft a derailment successful Mansfield, CT this morning. 

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The shelter-in-place orders beryllium for structures wrong a half-mile of 1090 Stafford Rd., according to the Connecticut Division of Emergency Management & Homeland Security.

Hazmat teams were connected tract with archetypal responders evaluating the situation. No injuries were reported.

Connecticut State Police said Route 32 betwixt Route 44 and North Eagleville Road astir the derailment tract were closed connected Thursday.

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The University of Connecticut, oregon UConn, advised students traveling to the Storrs and Depot campuses to question alternate question routes owed to roadworthy closures.

While determination was nary progressive propane leak, bid cars needed to beryllium uprighted. The nonstop origin of the derailment hasn't been released.

Residents are being asked to enactment distant from the derailment tract arsenic crews enactment to upright the cars successful lawsuit a leak occurs.

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