A freight train derailed and caught fire on a bridge in Arizona on Wednesday, but there were no reports of injuries in what a witness described as a “scene from hell.”
The accident near Phoenix took place at around 6:15 a.m., prompting a massive fire visible for miles and sending some 100 firefighters, police and paramedics to the scene.
A spokesman for Union Pacific, Tim McMahan told newsmen that eight to 10 cars caught fire as the train, which was moving freight, crossed a bridge over Tempe Town Lake.
He said that the cars that burned for hours were carrying lumber.
He said there were no injuries among the crew but one person was treated for smoke inhalation.
He also said two of the three tank cars on the ground under the bridge contained cyclohexanone while the third contained a rubber material.
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