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Train cars carrying ethanol derail, catch fire in Iowa


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(Reuters) - Eleven railway cars carrying ethanol fuel derailed on Wednesday in a remote location north of Dubuque, Iowa, and three of them caught on fire, Canadian Pacific (CP) railway said. There were no injuries in the accident involving an eastbound 81-car freight train, said Jeremy Berry, spokesman for the railway. A total of 12 railway cars derailed, and 11 of those were carrying ethanol, Canadian Pacific said in a statement. The railway did not confirm reports in the Dubuque Telegraph Herald that three cars had fallen into the Mississippi River.

 

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