After a freight train accident in Wels: Hazardous substances still have to be disposed of

2023-09-30 13:54:00

Clean-up work has been underway since Friday followingnoon following a freight train partially derailed near Wels and the Western Railway line had to be temporarily closed. Four tank cars had overturned and two were leaking styrene – a highly flammable, toxic liquid that is used to make plastic.

Four teams from the Wels volunteer fire department arrived in special protective suits and tried to seal the leaky wagons and collect the escaping liquid, as the fire department reports. They were supported by specialist advisors with special equipment and other firefighters from other departments.

On Saturday, a company was still busy pumping the rest of the liquid out of the damaged tank wagons – only then might the recovery begin.

The Wels fire department is still on hand as a fire watch.

The fire department said there was no danger to residents in the area.

This Facebook posting is deactivated

Please activate the category Social-Media and Data processing in third countries in your cookie settings to view this item. My cookie settings

more on the subject

catfish

Wels: closure of the Western Railway line lifted

WELS/MARCHTRENK. A freight train has partially derailed – now train traffic is to be resumed.

Wels: closure of the Western Railway line lifted

ePaper

Read the ePaper now!

Read the daily ePaper edition of the OÖNachrichten – browse through it digitally now!

to the e-paper

info By clicking on the icon you can add the keyword to your topics.

info
By clicking on the icon you open your “my topics” page. They have of 15 keywords saved and would have to remove keywords.

info By clicking on the icon you can remove the keyword from your topics.

Add the topic to your topics.

1696084852
#freight #train #accident #Wels #Hazardous #substances #disposed