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Wednesday, March 29, 2023 03:57 PM
US media reported, quoting the authorities, that a barge carrying about 1.4 thousand tons of toxic methanol was partially sunk in a dam on the Ohio River in the US state of Kentucky..
According to Mancher, the authorities closed the gates of the Ohio River Dam to prevent the leakage of toxic materials.
The US Army Corps of Engineers said in a statement: “The water gates in Louisville, Kentucky, are closed to traffic due to a navigational emergency.”
The cause of the accident has not yet been revealed, and according to the authorities, a total of 10 barges that had previously been separated from the group of tugboats were damaged..
Earlier this month, the New York Times reported, quoting a spokesman for the Mojave County Sheriff’s Office, as saying that a freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed in western Arizona..
Earlier this month, the American “CSX” railway company announced that a freight train derailed after hitting collapsed rocks in Sandston, West Virginia, injuring 3 crew members and leaking diesel fuel into the river. .
The company added at that time that preliminary information indicated that 4 locomotives and 9 empty wagons derailed.
The accident occurred just over a month after a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in eastern Ohio, causing dangerous chemicals to leak from the carriages and catch fire..
