A train car carrying hydrochloric acid overturned in a rail yard in Akron, Ohio on Friday, September 5. Authorities there said no threat of danger existed at that time.
The Akron fire department said the single Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway tanker car, which contained hydrochloric acid, tipped off the tracks. The fire department added that the car remained intact and there was no report of leaks.
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency came to the scene local law enforcement, fire officials and an industrial waste company called EnviroServe, according to local news reports. The tanker car was placed back on the tracks by four large cranes and fire officials said there was “no immediate threat of danger found.”