A freight train travelling on a bridge that spans a lake in a Phoenix suburb derailed Wednesday, setting the bridge ablaze and partially collapsing the structure, officials said.
Video images showed huge flames and thick black smoke rising into the air and three train cars in a park next to Tempe Town Lake.
Fire officials in the suburb of Tempe said the derailment happened at about 6 a.m. and that about 90 firefighters were first at the scene. Two were carrying cyclohexanone, a pale and oily liquid that is toxic and flammable. McMahan said a third tank car was carrying a "rubber material" but did not provide further details.
Investigators with the Federal Railroad Administration were dispatched to start a preliminary investigation, the agency said in a statement. The National Transportation Safety Board will also investigate, officials said.Fire witness Camille Kimball told AZFamily.com she was riding her bike in the park below the bridge minutes before the derailment.
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