Nebraska authorities don't expect any lingering problems related to Thursday's explosion of a railroad shipping container carrying an acid used to make explosives because the chemical largely burned off and any residue was contained.
on rail safety and a massive cleanup effort that continues in East Palestine, Ohio. But Thursday's incident in the Union Pacific railyard was nothing like that. The perchloric acid inside the container that exploded, which is used to make explosives as well as a variety of food and drug products, dissipated in the air as it burned off, Thompson said.
And air and soil monitoring in the area never showed any dangerous levels. He said the other container that burned in the fire likely contained memory foam — not another hazardous chemical. Investigators from the state Fire Marshal's office and the railroad are working to determine the cause of the blast. Union Pacific was able to continue operating part of the railyard throughout the incident, and full operations resumed after the fire was extinguished Thursday evening.an alarming number of defects among the freight cars and locomotives in use at the North Platte railyard, which is the world's largest, during an inspection this summer. But there' wasn't any immediate indication that Thursday's explosion were linked to those defects. Agency officials were on scene Thursday monitoring Union Pacific's response. North Platte is a city of about 23,000 people located about 230 miles east of Denver and about 250 miles west of Omaha. Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
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