Floodwaters which hampered the efforts of emergency officials on Mondayto clean up the remote area in northeastern Australia in which a freight train carrying sulfuric acid derailed a day earlier.
The train carrying about 53000 gallons of highly corrosive acid when it derailed near the small town of Julia Creek in Western Queensland declared on Sunday, police said in a statement. A small amount of acid andDiesel spills and 26 trains all come from the tracks, police said. Three people were treated for minor injuries.
Torrential rain was making a difficult Cleanup effort on Monday, with flashflooding cut off access to the highway adjacent to the derailment site.
QUEENSLAND POLICE/EPA
Freight train derailed in Julia Creek, Australia; All 26 trains came off thetracks at around 10:30 on Sunday, spilling diesel and sulfuric acid.
Officials set an exclusion zone 1.2 miles around the site and trying to determine if any environmental impact, even though the Police InspectorTrevor Kidd noted the extremely remote areas.
"That is some significant distance from major waterways and major infrastructure, so we have something going our way as far as that goes,"Kidd told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. "but it's definitely challenging to make effective assessment at this stage."
QUEENSLAND POLICE/EPA
Torrential rain was making a hard acid cleaning effort on Monday, with flash flooding cut off access to the highway adjacent to the derailment site.
Queensland Rail, the State-owned rail operator, said flooding has beenprevented from reaching the site, so it does not yet know the cause of thederailment or the extent of damage to the track. They expect the track will remain closed for several days.
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