The Latest Train Derailment Started a Forest Fire

Well, yet another train has derailed. It’s been a couple of weeks, so it was probably time. It would be a shame if too many trains just stayed on the tracks and got to where they needed to go without anything going wrong. Train companies have got to meet their quota for environmental disasters after all.

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This time around, CNN reports this latest derailment took place north of Rockwood, Maine near Moosehead Lake. And instead of spilling toxic chemicals everywhere, this train just started a forest fire. Just because it didn’t spill hazardous materials doesn’t mean it wasn’t carrying any. According to a statement made by Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry spokesperson Jim Britt, the “hazardous materials are not at risk of leaking and are not at risk of catching fire.”

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