1,500 gallons of diesel leak from derailed UP remote control locomotive in Salt Lake City
(The following story by Bob Mims and Samuel Weigley appeared on The Salt Lake Tribune website on August 4, 2010.)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah About 1,500 gallons of diesel fuel spilled Tuesday from a punctured tanker car in Salt Lake City.
Union Pacific Spokesman Aaron Hunt said that at about 9:50 a.m., a remote control engine derailed from the UPs Warm Springs switching yard, near 800 North and 500 West. A fuel tanker was punctured and began spilling fuel.
No injuries had been reported. Hunt said no waterways were impacted, and responders removed fuel from the tank as well as some of the fuel that leaked.
Hunt said the spilled fuel was vacuumed up and contaminated soil removed, so no long-term problems were anticipated.
The cause of the derailment was still under investigation, he said.