EDMUNSTON, N.B. -- Officials say there were no injuries and no environmental threat after a CN train derailed in Edmundston, N.B., on Friday afternoon.

Andre Madore, the deputy chief of the Edmundston police department, said there also wasn't any fire as a result of the derailment and he was assured by crews on the scene that there was no danger or threat to the environment.

The derailment happened around 3 p.m.

Jacques Doiron, the Emergency Measures co-ordinator for Edmundston, said 35 cars of the 160 car train had left the tracks.

He said most of the cars contained wood and paper products, but some of the derailed cars were empty crude oil tankers.

Doiron said there were no leaks and no need for an evacuation.

The train was from Moncton and was travelling westbound.

A section of Route 144 was closed between Trans-Canada Highway Exit 26 in Saint-Basile and Smyth Road in Riviere-Verte.

Madore said a lot of heavy equipment was parked on the side of the road, and the road closure would allow crews access to the site.