Dangerous goods were on board train cars that derailed in eastern Alberta on Wednesday, Canadian National Railway (CN) has confirmed. A spokesperson for the railway says 20 loaded railcars went off the line near Minburn, Alta. around 8:30 a.m. “There are no fires and no injuries reported. There are no known impacts to public safety at this time,” Ashley Michnowski wrote in a statement to CTV News Edmonton. “The cause of the incident remains under investigation.” The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it has deployed a team of investigators to the scene. Minburn is about 160 kilometres east of Edmonton.
