WFAA chopper footage from the scene in Palo Pinto County showed mangled train cars piled up off the tracks, heavy smoke, and fire trucks on the side of the tracks.
GORDON, Texas — First responders are working on a train derailment in Palo Pinto County, on Tuesday afternoon, officials say.
Palo Pinto County Emergency Services District 1 said the train derailment happened at the Coalville Road Bridge in the Gordon area and left multiple cars off the track, but none leaking contents, and no injuries were reported. Officials say the incident is being treated as a “HazMat situation” and no evacuations have been made.
“Crews are on scene mitigating the damage and hazards,” Palo Pinto County Emergency Services District 1 said in a post on social media.
Union Pacific said in a statement to WFAA that 35 Union Pacific cars derailed about two miles east of Gordon around 2 p.m.
Union Pacific says they have crews heading to the scene and the Palo Pinto Fire Department is on the scene, working to contain a grass fire.
WFAA chopper footage from the scene showed mangled train cars piled up off the tracks, heavy smoke, and fire trucks stopped off the side of the tracks in brush.
“Stay away as…responders manage a potentially hazardous situation,” Palo Pinto Emergency Services District 1’s news brief added.
Union Pacific said the incident is under investigation.
Palo Pinto County is about 90 miles east of Fort Worth.
WFAA has a crew heading to the scene and has reached out to officials for more information.
This is a developing story. WFAA will provide updates once they become available.