Derailment in Buryatia republic

Two special trains are working at the site of derailment of seven freight wagons in the Zaigrayevsky district of the Buryatia republic. They were urgently dispatched there for the liquidation of the incident aftermath.
The Russian Railways Company (RZD) told Itar-Tass that the incident that damaged two tracks occurred at 18:32, Moscow time, Sunday at the Chelutai station. “There have been no fatalities or injured in the incident,” the company said.
Two special trains urgently dispatched to the site from the East Siberian and Trans-Baikal railways have been working at the incident scene. “In connection with the crash one passenger train has been delayed on the route, meals were organised for its passengers,” RZD said. The railwaymen have not specified the rail cars of which derailed in Buryatia.
The Siberian regional centre of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry for its part noted that railway tank cars with oil derailed. “As a result of the train incident, six tank cars remained on the tracks, two are staying on the ground ad another three tank cars overturned and crude oil is leaking from them,” acting head of the emergencies centre Olesya Kukuyeva explained. According to her, the crash took place one kilometre from the Chelutai settlement with 180 houses and 457 dwellers. The population’s evacuation was not planned; 100 metres of railway tracks have been destroyed. The overhead system was not damaged.

08.02.10