Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) railroad personnel and derailment contractors continue their cleanup and reconstruction effort at the site southeast of Scotland where seven tanker cars hauling ethanol left the tracks Saturday.
Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and officials with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are on site, trying to determine the cause and impact of the crash.
NTSB officials anticipate being on scene for three to five days.
BNSF Spokesman Andy Williams was on scene Saturday…
Williams says they will do an extensive clean up…
Williams says they didn’t have an estimate of when they could reopen the line…
Firefighters arrived on the site about 6:30 Saturday morning. Scotland Fire Chief Mike Mehrer says they approached the crash and fire with caution…
Mehrer says they just stood back and made sure the fire did not spread…
Local first responders from Bon Homme and Yankton Counties, including fire and EMS personnel and both counties’ Offices of Emergency Management, continued supporting the recovery effort.
