LUPTON, Ariz. (AP) — Interstate 40 was reopened in both directions Sunday as fire crews continued watch over a controlled burn of remaining fuel from a freight train derailment near the Arizona-New Mexico state line, a local fire chief said. Earlier evacuation orders have now been lifted. “It’s all under control,” said Fire Chief Lawrence Montoya Jr., of McKinley County, New Mexico. “Our hazmat team is on site, along with our well-trained firefighters.” Montoya, the incident commander at the scene, said the controlled burns were still consuming remaining fuel on some cars. He said no one was hurt in the Friday derailment of the BNSF Railway train near Lupton, Arizona, which occurred on the New Mexico side of the tracks, or during the subsequent firefighting operation. For a time, the eastbound lanes of Interstate 40 were closed around Holbrook, Arizona, and the westbound lanes of the interstate were closed at Grants, New Mexico. |
Folk Artists Put on Performance to Celebrate Upcoming Spring Festival in SW China's SichuanChina to Further Open up HighBeijing Enhances Intangible Cultural Heritage PreservationChildren's Choir from Mountains Wows the World at Beijing 2022 Opening CeremonyChina Focus: China to Deliver Improved Community Services to Both Urban, Rural DwellersChina to Launch TCM Pilot Projects on Myopia PreventionChina Issues List of Universities for TopTeam China Wins Bronze in Women's 3000m RelayChina Makes Progress in Consolidating Poverty Alleviation: OfficialCare Centers in Shandong Provide Assistance and Care to Elderly People