Train Derailment on #2

April 21, 2009 - At 1108 hours, Units with the Special Ops BFC were alerted to the 200 block of 33rd Street, SE for a train derailment. E27 and T13 arrived in the area of Anacostia Park to find two cars of a CSX train overturned. E27 and T13 were placed in the recon group and investigated. The overturned train was carrying fuel/oil and spilled approximately one hundred gallons of product and had no passengers aboard. The product was contained by CSX personnel with no immediate danger. E27 operated for 90 minutes and the scene was turned over to CSX.

HazMat Task Force - E27, E30, E19, E10, E26, T17, T13, BFC2, BFCSOPS, RS3, HM1, A27, A30, M19, M30, DFC, DFCSOPS, AFC

27 Engine - Deanwood

4201 Minnesota Avenue, NE

Washington, DC 20019

202-673-3227