According to reporting from WFAA News in Dallas, a Union Pacific train derailed Tuesday afternoon, roughly 2-miles east of Gordon in Palo Pinto County.
Officials say about three dozen cars jumped the track, and sparks from the derailment ignited a grass fire.
While some of the cars carried potentially hazardous chemicals, no leaks were reported, according to Kent Farquhar, assistant fire chief for Palo Pinto County Emergency Services District 1.
“Lots of reasons to be thankful,” Farquhar told WFAA, “Derailments are always very fluid. You never know what’s going to happen. They could be stable one moment and unstable the next.”
The accident happened around 2 p.m. near the intersection of Coalville Road and Highway 193, close to Interstate 20.
Palo Pinto County is about 90 miles southwest of Fort Worth.
