West Springfield, MA Train Derailment

About 6pm on Thursday February 21st, West Springfield ff's were dispatched for a train derailment at on the trestle over Rte 5. Some of the cement from the structure landed on Rte 5 prompting the State Police to close the road. A staging area was set up at the end of Chapin St where CSX officials, Fire Department and DEP teams worked. One of the tanks was empty and the other carried Butyraldehyde, a colourless flammable liquid, but was not leaking.