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Hwy. 23 traffic resumes after train derailment in southern Alberta

Diesel fuel is reportedly leaking from a train engine following a derailment near Barons, Alta. (Courtesy Darryl Watts/Facebook) Diesel fuel is reportedly leaking from a train engine following a derailment near Barons, Alta. (Courtesy Darryl Watts/Facebook)
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Traffic has resumed on Highway 23 near the Village of Barons, Alta. after a train derailment shut a stretch of road down for several days.

A CP Rail engine and several cars left the tracks Wednesday morning. No injuries were reported but the engine was leaking diesel fuel, prompting a response from a Calgary-based hazmat team and emergency crews from southern Alberta.

Traffic was shut in both directions and the highway was reopened on Friday.  

Barons is about 170 kilometres southeast of Calgary.

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