A train derailment in Matteson, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, has prompted evacuations due to a hazmat situation.
According to ABC 7 Chicago, officials were investigating a leaking train car.
Multiple cars derailed from the Canadian National Railway (CNP) train near the 21000 block of Main Street at approximately 10:45 a.m.
It wasn’t immediately clear what substance was leaking from the train car.
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BREAKING: A train derailed Thursday morning in far south suburban Matteson, a spokesman for the village said.https://t.co/OJOJ28INEV pic.twitter.com/3NLJG636vC
— ABC 7 Chicago (@ABC7Chicago) June 27, 2024
ABC 7 Chicago reports:
The village spokesman said a white powdery substance seen leaking from one car was tested by CN, who said it is not hazardous.
Residents within 1 mile south of Main Street and 217th Street, 1 mile west of Main Street and a quarter mile east of Main Street will need to evacuate as a precaution.
The mandatory evacuation order also includes residents living on Main Street from the tracks south to Sauk Trail and residents living on 218th Street, 218th Place and Charles Street.
The village spokesman said residents should “plan for a long-term evacuation” and “take any medication and supplies” they may need.
A CN spokesman said crews were responding to the incident. He said about 10 cars carrying “various substances” derailed.
“Train cars are reportedly leaking chemicals, and hazmat has been called in All residents within a one mile radius have been told to bring necessary supplies for a LONG TERM EVACUATION Please don’t let this be another East Palestine, Ohio,” journalist Nick Sortor wrote.
#BREAKING: FREIGHT TRAIN DERAILS IN MATTESON, IL—EVACUATIONS ORDERED
Train cars are reportedly leaking chemicals, and hazmat has been called in
All residents within a one mile radius have been told to bring necessary supplies for a LONG TERM EVACUATION
Please don’t let this… pic.twitter.com/yIFGN6rCFW
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) June 27, 2024
Per CBS News:
Evacuations are underway after a freight train derailed in Matteson, Illinois on Thursday morning, as crews work to determine if hazardous materials have leaked from the train.
According to Matteson police, 20 railcars of a Canadian National train derailed around 10:30 a.m.
The Village of Matteson confirmed nearby residents are under a mandatory evacuation order.
“Multiple cranes have arrived at the scene of a trail derailment in Matteson. Canadian National is the company and they said 10 railcars carrying ‘various substances’ derailed. A temporary evacuation order for nearby residents was lifted around 1:30PM,” WGN TV News reporter Angelica Sanchez said.
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UPDATE: Multiple cranes have arrived at the scene of a trail derailment in Matteson. Canadian National is the company and they said 10 railcars carrying “various substances” derailed. A temporary evacuation order for nearby residents was lifted around 1:30PM. @WGNNews pic.twitter.com/fUlOgtvyxb
— Angelica Sanchez (@AngieSanchezTV) June 27, 2024
“Hazardous materials have been air-lifted from the site. Richton Park residents are no longer affected by the train derailment, however The Village of Matteson residents within a couple blocks of 217th & Main St are still under an evacuation order,” a Facebook post from the Village of Richton Park read.
“Metra Electric inbound and outbound trains from Chicago to University Park will only operate from Chicago to Olympia Fields and back until further notice due to the derailment,” it added.
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Planes, Trains and Shipping Vessels — What Comes Next?
Plains, Trains and Automobiles was a hilarious movie. Maybe Top 20 comedy of all time, especially since Hollywood has been incapable of writing comedies for about 10+ years now and doesn’t appear able to recover anytime in the foreseeable future.
But Plains, Trains and Shipping Vessel derailments? Not so funny.
Two things happened yesterday that caused me to consider this topic and write this article.
First, someone mentioned to me how it seems like there has been a huge increase of tragic events under the Biden Regime (remember all the train derailments? Now planes falling apart every day. Now capped off by a Shipping Vessel taking out an entire key bridge).
But don’t worry, this guy is on the case and going to fix it all real soon:
Of course we covered all of those on a daily basis, but stepping back to view the forrest from the trees, it was stunning to really think about.
Then they asked me the question: what do you think happens next? Between now and the election. Do you think it gets better or worse?
Neither of us really needed to answer that question because we both knew.
The second thing was I ran across the meme posted above.
Sometimes a picture truly is worth 1,000 words.
I don’t recall much, if any, of this crap happening under Donald Trump’s watch.
Oh we had some mean Tweets, but the world was mostly at piece and under control.
Now?
Well, I thought it might be good to turn to the actual data and take a walk down memory lane.
This is by no means a comprehensive list, that would take far too long, but here is just some of what we’ve endured over the pat 4 years of the Biden Regime.
How much of this must happen before it becomes “not a coincidence”?
I don’t know, but see how far you can stick with me as we walk down memory lane….
Of course probably the most notable and tragic derailment was in Palestine, OH.
I’m sure you all remember this:
Oklahoma:
Nebraska:
JUST IN: Another Train Derailment! Hazmat Team Called to Nebraska
Ohio (again):
Minnesota:
BREAKING: Derailed Train in Minnesota Catches Fire, Causes Immediate Evacuation
BREAKING: Train Hauling Hazardous Materials Derails in North Dakota
Washington:
5,000 Gallons of Diesel Spills After Train Derails in Washington
West Virginia:
Train Derails In West Virginia! Multiple Injuries, Fuel Tank Plunges Into River
Kansas:
Pennsylvania:
PENNSYLVANIA: 18-Inch Pipe Bomb Reportedly Found on Train Tracks
Wow, right?
And that was just a SMALL sample, I stopped before it got unreasonably long.
And that was just trains.
I probably don't need to remind you too much about all the airplane incidents recently....planes literally falling apart during takeoff, midflight and during landing.
Here are just a few:
NYC-Bound Plane Forced To Land After Fire Breaks Out “Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!”
SHOCKING Footage Shows Atlas Air Plane On Fire Mid-Air, Makes Emergency Landing
TERRIFYING: Video Shows Boeing 737 Losing Section Of Plane In The Air
Anyone excited about flying the friendly skies these days?
Me either.
Then of course we have the infamous incident from yesterday which was horrific:
MUST SEE: Bridge Crash Video Sped Up To 8x Shows A Very Different Picture
And I saved perhaps the best (worst) for last.
Don't forget about all of these:
STUNNING: Map Shows All Food Processing Plants That Have Burned Down, Blown Up or Been Destroyed Under Biden
Folks, this is truly stunning.
They are trying to destroy our food supply!
As someone who sits in this chair and covers the news each day, I see this firsthand.
Heck, we covered this one just this morning:
I knew there have been a lot of food processing plants and other food supply buildings that have burned down, blown up or otherwise met a catastrophic, untimely end in the last 3 years, but I had no idea just how many until I saw it all together in one place.
I've been here to cover each of these, but it's really jarring when you see it all in one place.
Watch this video:
STUNNING: This map shows all the food processing plants that have either caught fire or been destroyed...
They are trying to destroy our food supply! pic.twitter.com/LTjTv3Kq74
— DailyNoah.com (@DailyNoahNews) January 31, 2024
If you're not the video type, then see it in print below...
Here's a complied list of nearly 100 fires from 2021 and 2022 from Rumble:
1— 4/30/21 Monmouth Smithfield Foods pork processing plant 2— 7/25/21 Memphis Kellogg plant 3— 8/13/21 JBS beef plant 4— 8/24/21 Patak Meat Company 5— 7/30/21 Tyson River Valley ingredient plant 6— 10/21/21 Darigold plant 7— 11/15/21 Garrard County food plant 8—11/29/21 Maid-Rite Steak Company 9—12/13/21 San Antonio food processing, West side Foods 10—1/7/22 Hamilton Mountain poultry processing Plant 11—1/13/22 Cargill-Nutrene feed mill. Lacombe, La 12—1/31/22 Winston-Salem fertilizer plant 13—2/3/22 Wisconsin River Meats 14—2/3/22 Percy dairy farm 15—2/5/22 Wisconsin River Meats processing facility destroyed by fire in Mauston, Wisconsin. 16—2/15/22 Bonanza Meat Company goes up in flames in El Paso, Texas 17—2/15/22 Shearer's Foods Food processing plant explodes in Hermiston, Oregon. 18—2/16/22 Indiana Louis-Dreyfus soy processing plant 19—2/18/22 Bess View Farms 20—2/19/22 Lincoln premiere poultry 21—2/22/22 Shearer's Foods potato chip plant 22—2/22/22 Fire destroys Deli Star Meat Plant in Fayetteville, Illinois. 23—2/28/22 nutrient AG Solutions fertilizer facility burns 24—2/28/22 Shadow Brook Farm & Dutch girl Creamery burns 25—3/4/22 294,800 chickens destroyed at farm in Stoddard, Missouri 26—3/4/22 644,000 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Cecil, Maryland 27—3/8/22 243,900 chickens destroyed at egg farm in New Castle, Delaware 28—3/10/22 663,400 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Cecil, Maryland 29—3/10/22 915,900 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Taylor, Iowa 30—3/14/22 Wayne Hoover dairy farm, barn full of cows burns 313/14/22 2,750,700 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Jefferson, Wisconsin 32—3/16/22 Walmart Distribution Center burns for 76 hours in Plainfield Ind. 33—3/16/22 Nestle Food Plant extensively damaged in fire and new production destroyed Jonesboro, Arkansas 34—3/17/22 5,347,500 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Buena Vista, Iowa 35—3/17/22 147,600 chickens destroyed at farm in Kent, Delaware 36—3/18/22 315,400 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Cecil, Maryland 37—3/19/22 Walmart Food Distribution center catches fire in Plainfield, Indiana 38—3/22/22 172,000 Turkeys destroyed on farms in South Dakota 39—3/22/22 570,000 chickens destroyed at farm in Butler, Nebraska 40—3/24/22 Major Fire at McCrum Potato Plant in Belfast, Maine. 41—3/24/22 418,500 chickens destroyed at farm in Butler, Nebraska 42—3/25/22 250,300 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Franklin, Iowa 43—3/26/22 311,000 Turkeys destroyed in Minnesota 44—3/27/22 126,300 Turkeys destroyed in South Dakota 45—3/28/22 1,460,000 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Guthrie, Iowa 46—3/29/22 Maricopa, Az. Food Pantry burns down 50,000 pounds of Food destroyed in Maricopa, Arizona. 47—3/31/22 Rio Fresh Onion factory damaged by fire in San Juan, Texas. 48—3/31/22 76,400 Turkeys destroyed in Osceola, Iowa 49—3/31/22 5,011,700 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Osceola, Iowa 50—4/6/22 281,600 chickens destroyed at farm in Wayne, North Carolina 51—4/9/22 76,400 Turkeys destroyed in Minnesota 52—4/9/22 208,900 Turkeys destroyed in Minnesota 53—4/12/22 89,700 chickens destroyed at farm in Wayne, North Carolina 54—4/12/22 1,746,900 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Dixon, Nebraska 55—4/12/22 259,000 chickens destroyed at farm in Minnesota 56—4/13/22 Fire destroys East Conway Beef & Pork Meat Market in Conway, New Hampshire. 57—4/13/22 Plane crashes into Gem State Processing, Idaho potato and food processing plant 58—4/13/22 77,000 Turkeys destroyed in Minnesota 59—4/14/22 Taylor Farms Food Processing plant burns down Salinas, California. 60—4/14/22 Salinas food processing plant 61—4/14/22 99,600 Turkeys destroyed in Minnesota 62—4/15/22 1,380,500 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Lancaster, Minnesota 63—4/19/22 Azure Standard nation’s premier independent distributor of organic and healthy food, was destroyed by fire in Dufur, Oregon 64—4/19/22 339,000 Turkeys destroyed in Minnesota 65—4/19/22 58,000 chickens destroyed at farm in Montrose, Colorado 66—4/20/22 2,000,000 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Minnesota 67—4/21/22 Plane crashes into and destroys General Mills 68—4/22/22 197,000 Turkeys destroyed in Minnesota 69—4/23/22 200,000 Turkeys destroyed in Minnesota 70—4/25/22 1,501,200 chickens destroyed at egg farm Cache, Utah 71—4/26/22 307,400 chickens destroyed at farm Lancaster Pennsylvania 72—4/27/22 2,118,000 chickens destroyed at farm Knox, Nebraska 73—4/28/22 Egg-laying facility in Iowa kills 5.3 million chickens, fires 200-plus workers 74—4/28/22 Allen Harim Foods a chicken processing company based in Delaware killed nearly 2 million chickens
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