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In Gainford, Alberta, 13 train cars that were carrying the flammable, liquified petroleum and crude oil have derailed. The incident occurred on October 19, 2013 about 80KM from Edmonton in Canada. Nine of the 13 train cars were carrying liquified petroleum while the other four cars carried petroleum crude oil.

“We do a have a fire and there are a couple of tankers – I’m not sure if they’re leaking , but they’ve been damaged in a significant way -- so there is a risk there,” Parkland County Communications Assistant Carson Mills told CTV News Channel on Saturday.

A local state of emergency was declared as firefighters arrived at the scene and encouraged local residents to avoid the area.

A voluntary evacuation has been set in place for the local residents; approximately 100 residents have taken the information seriously and evacuated.

This isn't the only incident of train cars carrying hazardous materials to derail recently; only two days ago a similar incident occurred in Sexsmith, a North Western town of Alberta. In July a train carrying crude oil had a deadly derailment in Quebec, Canada.

This is all happening while energy companies in North America have turned to using trains to transport the crude from oil pipelines instead of other means.

Canada's Transportation Safety Board has confirmed that they are sending people out to investigate the cause of this most recent train derailment.

As firefighters continue to assist in making sure the area is safe and investigators arrive more information will become available.

Sean is a London (Ontario) based writer, and has been writing full-time for eCanadaNow since May of 2005, covering Canadian topics and world issues. Since 2009, Sean has been the lead editor for eCanadaNow. Prior to his work writing and editing for the eCanadaNow, he worked as a freelancer for several Canadian newspapers.. You can contact Sean at {Sean at ecanadanow.com] Google

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