BNSF: Derailed Trains Near Tacoma Could Involve Chemical Leak

Crews worked to seal a leaking train car early Sunday following a train derailment of more than a dozen cars near the busiest portion of Chambers Creek Properties in University Place, near Tacoma.

The derailment occurred around 8 p.m., Saturday. According to Gus Melonas, spokesman for BNSF, which manages the railroad line, one train carrying chemicals was headed north to Vancouver, B.C., from Portland when 12 cars derailed.

One of those cars struck a southbound train headed to Roosevelt from Everett, and one car on that train also derailed. The southbound train was carrying general cargo, with no hazardous materials.