CN says tracks will be closed until Wednesday
Posted Mar 28, 2011 02:32:14 PM.
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Jet fuel has been cleared from the site of a train derailment near Cobourg, Ont., but it will be late Wednesday before the track reopens.
CN Rail says work is expected to continue to remove 25 freight cars that left the track Sunday, about an hour out of Toronto.
There is a slow-burning fire in one of the cars, which officials are watching, but more cleanup is needed before that can be dealt with.
VIA Rail customers traveling on the Ottawa-Toronto and Montreal- Toronto lines are being bused to their destinations. No new bookings are being taken at this time.
Meanwhile, the evacuation zone at the scene has been reduced to six residences and three businesses.
More than a dozen homes were evacuated Sunday near the derailment in Hamilton township, which separates Cobourg and Port Hope.
