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CN crews clean up molten sulfur spill northeast of Edmonton after train derails

Crews are working to clean up 50,000 litres of molten sulfur that spilled when seven train cars derailed northeast of Edmonton.

LAC LA BICHE — Crews are working to clean up 50,000 litres of molten sulfur that spilled when seven train cars derailed northeast of Edmonton.

The Canadian National Railway (TSX:CNR) train derailed on Friday afternoon 72 kilometres north of Lac La Biche.

Alberta Environment says a CN dangerous goods team contained the spill from three of the cars and continue to clean it up.

No one was hurt.

The government says molten sulfur doesn’t pose a risk to human health or the environment unless it is heated to an extreme temperature.

CN says the rail line has since reopened.