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Clara City Train Derailment Exposure Injury Lawsuits

Clara City Train Derailment | Lawsuits, Lawyers | Exposure: Injury, Death | Toxic Chemicals, Chemical Cloud, Hydrochloric Acid

A train derailed outside Clara City, Minnesota, about 95 miles from Minneapolis, early on the morning of October 29, 2007.  The Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train was carrying hydrochloric acid, a highly toxic chemical.  As a result, about a third of Clara City’s 1,340 residents were evacuated as a precaution.

The Clara City train derailment occurred at 4:00 a.m. when the Burlington Northern Santa Fe train hit another train that was parked on the track.   The Clara City train derailment took place under an overpass of Highway 7 on the west side of town.  At least 50 cars on the freight train derailed, and some of them were leaking hydrochloric acid.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Train Derailment Causes Leak of Hydrochloric Acid

It was not immediately known how many cars on the derailed Burlington Northern Santa Fe train had been carrying hydrochloric acid, and Clara City officials could not say how many might be leaking.  Hydrochloric acid is a highly corrosive and toxic liquid that can become a mist if it comes in contact with water.  Inhaling hydrochloric acid vapors can cause coughing, choking, inflammation of the nose, throat, and upper respiratory tract, and in severe cases, pulmonary edema, circulatory failure, and death.  The vapors from hydrochloric acid can irritate and damage the eyes, and direct contact with the toxin can cause redness, pain, and severe skin burns.

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Clara City Residents Evacuated, Following Burlington Northern Santa Fe Train Derailment. Because of the danger posed to Clara City residents by the Burlington Northern Santa Fe train derailment, about 400 residents from the west and north sides of Clara City were evacuated, as well as some area farms.  Most of those evacuated were sent to the Bethany Reformed Church in Clara City.  Classes in the MacCray Public School District were also cancelled, after it was determined that the toxic cloud released by the Clara City train derailment had headed in the direction of the high school parking lot in town.  That parking lot is used by school buses for picking up and dropping off students from several elementary schools.

By mid-morning the derailed Burlington Northern Santa Fe train had stopped leaking hydrochloric acid.  However, because of the chemical cloud that was still lingering over Clara City, residents remained evacuated.   At the time, officials said that it would be more than six hours before the Clara City train derailment evacuees could go home.

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