Dramatic Photos of Smoldering Train Car Pileup in Fort Worth

Published April 24, 2019 • Updated on August 19, 2021 at 6:56 pm

A Union Pacific freight train carrying ethanol went off its tracks in a Fort Worth neighborhood Wednesday morning and caught fire, prompting an evacuation of nearby homes and concerns over air quality.

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Video captured the scene of a derailed train in southeast Fort Worth Wednesday morning as storms rolled through. (Published April 24, 2019)

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Union Pacific cars carrying ethanol went off the tracks in a Fort Worth neighborhood and caught fire Wednesday morning, prompting evacuations of nearby homes. (Published April 24, 2019)

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Daylight showed the extensive damage along the Union Pacific line in an industrial area of Fort Worth, just south of Berry Street. (Published April 24, 2019)

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Video captured the scene of a derailed train in southeast Fort Worth Wednesday morning as storms rolled through. (Published April 24, 2019)

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Video captured the scene of a derailed train in southeast Fort Worth Wednesday morning as storms rolled through. (Published April 24, 2019)

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Video captured the scene of a derailed train in southeast Fort Worth Wednesday morning as storms rolled through. (Published April 24, 2019)

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Video captured the scene of a derailed train in southeast Fort Worth Wednesday morning as storms rolled through. (Published April 24, 2019)

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Video captured the scene of a derailed train in southeast Fort Worth Wednesday morning as storms rolled through. (Published April 24, 2019)

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Video captured the scene of a derailed train in southeast Fort Worth Wednesday morning as storms rolled through. (Published April 24, 2019)

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Video captured the scene of a derailed train in southeast Fort Worth Wednesday morning as storms rolled through. (Published April 24, 2019)

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Video captured the scene of a derailed train in southeast Fort Worth Wednesday morning as storms rolled through. (Published April 24, 2019)

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