Little loss of Simplot fertilizer in derailment

Mt. Home, Idaho-No injuries or exposures were reported and loss of product was minimal after two tanker cars containing liquid fertilizer derailed and tipped over on their sides, according to the Union Pacific. UP spokesman Mark Davis said it took most of the day to right the cars and load them on over-the-road flatbed trucks for removal. The two cars contained 32-0-0 liquid fertilizer being moved from Simplot’s Port Comfort, Tex., terminal to a Simplot Grower Solutions retail unit in Idaho, reported company spokesman Fred Zerza. He said the product was removed from the cars and only a minor amount of the non-hazardous 32 percent solution leaked from the top of one of them. The cause is still under investigation.