{"id":232215,"date":"2026-06-30T22:03:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T22:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/232215\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T22:03:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T22:03:07","slug":"freight-train-derails-in-bensalem-no-threat-to-public-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/232215\/","title":{"rendered":"Freight train derails in Bensalem: \u2018No threat to public safety\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Delco to Chesco and Montco to Bucks, what about life in Philly\u2019s suburbs do you want WHYY News to cover? <a href=\"#Section1\">Let us know!<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>A CSX freight train derailed Tuesday afternoon in Bensalem Township near East Bristol Road and Grave Avenue. No injuries were reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>Bucks County authorities are urging residents to stay away from the area but say there is \u201cno threat to public safety at this time.\u201d Shelter-in-place and evacuation orders <a href=\"https:\/\/crimewatch.net\/us\/pa\/bucks\/bensalem-pd\/15488\/broadcasts\/shelter-place-and-evacuations-have-been-lifted?fbclid=IwY2xjawSxDOxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFLZGlzQ2ExR3RIRHpSZEFRc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHheh4MKjbO9k7GFyLa_ZkJWAZmGnZaz2Q05Ydkvc6Bira4rz5BBPTQmgYFDt_aem_q0w_ETVk7k9gwkdKOjoncg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">have been lifted<\/a> as of 4:30 p.m., said William McVey, director of public safety for Bensalem Township, at a press conference Tuesday.\n<\/p>\n<p>At approximately 1:59 p.m., a 72-car freight train traveling eastbound went off the tracks in Bucks County. Sixteen cars derailed, according to McVey.\n  <\/p>\n<p>Hazmat crews and other first responders arrived to assess the contents of the derailed cars and to remain onsite for cleanup.\n<\/p>\n<p>McVey said there were hazardous materials onboard the train but said hazmat crews determined that \u201cnothing leaked.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was an alcohol substance in one and I believe an acid in another, but I don\u2019t have the specific materials,\u201d McVey said.\n<\/p>\n<p>McVey said the CSX hazmat team will be responsible for cleaning up the site and investigating the cause of the derailment.\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From Delco to Chesco and Montco to Bucks, what about life in Philly\u2019s suburbs do you want WHYY&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232216,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[191,193,192,194,2552],"class_list":["post-232215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bensalem","tag-bensalem","tag-bensalem-headlines","tag-bensalem-news","tag-bensalem-township","tag-train-derailment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}