{"id":232708,"date":"2026-07-01T11:57:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T11:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/232708\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T11:57:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T11:57:26","slug":"update-shelter-in-place-lifted-after-train-derailment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/232708\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Shelter-In-Place Lifted After Train Derailment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"\"\"<\/a>Credit: Tom Sofield\/LevittownNow.com<\/p>\n

UPDATE: 5:22 p.m., Tuesday:
\u201cHazmat personnel have deemed the area safe. There is no threat to the public. All residents may return to their homes and businesses. Further updates will be provided as we have more information. The shelter-in-place and evacuation orders have been lifted,\u201d police said in a statement. <\/p>\n

Original Story:
A freight train derailment on Tuesday afternoon caused emergency officials to issue a shelter-in-place advisory for portions of Bensalem and Middletown townships.<\/p>\n

The derailment happened around 2:20 p.m. on a stretch of track between Bristol and Street roads in Bensalem Township. <\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"<\/a>A drone-eye photo of the crash minutes after it happened.
Credit: Submitted<\/p>\n

Police said between five and 10 freight cars left the tracks. <\/p>\n

The shelter-in-place order affected residents and visitors in Bensalem Township, as well as nearby areas in Middletown Township near the water treatment plant along the Neshaminy Creek and near Neshaminy High School. <\/p>\n

An emergency alert sent to mobile phones in the area urged individuals to go indoors, bring pets inside, and close all windows and vents.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are currently assessing the contents of the train cars,\u201d Bensalem Township authorities said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"<\/a>Credit: Tom Sofield\/LevittownNow.com<\/p>\n

Sources said two of the derailed cars are marked as carrying hazardous and potentially flammable materials. <\/p>\n

The tracks also carries SEPTA\u2019s West Trenton Regional Rail Line. <\/p>\n

SEPTA said the West Trenton Line in Lower Bucks County was suspended due to the derailment.<\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"<\/a>Credit: Tom Sofield\/LevittownNow.com<\/p>\n

Police, firefighters, and the Bucks County Special Operations Team, which includes hazardous materials technicians, rushed to the site. <\/p>\n

Footage from television helicopters and a drone shot shared with this news organization showed multiple cars derailed.<\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"<\/a>Credit: Submitted<\/p>\n

Police turned people away from the perimeter, and nearby businesses began dismissing employees early following the incident. <\/p>\n

No injuries were immediately reported.<\/p>\n

It was not immediately clear how the train derailed. <\/p>\n

\"Tom\"Tom<\/p>\n

Tom Sofield<\/a><\/p>\n

Tom Sofield has covered news in Bucks County for 16 years for both newspaper and online publications. Tom\u2019s reporting has appeared locally, nationally, and internationally across several mediums. He is proud to report on news in the county where he lives and to have created a reliable publication that the community deserves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Tom Sofield\/LevittownNow.com UPDATE: 5:22 p.m., Tuesday: \u201cHazmat personnel have deemed the area safe. There is no threat…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232709,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[191,193,192,194],"class_list":["post-232708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bensalem","tag-bensalem","tag-bensalem-headlines","tag-bensalem-news","tag-bensalem-township"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232708","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=232708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}