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Substance Leaking ID’d as Lube; No Threat to Safety

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Tom Sofield
Trains in Middletown. File photo Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
Trains in Middletown. File photo
Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com

Fire crews rushed to the CSX-owned train tracks above Flowers Mill Road in Middletown Township Saturday afternoon following reports that a rail car was leaking.

Emergency officials arrived at the scene and were able to determine the substance leaking from the car was a non-hazardous lubricant, Middletown Fire Marshal Jim McGuire said.

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Police closed Flowers Mill Road at around 1:30 p.m., and fire trucks staged in the area until the leaking substance was deemed safe.

McGuire said the lubricant was leaking from the top of the train car and was reported to 9-1-1 by someone who saw it.

Official were unsure of who owned the leaky rail car.

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Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield has covered news in Bucks County for 16 years for both newspaper and online publications. Tom’s 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.