Train carrying flammable liquids derails, HFD responds

(FOX 26 Houston)

The Houston Fire Department has responded to a train derailment on the 8200 block of Clinton Drive Friday morning around 5 a.m.

According to firefighters, five tanker cars were derailed, three of them onto their side.

The tankers were reportedly carrying a flammable liquid.

It is not yet known what caused the train derailment.

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