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Montana: déraillement de 20 voitures d'un train qui transportait du pétrole

Montana: déraillement d'un train de pétrole
DAGGETT, CA - JUNE 16: A train that runs along old Route 66 transports military tanks on June 16, 2007 in Daggett, California. Route 66 opened in 1926 to become an icon of American motoring freedom. It stretched from Chicago to Los Angeles and became a western migration route for people looking for work during the great depression of the 1930s or to escape the Dust Bowl disaster. Later it offered vacation getaways and driving adventures until 1985 when it was decommissioned as a federal highway. Today the motels, gas stations, and roadside attractions along the 'Mother Road' are disappearing at an alarming rate. Route 66 aficionados try to preserve some reminders of the by-gone era ? restoring some buildings, collecting memorabilia, and erecting thousands of new signs that read 'Route 66' - but most of the old landmarks are already in a state of decay or destroyed by vandals and neglect. Freeways, modern hotel chains, developer's projects, and even tourist attractions are blotting out the original reminders of the highway that inspired countless movies, books, and songs about life on the Western highway. Last week the National Trust for Historic Preservation included the old motels of Route 66 on its list of the 11 most endangered historic places. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
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DAGGETT, CA - JUNE 16: A train that runs along old Route 66 transports military tanks on June 16, 2007 in Daggett, California. Route 66 opened in 1926 to become an icon of American motoring freedom. It stretched from Chicago to Los Angeles and became a western migration route for people looking for work during the great depression of the 1930s or to escape the Dust Bowl disaster. Later it offered vacation getaways and driving adventures until 1985 when it was decommissioned as a federal highway. Today the motels, gas stations, and roadside attractions along the 'Mother Road' are disappearing at an alarming rate. Route 66 aficionados try to preserve some reminders of the by-gone era ? restoring some buildings, collecting memorabilia, and erecting thousands of new signs that read 'Route 66' - but most of the old landmarks are already in a state of decay or destroyed by vandals and neglect. Freeways, modern hotel chains, developer's projects, and even tourist attractions are blotting out the original reminders of the highway that inspired countless movies, books, and songs about life on the Western highway. Last week the National Trust for Historic Preservation included the old motels of Route 66 on its list of the 11 most endangered historic places. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

CULBERTSON, Mont. — Plus de 20 voitures d'un train qui transportait du pétrole brut ont quitté la voie ferrée en début de soirée, jeudi, dans une région rurale de l'État américain du Montana, près des limites géographiques du Dakota du Nord.

Du pétrole s'est ensuite échappé d'au moins deux des wagons. Quelques évacuations résidentielles ont alors été ordonnées dans ce secteur situé à moins de 100 kilomètres de la frontière de la Saskatchewan, au Canada.

L'accident n'a provoqué aucun incendie et personne n'a été blessé. La sécurité du public ne semble pas être en péril.

Un porte-parole de la compagnie ferroviaire Burlington Northern Santa Fe a confirmé que 106 wagons-citernes remplis de pétrole faisaient partie du convoi lorsque le déraillement s'est produit près de Culbertson, peu après 18h00, heure locale. Une fermeture de l'autoroute 2, la plus importante de la région, a été décrétée.

Les experts en nettoyage de produits dangereux qui tenteront de remettre le site en état proviendront du Texas. La cause du déraillement n'est pas encore connue.

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