Officials have begun righting tankers and freight cars and repairing tracks after a derailment west of downtown Lincoln. Fire officials say 23 cars left the tracks in the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. rail yard early Tuesday morning west of downtown Lincoln. A tanker car of chlorine tipped over when it derailed, prompting the temporary closure of nearby U.S. Highway 77 and West O Street. But Fire Battalion Chief Bruce Sellon says hazardous-materials crews soon determined that the tanker wasn't leaking. What caused the derailment has not been determined. There were no reports of injuries.
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