Australia train derailment: floods impede sulphuric acid cleanup
by Associated Press in Sydney from on (#YZ81)
Freight train carrying 200,000 litres of highly corrosive substance derailed in a remote area of Queensland on Sunday
Floodwaters are hampering efforts to clean up a remote site in north-east Australia where a freight train carrying sulphuric acid derailed on Sunday.
The train was carrying around 200,000 litres of the highly corrosive substance when it came off the tracks near the small town of Julia Creek in western Queensland, police said.
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