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- An empty coal train derailed and sparked a grassfire west of Muswellbrook on Wednesday<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- The blaze is now listed as under control but has burnt nearly 40 hectares<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- No one was injured and an investigation will be carried out when the area is deemed safe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Twenty-six carriages of an empty coal train derailed about 80 kilometres west of Muswellbrook in the Bylong Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The crash sparked a grassfire that was controlled on Sunday after burning nearly 40 hectares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nine local brigades and a water-bombing aircraft were deployed to fight the fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Under the extreme heat of the past few days, the fire spread into steep terrain around the railway line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An empty coal train derailed and sparked a grass fire near Mudgee on Wednesday.(Supplied: NSW RFS)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n RFS Remote Area Firefighters and National Parks and Wildlife Service joined the effort, working with hand tools along the southern line of the fireground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No one was injured in the derailment but 26 wagons left the rail track.(Supplied: NSW RFS)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n A RFS spokesperson said there were still 10 fire fighters, including Remote Area Firefighters, and a water-bombing aircraft working to “mop up and black-out” the fire on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It is burning along a ridge line and in some slightly inaccessible terrain, hence the Remote Area Firefighters,” the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) said no one was injured but 26 wagons were derailed in the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It said no time frame had been put on the reopening of the rail line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The office of National Rail Safety Regulator and Office of Transport Investigation (NSW) will investigate the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nearly 40 hectares were burnt before the fire was brought under control.(Supplied: NSW RFS)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" New South Wales firefighters have controlled a grass fire that was sparked from a coal train that derailed on Wednesday. Key points: Twenty-six carriages of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[273,196,163,5,177],"tags":[9,5026,7],"class_list":["post-371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","category-derailment","category-rail-industry-news-australia-new-zealand","category-transport","category-transport-for-nsw","tag-freight","tag-nsw","tag-transport"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t