Rockwood Maine USA - A fire chief involved in the response of Saturday's CPKC derailment in a remote area of northern Maine says it was an absolute miracle the three crew members were not more seriously injured.
 

Three crew members were injured in the derailment - Date? Photographer? - Jackman-Moose River Fire and Rescue Department.

The three crew members were reported to have suffered minor injuries in a derailment and fire involving three locomotives and nine railcars near Rockwood.
 
WMTW-TV reports that Bill Jarvis is chief of the Jackman-Moose River Fire and Rescue Department, located about 20 miles from the derailment scene.
 

The scene of Saturday's CPKC derailment in northern Maine - Date? Photographer? - Jackman-Moose River Fire and Rescue Department.

Jarvis said one of the crew members told him the train was going about 35 mph when they "could suddenly see the rail still there but with the washout they knew nothing was underneath the rail, and they knew there was nothing they could do, and the lead locomotive they were in went right down. They went for quite a ride, and it is very fortunate they were able to get out because of the damage the locomotive sustained, how quickly it stopped, the other cars coming behind it hitting it, and the lumber cars that started piling up on top of it, and caught fire. They had to break out a side window because the locomotive was laying on its side and were able to get out and walk away," Jarvis said.
 
The derailed cars were carrying lumber and wire, but the Portland Press Herald reports other cars in the consist included ethanol and pentamethylheptane, a highly flammable and toxic chemical used in cosmetics.
 
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