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No evacuations after train derails in Hardin County, EMA chief says

According to Hardin Co. EMA Chief Bryce Shumate, a total of seven train cars derailed into a creek. Five of the cars are empty and two contain non-hazardous cargo.

HARDIN COUNTY, Ky. — Crews are on the scene of a train derailment in Hardin County.

The incident happened Tuesday evening near Colesburg, about five miles north of Elizabethtown.

According to Hardin Co. EMA Chief Bryce Shumate, a total of seven train cars derailed into a creek. Five of the cars are empty and two contain non-hazardous cargo. 

No injuries have been reported and there will be no evacuations.

It is not clear what caused the train to go off the tracks.

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