No injuries and no hazardous chemical spills were reported when a train derailed north of Dover late Monday evening.

An apparent broken rail caused the derailment on the Union Pacifi c Railroad at about 10:30 p.m.

Of the 16 cars on the northbound train, 13 derailed, according to Kingfisher County Emergency Management Director Randy Poindexter.

Although Union Pacific has its own investigators and even its own police force, Poindexter said the train derailment spilled onto public land, which turned it into an issue for local officials.

That despite Union Pacific telling local officials that no law enforcement, fire departments or EMS were needed.

“If it spills onto public property, then it’s the jurisdiction of local officials,” Poindexter said. “And I wanted to make sure there were no hazardous chemical spills or leaks.”

Poindexter said a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) emailed to Kingfisher County dispatch indicated that - at least at some point - some of the cars had contained hazardous materials.

“The two that concerned me were propane and xylene,” said Poindexter. “But both of those cars were empty and there was no indication that anything had leaked out of any of the tanks.”

Poindexter also said there were no reported injuries.

There was some damage to nearby property, including a fence and some trees, said Poindexter.

“But it could have been a whole lot worse,” he added. “If this had happened in town, it could have hit houses, businesses or any number of things.”

Union Pacific officials were quickly on the scene after the accident and continued the cleanup into Tuesday, said Poindexter.

He said the wide-ranging temperatures could have caused the broken rail.

“From what they told me, as hot as it had been and then to have the ice cold temps…if you don’t have a good bond on the rail, they can break and that’s what occurred,” he said.