A freight train derailed today near Port Hope, Canada's Ontario province, and one of its 10 cars caught fire, but no injuries were reported.
The derailment also interrupted the gas supply line that runs parallel to the railway, said the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).
Garry Hull, deputy police chief of Port Hope said 20 houses in a mile radius of the derailment site were evacuated, CBC reported.
Firefighters are already in place and a team of hazardous materials is on its way from Toronto, an hour from town by road.
At the moment it is unknown how the train carrying materials and what was the cause of the derailment.
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