A BNSF Railway train derailed Saturday morning in Alma, Wisconsin, sending thousands of gallons of ethanol into the Mississippi River, as . Though the leak was contained later that day, four cars discharged between five聽and 500 gallons, with a fifth dumping 18,000 gallons into the waterway.聽
鈥淏NSF is continuing to monitor for environmental impacts and to work on scene with the multiple federal and state agencies involved,鈥澛燼 BNSF representative told Reuters.聽
The company began transferring the remaining liquid from damaged cars Sunday morning.聽The incident preceded an oil spill in the state on Sunday, in which 13聽Canadian Pacific Railway cars derailed聽in Watertown, Wisconsin,聽resulting in the evacuation of dozens of homes, according to .