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Diesel spill as train and branch collide

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A freight train has leaked thousands of litres of diesel at Upper Sturt after it struck a tree branch earlier this week.

At about 4.15am on Monday, February 10, four CFS trucks with 20 firefighters responded to reports of a train diesel leak on the rail line near Upper Sturt Road, about 1km south of Crafers.

A 1.5km long freight train had collided with a tree branch that was believed to hav...


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