Splinter Road News Today

Authorities are evacuating between Splinter Road and Front Road along U.S. Highway 30 north of the Union Pacific Railroad tracks because of fire and heavy toxic smoke.

Highway 30 is closed in the area, but Interstate 80 is not affected, the Nebraska State Patrol said.

The incident happened on Union Pacific Railroad tracks in the city of North Platte earlier today, and has sparked widespread evacuations from the city in Nebraska.

An explosion inside a container at Bailey Yard in North Platte sparked a fire that spread to several cars and release a "toxic smoke" plume about noon Thursday, Union Pacific

Emergency crews have contained a railcar fire involving "heavy toxic smoke" near North Platte.

A rail car containing acid exploded around noon Thursday at the world largest railroad classification yard, sending toxic smoke into the air.