Train carrying propane derails miles away from Florida airport

A Seminole Gulf Railway train carrying propane derailed near a Florida airport on Tuesday, prompting a major clean-up, officials said.

Emergency crews from Southern Manatee Fire & Rescue were called to reports of a train derailment in Manatee County, just a few miles away from the Sarasota Bradenton International Airport, county officials said in a statement. At least five railcars and two propane tankers derailed at the site, they said.

No injuries were reported and officials said there appeared to be “no leakage at this time.”

One tanker, a 30,000-gallon liquid propane car, was on its side, while the other car was "off the track, but upright," Southern Manatee Fire & Rescue Chief Robert Bounds said late Tuesday.