Another chemical train in the US crashes.

A Canadian Pacific Railway freight train derailed in North Dakota on Sunday, spilling hazardous liquid asphalt from containers. The crash is the latest in a spate of derailments across the US, one of which caused a devastating release of toxic chemicals. The cleanup operation is expected to last between seven and ten days, and follows seven other freight trains across the US since the beginning of February. In February, a coal train in Nebraska and a train carrying agricultural products in Michigan went off the tracks, as well as a disastrous wreck involving a Norfolk Southern Railway train in East Palestine, Ohio. The Biden administration was criticized for its handling of the incident, with former President Donald Trump visiting the site and President Joe Biden opting not to. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg toured East Palestine several weeks after the accident and earlier this month urged Congress to pass stricter safety legislation for freight railways.