Train Carrying Iron Ore Derailed in California’s Mojave Desert

A freight train carrying iron ore derailed in a remote area of the Mojave Desert but there were no injuries, authorities said.

The San Bernardino County Fire Protection District said in a tweet that “numerous” cars derailed.

“No current threat to the area,” the tweet said.

The derailment site was in the Mojave National Preserve near Kelso Depot, a historic railroad site about 160 miles northeast of Los Angeles.

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