Governor's Office Emergency Services
Hazardous Materials Spill Report

    DATE: 03/27/2023
    TIME: 1019
    RECEIVED BY:
    CONTROL#:
    Cal OES - 23-2228
    NRC -
1.a. PERSON NOTIFYING Cal OES:
1. NAME:2. AGENCY:3. PHONE#:4. Ext:5. PAG/CELL:
Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR)
1.b. PERSON REPORTING SPILL (If different from above):
1. NAME:2. AGENCY:3. PHONE#:4. Ext:5. PAG/CELL:
2. SUBSTANCE TYPE:
2. a. SUBSTANCE:b.QTY:>=<Amount Measurec. TYPE:d. OTHER:e. PIPELINEf. VESSEL
>= 300 Tons
1. Iron Ore =99 railcars N/ARAILROAD DERAILMENTNoNo
2. = NoNo
3. = NoNo
g. DESCRIPTION: Caller states Union Pacific Railroad # OUTS1 of the 25th had 99 railcars derailed and ran uncontrolled due to unknown reasons at this time. Unknown if railcars are upright or on their side at this time. Train was heading southbound at the time of incident and a mainline is impacted. Estimated that it ran uncontrolled for 20-21 miles.

There are no reported of Hazmat released at this time. Iron Ore did impact the Kelso Wash.
h. STOPPAGE/CONTAINMENT:i. WATER INVOLVED: j. WATERWAY:k. DRINKING WATER IMPACTED
Stopped, ContainedYesKelso Wash No
l. MARITIME VESSEL
No		m. KNOWN IMPACT
Unknown
3. a. INCIDENT LOCATION: MP 232.2 CIMA Subdivision // LAT 34.987036 LONG -115.701593
b. CITY:c. COUNTY: d. ZIP:
Cima
San Bernardino County92309SOUTH COAST AQMD
4. INCIDENT DESCRIPTION:
a. DATE:b. TIME (Military):c. SITE:d. REPORTED CAUSE
03/27/20230830 Rail Road Unknown
R/R Crossing less than 50 feet from incident site? No
UPRR RIM#: See confidential
e. INJURIESf. FATALITY g. EVACUATIONh. CLEANUP BY:
NoNoNoUnknown
6. NOTIFICATION INFORMATION:
a. ON SCENE:b. OTHER ON SCENE: c. OTHER NOTIFIED:
CHP, Co Health, Fire Dept., Police Dept., Sheriff Ofc.UPRR Manager
d. ADMIN. AGENCY: San Bernardino County Fire Departmente. SEC. AGENCY:
f. ADDITIONAL COUNTY: g. ADMIN. AGENCY:
h. NOTIFICATION LIST:
Cal GEM:
RWQCB Unit:

6B
Cal OES Region: Southern
AA/CUPA, DTSC, RWQCB, US EPA, USFWS, DFW-OSPR, CALTRANS, CDPH-D.O., CHP, CSWC Managers, LANDS, EDO, FDC, Cal OES REG, LDO, PARKS & REC, PUC, SFM, Co/WP, Co/Hlth, Co/E-Hlth
Photo Attachment:
11. Cal OES Reg. ashley.lyons@caloes.ca.gov, patrick.buttron@caloes.ca.gov, sherryl.jones@caloes.ca.gov
********* Control No: 23-2228 *********

Created by: Warning Center on: 03/27/2023 10:19:10 AM Last Modified by: Warning Center on: 03/27/2023 10:45:09 AM