# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2024070638 — AMMONIA ANHYDROUS — BORDULAC, ND

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2024070638  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2024-07-05  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2024-07-05 in BORDULAC, ND.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2024070638.
Incident date: 2024-07-05.
Location: BORDULAC, ND.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: SOO LINE RAILROAD COMPANY (DBA Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railroad).
Shipper: CANADIAN FERTILIZERS LTD / Methanex Corp.
Materials: UN1005; AMMONIA ANHYDROUS; hazard class 2.3; 18769.499479 GCF released | UN1230; METHANOL; hazard class 3; 121712.86 LGA released.
What failed: Bolts or Nuts; Liquid Line; Pressure Relief Valve or Device - Reclosing; Tank Shell / Bolts or Nuts; Liquid Valve / Bolts or Nuts; Liquid Valve; Tank Shell; Tank Shell; Tank Shell; Vapor Valve / Bottom Outlet Valve; Tank Shell; Tank Shell / Gasket; Pressure Relief Valve or Device - Reclosing / Liquid Valve; Pressure Relief Valve or Device - Reclosing; Tank Shell; Vapor Valve / Pressure Relief Valve or Device - Reclosing / Pressure Relief Valve or Device - Reclosing; Tank Shell / Tank Shell.
How failed: Leaked; Vented / Punctured / Ripped or Torn / Torn Off or Damaged; Burst or Ruptured; Punctured / Torn Off or Damaged; Torn Off or Damaged / Torn Off or Damaged; Torn Off or Damaged; Burst or Ruptured; Crushed; Punctured; Torn Off or Damaged / Torn Off or Damaged; Torn Off or Damaged; Punctured; Torn Off or Damaged / Torn Off or Damaged; Torn Off or Damaged; Torn Off or Damaged; Punctured / Vented / Vented; Ripped or Torn.
Reported failure causes: Derailment / Derailment; Derailment / Derailment; Derailment; Derailment / Derailment; Derailment; Derailment; Derailment / Derailment; Derailment; Derailment; Derailment; Derailment; Derailment / Fire, Temperature, or Heat / Fire, Temperature, or Heat; Derailment / Fire, Temperature, or Heat; Fire, Temperature, or Heat.
Reported result: Spillage, Fire, Material Entered Waterway/Storm Sewer, Vapor(Gas) Dispersion, Environmental Damage.
Reporter-submitted DOT Form 5800.1 data may be incomplete, corrected, supplemented, or misreported. A record, serious-incident classification, failure description, or relationship to a reporting rule is not a PHMSA causal finding, compliance determination, or finding of a violation.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://portalpublic.phmsa.dot.gov/analytics/saw.dll?Portal?PortalPath=/shared/Public%20Website%20Pages/_portal/Hazmat%20Incident%20Report%20Search>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `34169eab951bcd4ae82f93daba4140baef8463dd199215b28abef0191f11653d`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-26T01:22:23.805Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2024070638`

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