# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998050736 — METHANOL — SPARKS, NV

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998050736
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998050736 — METHANOL — SPARKS, NV
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 1998-04-24
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1998-04-24 in SPARKS, NV.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1998050736.
Incident date: 1998-04-24.
Location: SPARKS, NV.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO.
Shipper: METHANEX CORP.
Materials: UN1230; METHANOL; hazard class 3; 1595 LGA released.
How failed: Cracked.
Reported result: Spillage.
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.
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