PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2011100254 — PENTANES — AMARILLO, TX

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Incident X-2011100254PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2011100254. Incident date: 2011-09-16. Location: AMARILLO, TX. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: BNSF Railway Company. Shipper: WRB Refining LLC. Materials: UN1265; PENTANES; hazard class 3; 28235 LGA released. What failed: Tank Head. How failed: Punctured. Reported failure causes: Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage. Reported result: Spillage, Fire. 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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