Calgary Alberta - A train has derailed in Calgary's Inglewood community, but this one is not believed to pose an immediate threat, unlike a 2013 incident that led to mass evacuations in the same area.
 
The derailment happened about 06:20 Thursday on the CP line near the intersection of 15th Street and 19th Avenue S.E.
 
CP spokesman Martin Cej said about 14 cars left the tracks at a "very slow speed" of roughly six kilometres per hour.
 
Three empty cars were lying on their sides off the rails, according to Calgary Fire Department spokeswoman Carol Henke.
 
One other car that derailed but was still standing upright had been carrying a sulphur-containing material, Henke said, but fire crews didn't believe it posed a threat.
 
Cej said, that car and two others, were used to carry hazardous materials but were mainly empty at the time of the derailment, with only a small amount of residue inside them.
 
The one full car involved in the derailment was carrying vegetables.
 
A hazardous-material team was on scene, but Henke said some of the firefighting apparatus that initially responded to the derailment began to leave once it was determined they weren't needed.
 
She said the biggest challenge facing emergency responders was a downed power line that forced crews to wait until it was de-energized.
 
An EMS spokesman said there were no reported injuries.
 
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) said it is deploying a team of investigators to the derailment site.
 
Cej said the company is sorry for the impact the incident had on area residents and people driving through the area Thursday morning.
 
"Obviously, it made the commute very hectic for commuters and, for that, CP apologizes," he said.
 
Site of Previous "CP Fail"
 
Thursday's derailment happened in the same area as a 2013 derailment that saw eight cars carrying flammable liquids leave the tracks and prompt the evacuation of more than 140 nearby homes.
 
That incident led dozens of Inglewood residents to protest dangerous goods being carried through their community, many of them chanting "CP Fail" during a rally outside the company's Alyth Yard.
 
The Calgary Fire Department later sent CP an invoice for more than $500,000 because the derailment forced firefighters to remain on scene around the clock for days.
 
In addition to the TSB investigation, CP plans to conduct a "full investigation" of its own into Thursday's incident and Cej said the results of the probe would be shared publicly.
 
"All of that will be disclosed as soon as we have those facts," he said.
 
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