Crews battle to contain fuel leak after train derails

Crews are working to contain a leak on an ethanol tanker that was among 16 freight train carriages that derailed in New York state, prompting the evacuation of several homes.

Governor Andrew Cuomo said the train was travelling on the Norfolk Southern line in the town of Ripley, about 60 miles south-west of Buffalo, when the accident occurred at around 11.30pm local time last night.