XI'AN -- A 40-car freight train, which included 13 tankers full of gasoline, derailed and caught fire on Monday in northwest China following the Sichuan earthquake, cutting the Baoji-Chengdu railway, officials said on Tuesday.

西安讯 —— 一列四十节运货火车在周一的四川地震中出轨起火，列车运有十三罐汽油。列车出轨导致宝鸡—成都铁路段受阻。

The train was still burning on Tuesday morning and it was feared that the burning oil tanks could explode. Firefighters moved 6 kilometers away from the site, and more than 900 local residents were evacuated, officials said.

星期二早上火仍未熄灭，列车上着火的油罐很有可能引发爆炸。消防人员已撤离火灾现场六公里外，九百多名当地居民已全部撤离。

The train derailed in Huixian County, Gansu Province, at about 2:30 p.m. Monday, said the Xi'an Railway Bureau. That was roughly the time the massive quake struck. The train had been en route from Baoji, Shaanxi Province to Guangyuan, Sichuan Province.

西安铁路局称，火车在12日下午两点三十分在甘肃徽县出轨，当时正是大地震发生的时间。火车从陕西宝鸡出发，目的地为四川广源。

More than 1,000 workers were repairing the damaged rail line, but it was unknown when traffic would resume.

一千多名铁路工人正在抢救破坏的铁路线，但是铁路何时恢复运输尚未可知。

The locomotive caught fire first, and flames then engulfed the tankers, which had been buried by rocks, a spokesman for the Longnan municipal government in Gansu said on Tuesday.

据陇南市政府发言人称，火车头首先起火，火苗迅速点燃了埋进石堆的油罐。

Reports on injuries are conflicting, but it appears that at least one of the train's two drivers was hurt.

目前伤亡人数不明，两名火车司机中有一名可能受伤。

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