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HISTORICAL FACTS: Authorities scramble to contain major fuel spill after coal train hits boulder near lithgow | History Defined

Emergency services have managed to contain a fuel spill after a coal train "clipped" a large boulder near Lithgow this morning.

Fire and Rescue New South Wales said a locomotive's fuel tank was punctured after it hit the obstruction, which had fallen on the tracks near Portland.

Superintendent Adam Dewberry said the two-metre-wide boulder had likely been dislodged by recent heavy rainfall.

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