Eight businesses were evacuated and traffic from Cooper Street to Collins Street was redirected following a train derailment at about 12:45 p.m. Friday.

A 911 dispatch call was received at about 12:45 p.m. reporting the Union Pacific train went off the tracks in the area of 101 S. Mesquite St..

Seven train cars derailed, with one tanker tipped over onto its side. A hazardous material team was called to the scene as something began leaking from the overturned tanker. The material was discovered as corn syrup.

Hazardous materials were on cars of the train, but none of those materials were affected, said Jim Self, Arlington Fire Department assistant chief.

Union Pacific and the Arlington Fire Department are investigating what caused the train to derail.

“We won’t know for several days,” Self said.

The derailment is the second in the last six months and seventh accident in the area since 1998, according to CBS News.

In October, a Union Pacific train collided with an idle train on the tracks between West Fork Road and Dottie Lynn Parkway, causing the derailment of both trains.

The most serious of the seven derailments occurred in December of 1998 when an Amtrak train carrying more than 190 passengers derailed and injured 24, including seven crew members. The train, which was traveling from Chicago to Los Angeles, had been stopped just hours earlier after striking and killing a woman on the tracks.

On Friday, Jennifer Chavez, the Mavericks Bar and Grill business owner, heard a loud noise. Then, she felt the building shake and looked outside and saw the train slow down.

Sean Turnbough, Lone Star Comics warehouse manager, said the shaking feeling was out of the ordinary.

“There are train tracks right behind the building and when the trains go by fast enough, they kind of shake the building, but not like today,” Turnbough said.

The noise people heard was the mechanical noise of the train going off the tracks, Self said.

Customers were allowed to finish eating before evacuating the building, Chavez said.

All train cars were cleared by about 6:45 p.m. and all major intersections were then opened. East Front Street and North Elm Street remained closed throughout the evening.

No environmental impact, fire or injuries resulted, Self said.

Michael Eldridge contributed to this report.

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