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Multiple train cars leave tracks in derailment near Brooks, Alta.

A train derailed on Monday afternoon in southern Alberta, with multiple cars coming off the track.

Transportation Safety Board of Canada has deployed 2 investigators

A tight shot of train tracks.
A file photo of train tracks is shown. A train derailed on Monday afternoon in southern Alberta near Highway 873 and Range Road 142. (Tyler Pidlubny/CBC)

A train derailed on Monday afternoon in southern Alberta, with multiple cars coming off the track.

RCMP say a train derailed near Highway 873 and Range Road 142, just outside the city of Brooks, Alta.

No injuries were reported.

Police say about 17 cars carrying shipping containers with "various products" left the tracks.

CPKC says its teams were responding to the site to begin a full assessment and cleanup.

On Tuesday, theTransportation Safety Board of Canada said it haddeployed two investigators who would gather information and assess the scene.

With a file from CBC News