'Plenty of spilled corn' after derailment near Emerson

A big cleanup job is underway on a rail line in southern Manitoba after several train cars full of corn jumped the tracks Friday afternoon.

Twenty-threecars werederailed about 12:45 p.m. on the tracks near Dominion City, Man., about 15 kilometres north of Emerson.

RCMPtweeted there were no injuries and no hazardous materials spilled just "plenty of spilled corn."

Const. Paul Manaigre said the derailment did not interrupttraffic or damage any property.

Manaigresaid he wasn't able to speculate on a cause for the derailment, butsaid the clean-up timeframe will be considerable, "considering the amount of debris to remove and track to repair."

RCMPofficers fromMorris and Emerson are assisting CP Rail with the incident, Manaigresaid.