Train derailment in Paris, Ont., disrupts VIA Rail service between Windsor and Toronto

Crews are responding to a train derailment in Paris, Ont., on Friday.

CN says its crews are responding to an upright derailment of approximately 24 railcars and one locomotive.

"There are no reports of injuries, leaks, spills or fires, and no crossings are blocked. The cause of the incident is under investigation," CN said in an email to CBC News.

"The public is asked to avoid the area to allow crews to safely complete their work."

It's unclear what was being transported in the freight railcars.

Brant County OPP say officers were called about a report of a train derailment around 6 a.m. on Friday. The derailment occurred on the railway line between Oak Park Road and Market Street.

The train appears to be off tracks that are on elevated tracks over Dundas Street E. in Paris, the main way for drivers to enter the town from the east.

A street with construction pylons and there's a bridge over the street with a train stopped on the bridge and workers in safety vests are standing beside the train — CN says the cause of Friday's freight train derailment is under investigation. (Paul Smith/CBC)

The County of Brant says the train derailed east of the Grand River. Residents do not need to leave the area but the municipality says it is monitoring the situation.

People expecting to take Via Rail on the Quebec to Windsor corridor are asked to check the status of their trips as some services have been cancelled or delayed in the area.

One Via Rail trip planned for Friday between Windsor and Toronto was cancelled and customers were told it was "due to a freight derailment." Refunds would be issued.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada also said Friday it had deployed a team of investigators to the derailment. They will "gather information and assess the occurrence."

The board is an independent agency that investigates air, marine, pipeline, and rail transportation occurrences.

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