TRAIN WRECK  This handout photo released on December 28 by Queensland Rail shows a derailed freight train carrying approximately 800,000 liters of sulfuric acid east of Julia Creek in northwest Queensland. The authorities have declared an emergency under the Public Safety Preservation Act and have placed a two-kilometer exclusion zone around the crash site after the accident. AFP PHOTO
TRAIN WRECK
This handout photo released on December 28 by Queensland Rail shows a derailed freight train carrying approximately 800,000 liters of sulfuric acid east of Julia Creek in northwest Queensland. The authorities have declared an emergency under the Public Safety Preservation Act and have placed a two-kilometer exclusion zone around the crash site after the accident. AFP PHOTO

SYDNEY: Tens of thousands of liters of sulfuric acid may have leaked from a freight train that derailed in Australia’s outback, police said Tuesday.

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