Union Pacific employees are cleaning out culverts along 8th Street near Vine Street today, the site of the July 16 train derailment and fire.

Twelve railroad cars derailed.

One car containing chicken feed split in half.  The feed was removed and bulldozed into a large pile covered with white tarps.

A very pungent odor is present.  It’s offensive to some people and and the city of Hays is getting complaints.

A Hays Public Works Department spokeswoman tells Hays Post this afternoon that Union Pacific Railroad and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment are in charge of cleaning up the chicken feed.

They planned to do the work Friday, but, she says the city was told removal has been delayed due to the recent rains.