PARKER, Kan. (AP) — Crews are cleaning up after a freight train derailed in east-central Kansas.

Union Pacific Railroad said in a written statement that 11 of the train’s 166 cars jumped the tracks around 5 p.m. Monday near the Linn County town of Parker. The derailed cars were carrying lumber and soda ash, which is sometimes used to treat drinking water and not considered extremely hazardous. The statement says no one was injured.

The train was headed from Nebraska to Texas, powered by six locomotives.

Union Pacific says a team is working on cleaning up the site and reopening the line. Train traffic is being rerouted through the southeast Kansas town of Coffeyville.

The cause of the derailment is under investigation.

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LINN COUNTY – Law enforcement, fire and emergency management officials are investigating a train derailment in Linn County.

Ten cars of a 166 car Union Pacific train came off the tracks on Monday.

Due to the derailment County Road 1077 between 1700 and 1800 roads was closed and the road through Goodrich was also closed, according to the Sheriff’s Department.

There are no injuries reported. The train was on traveling to Texas from North Platte.