SHEFFIELD — The Sheffield Fire Department responded to a train derailment this morning in the Intermodal Yard, just west of the Ford plant in Sheffield Village.

The train was on a main line and was traveling between Bellevue, Ohio, and Buffalo, according to Rudy Husband, Norfolk Southern public relations director.

The derailment, which involved about 28 rail cars, occurred shortly after 7 a.m., according to the Fire Department. The eastbound trail derailed between Harris and Abbe roads in Sheffield.

A small propane leak occurred following the accident, but firefighters quickly had that under control.

According to firefighters, there were no hazardous materials involved in the derailment and no one was injured.

Husband said there were two people on board the train, an engineer and a conductor, who were both in the locomotive. Husband said many of the rail cars were empty and others were hauling sand.

Husband said he doesn’t have any figures for the monetary loss due to the derailment. He also doesn’t know how long the rail line will be closed. He said there’s another route that goes through Cleveland that can be utilized.

“Obviously we prefer to have our most direct line open,” he said, but he didn’t think the changed route would pose any major problems.

The Fire Department was on scene for about two hours before turning the site over to railroad officials, who continue to monitor cleanup.

The Sheffield Fire Department plans to continue to monitor the site during cleanup efforts.

NORTH RIDGEVILLE — A house fire yesterday in North Ridgeville left two family cats dead.

According to the Fire Department, firefighters were called just after 11 a.m. yesterday to the home of Doug and Linda Donelon, 7484 Dyke Ave.

Crews arrived to find the first floor of the two-story home filled with smoke. Firefighters entered the home through the garage, found the kitchen on fire and quickly extinguished it.

The home’s residents were out of the home, but a search of the home turned up two cats that had been overcome by heat and smoke.

The Fire Department estimated the home’s damage as $30,000 to its structure and $20,000 to its contents. The fire was confined to the kitchen with some smoke damage throughout the house.

The fire remains under investigation by the department’s Fire Prevention/Investigation Division.

ELYRIA — Three people were arrested over the weekend after the fought about damage to a vehicle, according to a police report.

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Edith Baker, 23, of South Amherst was charged with assault, Johnathen Graham, 19, of Elyria was charged with criminal damage, and a 17-year-old Elyria girl was certified to juvenile court for assault.

According to the police report, the dispute began when Baker’s car, which was parked in front of a home on Sixth Street, was struck by another vehicle that left the area.

Graham, who is Baker’s boyfriend, became mad because he believed a female in the residence either had caused the damage or knew who had and wasn’t saying.

He then reportedly went to the female’s car and began damaging it, causing damage to the side lights, the roof and several other dents in both sides. Graham later told police he used a brick to break the lights and damage the roof but insisted the rest of the damage was already there.

While Graham was in a “fit of rage,” his father came out and tried to calm him down, and the two began to wrestle, the report said.

While his father was restraining him, the 17-year-old came out of the home and kicked Graham in the head, causing him to lose consciousness briefly.

LifeCare was called to the scene for Graham, but he wound up refusing to go to the hospital.

AVON — A 26-year-old Maple Heights woman is in critical condition after she crashed on Interstate 90 overnight and became trapped underneath her car.

The Avon Fire Department responded to the accident on I-90 eastbound near Nagel Road a little before 11 p.m. and found the woman pinned between her car and a property fence, Capt. Mike Emling said.

Mindy Ramsey was taken to St. John West Shore Hospital in Westlake and then LifeFlighted to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, according to Avon police.

According to Emling, “somehow she was outside her car,” and firefighters found her under it.

Emling said her right arm was pinned underneath the car, and she suffered head and arm injuries. She is in critical condition today, according to a MetroHealth spokeswoman.

Three children in the car were taken to St. John West Shore. They are Shemiah Carroll, 3; Emmanuel Carroll, 4; and Frank Newkirk, 6.

Neither Ramsey’s nor any of the children’s condtions were immediately available.

An adult passenger in the car, Noelle Nelson, was unhurt.