MITCHELL, S.D. —  Officials in a southeastern South Dakota city have asked residents near a leaking rail car to keep their windows closed and stay indoors.

Mitchell Police Lieutenant Don Everson said Sunday night that a parked freight car began leaking fumes from an aluminum smelting byproduct, but the fumes were quickly contained. He says there's no danger to residents.

Mayor Lou Sebert says no evacuations have been ordered in the city of about 15,000 near Interstate 90. Instead, officials asked neighbors within one block of the leak to close their windows and stay indoors.

BNSF Railway spokesman Gus Melonas says crews hauled the rail car outside of city limits to an unpopulated area and planned to monitor it until Monday morning as it smoldered out.

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