PATERSON, N.J. -- Several cars of a freight train derailed Tuesday evening, extensively damaging a commercial building near the tracks, authorities said. No one was injured.

The derailment occurred at about 9:15 p.m. along East 18th Street in the city

Seven cars of a 66-car New York, Susquehanna & Western Railway train left the tracks, said Nathan Fenno, a spokesman for the railroad. The train was en route from Ridgefield Park to Binghamton, N.Y.

The cars that derailed were carrying construction debris, Fenno said.

At least one of the derailed cars struck a car wash building, causing it to partially collapse and damaging a natural gas line.

Some nearby residents were evacuated while utility crews worked to repair the gas leak.

The tracks are used only for freight trains, so the accident did not disrupt passenger rail service.

The New York, Susquehanna & Western, headquartered in Cooperstown, N.Y., operates over more than 400 miles of track in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.