Top photo: This photo released March 10, 2023, by the Ohio governor’s office, shows covered piles of soils contaminated with vinyl chloride after a February train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Shipments of the tainted soils and liquids to treatment and storage facilities in other states ...
Nothing to see here. Just the toxic cloud from the controlled explosion from the East Palestine train derailment. As of 9pm, the outside smells of chlorine at our house, located about 15 miles N of the site.#EastPalestine#trainderailment — Haley 💙📚 (@hale27storm)February 7, 2023 ht...
safety of their air and water in the aftermath of the February 3 derailment, which ignited a fire that burned for days and prompted crews to intentionally release vinyl chloride from the train cars to help avert an explosion -- a move that sent a thick plume of smoke over the small ...
Smoke rises from a derailed cargo train in East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 4, 2023. (Photo by DUSTIN FRANZ/AFP via Getty Images) The EPA is still monitoring soil and water contamination near the train derailment site and took water samples at several points of nearby water streams.In a let...
A reported explosion caused extensive damage to a building in downtown Youngstown, Ohio, on Tuesday afternoon. May 29, 2024 Former President Trump addresses crowd in Ohio At a rally, Mr. Trump speculated on the consequences if he loses the 2024 presidential election. ...
The train was transporting several chemical compounds that are raw materials for the chemical industry, and due to the derailment, some wagons caught fire, and others were in danger of explosion due to overheating. Aims: This note aims to reflect on the...
East Palestine, Ohio, spilling chemicals onto the ground and into waterways, and releasing them into the air as damaged cars burst into flames. A few days later, on Feb. 6, officials intentionally released vinyl chloride gas from five train cars and burned it in order to avoid an explosion...
Ohio sued Norfolk SouthernRailway over the derailment of a train carrying toxic materials in East Palestine last month, the state's attorney general announced on Tuesday, aiming to make the railroad pay for the cleanup and environmental damage. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said tha...
EAST PALESTINE, OHIO – Environmental advocates again have warned of the dangers posed by trains carrying hazardous materials after the 50-car derailment of a Norfolk Southern train along the Pennsylvania-Ohio border on Friday night sparked a massive explosion. ...
“We just looked to our left and a giant explosion, probably at least 200 feet, and we’re like, ‘Oh my God. What do we do?'” “I was actually the one that dialed 911,” said Kridler. “We all saw the same thing. One of our friends said, ‘Hey something blew up.'” ...