East Palestine, Ohio

“The Ohio Department of Agriculture is assuring Ohioans its food supply is safe and the risk to livestock remains low following the East Palestine train ...

As the Ohio EPA and area agencies continue to monitor the air and water quality, ODA is ready to assist as needed. ODA has not received any official reports regarding the wellness of animals related to the incident. In the post Holzer also said the rest of his foxes were experiencing adverse reactions as well.

Animals are falling sick and dying near the site of a hellish East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment last Friday which released toxic chemicals into the ...

“The chemicals that we’re being told are safe in the air, that’s definitely not safe for the animals … That state’s Department of Health Damage to male sperm-producing organs has occurred in laboratory animals.” It’s not something that you want to be around in high concentrations.” People exposed to [extremely high] levels … “Smoke and chemicals from the train, that’s the only thing that can cause it, because it doesn’t just happen out of nowhere,” Holzer said.

Around 9 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 3, a train from Norfolk Southern Railway (NSR) traveling from Illinois to Pennsylvania derailed and burst into flames in East ...

The suit alleges that the derailment, chemical exposure and subsequent immediate evacuation was “caused by the negligence” of Norfolk Southern Railway, specifically, “in the operation of the subject train, defects in NSR’s track system, and/or defects in one or more of the cars.” The suit asks NSR to release all studies and reports pertaining to the derailment and vinyl chloride to be released to the public. At this point, the vinyl chloride was released via “small, shaped charges,” which was used to “blow a small hole into each rail car,” releasing the pressure-liquified vinyl chloride into a trench, then immediately igniting it before it could polymerize. DeWine, Fire Chief Drabick, among other leaders of groups in charge of assessing the accident, announced that the fire was completely extinguished and that residents are now safe to be back within previously evacuated limits. The town immediately issued an emergency evacuation of residents within one mile of the fire, which expanded to a two-square mile evacuation order from Ohio Gov. Vinyl chloride becomes extremely reactive when in contact with air, sunlight, heat or moisture, and is associated with the increased risk of various forms of liver, brain and lung cancers, as well as leukemia and lymphoma. About 50 of the train’s cars derailed; of these cars, around 10 to 20 contained hazardous materials, and five of these cars contained vinyl chloride, an artificially made, and colorless, flammable gas, typically used in the manufacturing of polyvinyl chloride (PVC).

Still, he and others were also concerned that equipment being used by the railroad to clean up the derailment could spread hazardous materials on local roads.

There is a hotbox detector adjacent to the location of one of the Salem security cameras; the next one is in East Palestine, the newspaper reports. [the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports](https://www.post-gazette.com/news/transportation/2023/02/10/east-palestine-train-derailment-video-fire-axle-alert/stories/202302100070) that two security cameras in Salem, Ohio — about 20 miles from the derailment scene — show what appear to be a fiery axle on one car of the train that would derail in East Palestine. “All of our gear is out of service due to the fire,” Drabeck said. “If you drive past the fire house, it looks much like a lot of other areas in this town: a disaster area.” “We’re going to hold their feet to the fire,” the mayor said. “I know they have a job to do; they have to get through town,” Conaway acknowledged.

A fiery train derailment in East Palestine caused residents to evacuate to avoid exposure to harzardous chemicals.

O’Shea said he wants a “crystal clear” written agreement from Norfolk Southern that the payments do not limit future claims. Norfolk Southern spokesman Connor Spielmaker said the $1,000 checks are part of the initial phase of compensation for residents affected by the derailment and that recipients are not signing away any rights to future claims. To receive a check, the resident has to sign a form, O’Shea said, and he believes that Norfolk Southern could use that form in the future to claim “that’s payment in full for everything.”

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio " This village just over the Pennsylvania border remained somewhat of a ghost town Friday, a week after a Norfolk Southern train ...