Train derailment

On Sunday, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg conceded that he had a slow response to the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment last month ...

“But it also creates the chance to call them to the table and say, ‘OK, if we’re serious now, let’s do this.’” Buttigieg eventually traveled to the derailment site on Feb. 23, a day after former President Donald Trump’s visit. “And to get to this level, you’ve got to be ready to serve up both.” “Sometimes people need policy work, and sometimes people need performative work,” Buttigieg said. “You think Tucker Carlson knows the difference between a T.J.

Around 4:45 p.m. on Saturday, 20 cars from the train derailed including four which contained hazardous materials. The hazmat team confirmed said there was no ...

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg fired back at Republican criticism over his response to the derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals in East ...

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The National Transportation Safety Board is sending investigators to west central Ohio Monday after a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed there over the ...

[Data from the Federal Railroad Administration Office of Safety Analysis](https://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/officeofsafety/publicsite/summary.aspx) shows there have been at least 1,000 derailments in the United States each year during the past decade. The train was hauling the dangerous chemical vinyl chloride – which was released and burned to prevent a potentially deadly explosion – and other chemicals that are feared to have leaked into the surrounding ecosystem. “I have been briefed by FRA leadership and spoke with Gov. “Since there have been no releases, we’re looking at clean air, clean soil and clean water for our residents,” Clark County Health Commissioner Charles Patterson said. “There’s always a small residual amount left in the tanks,” Smith told CNN. [Norfolk Southern freight train derailed there](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/04/us/clark-county-norfolk-southern-train-derailment/index.html) over the weekend, prompting calls to shelter in place before authorities announced the wreck was not hazardous and there was no environmental harm.

No one was injured in the derailment and no hazardous materials were involved, according to the railroad company.

[derailed](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/timeline-east-palestine-ohio-train-derailment-chemicals-evacuations/) in East Palestine, Ohio. Hundreds of residents were evacuated, and crews later conducted a controlled release of toxic chemicals, including [vinyl chloride](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-is-vinyl-chloride-what-other-chemicals-were-on-train-derailed-east-palestine-ohio/), because of the risk that the derailment could cause an explosion. There were no reported injuries and no hazardous materials aboard the train, Northern Southern said.

Officials said no hazardous materials were being transported. The crash in Springfield on Saturday happened just over a month after the East Palestine ...

[at a news conference](https://www.facebook.com/dayton247now/videos/146654661609670/) that the train had four tankers that carried nonhazardous materials. Two had residual amounts of diesel exhaust fluid, and the other had residual amounts of polyacrylamide water solution. No hazardous materials were involved in the derailment, which happened around 5 p.m. There were no reports of injuries, the company said. Norfolk Southern said in a statement on Sunday that 28 cars of the 212-car train derailed. A Norfolk Southern train derailed in Ohio on Saturday — the second such crash in the state in just over a month — prompting county officials to ask residents within 1,000 feet of the site to shelter in place as investigators assessed the train’s cargo.

First responders were called to Springfield, Ohio, Saturday after 20 cars of a Norfolk Southern cargo train derailed.

Unlike in the East Palestine disaster, officials say another Norfolk Southern train that derailed in Springfield, Ohio, Saturday was not carrying hazardous ...

3 incident in East Palestine, in northeast Ohio near Pennsylvania, where 38 cars of a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed and several of the train's cars carrying hazardous materials burned. "There is no indication of any injuries or risk to public health at this time," their statement said. In a statement to Fox News Digital Sunday, Norfolk Southern confirmed, "Last night at 5:00 p.m. The statement said both materials "are common industrial products shipped via railroad." He said Ohio's Environmental Protection Agency and Emergency Management Agency and Highway Patrol were on the scene Saturday night offering assistance to first responders. Mike DeWine also tweeted about the Springfield derailment, saying, "We don’t believe hazardous materials were involved."

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio -- Crews found no signs of a spill after a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in west central Ohio Saturday afternoon, prompting a ...

The East Palestine derailment fueled outcry among residents who have complained of symptoms, including headaches and coughing after the fiery crash. Data from the Federal Railroad Administration Office of Safety Analysis shows there have been at least 1,000 derailments in the United States each year during the past decade. The order was lifted early Sunday morning after officials determined there was no risk to public health, Mangle said. "I have been briefed by FRA leadership and spoke with Gov. The derailment happened around 5 p.m. "No hazardous materials are involved ...

Officials in Clark County are providing an update a day after about 20 cars of a Norfolk Southern cargo train derailed near Springfield, Ohio.

No public threat: Authorities reported that 20 cars of a 212 car Norfolk Southern train derailed on State Route 41 near Gateway Boulevard, between Interstate 70 ...

Sherrod Brown touted the need for new bipartisan rail safety legislation weeks after the train derailment in East Palestine sparked an uproar.

This company has done huge stock buybacks and they were trying to do an even bigger one this year; they've laid off a third of their workforce," Brown said of Norfolk Southern. That's just pennies on the dollar, a cost of doing business, and it's no incentive to make it safer," Brown said. But you'd think a disaster that happened in East Palestine would have gotten their attention," he said. "I think our chances in the Senate are good. Norfolk Southern, which operated the train, said Wednesday that the company is "committed" to working on ways to prevent another incident like what took place in East Palestine. President Joe Biden endorsed the legislation Thursday and encouraged Congress to act quickly on it.

Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) says a train car carrying hazardous materials may have been empty, but lax rail safety policies need to be amended to avoid another ...

[CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/) [large Norfolk Southern train derailment](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ohio-plans-controlled-release-toxic-chemicals) occurred in East Palestine, Ohio, releasing chemical toxins into the environment. "It truly is outrageous," Turner said. "I have been briefed by FRA leadership and spoke with Gov. "This train may have been empty, and it looked like the hazardous materials is not going to be a threat to the community. "Luckily, it seems we may have missed a bullet in this one," Turner said.

People living near the chemical disaster are wary of contamination, and even across the state line Pennsylvanians are worried.

“In the immediate aftermath, regulators were absolutely right to be most concerned about the acute toxicity of contaminated air and water sources. Sherry Anderson, 57, who lives just 2.6 miles from the disaster site, drives to East Palestine to pick up cases of bottled water donated by local businesses. [The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took control](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/21/ohio-train-derailment-epa-response-clean-up) of the clean-up operation amid mounting criticism about poor leadership, mixed messaging and inadequate testing. PFAS contamination should be limited to the firefighting foam area, but it can also linger for decades once it is absorbed into the soil and water. “I own a 60-acre farm and don’t know if we can plant a garden this year. The officer, who spoke to the Guardian on the condition of anonymity as he was not authorised to discuss the matter, lives 20 miles east of East Palestine, where the black toxic cloud also swamped his community. “They must also clearly communicate to private well owners which contaminants they need to monitor and when. I don’t know if my ground is safe. If we don’t get tests now, down the line when we start getting health problems, the company will try to blame it on everything else but the train,” added Knechtel. “Fishing and deer hunting is a huge part of our life, and there’s lots of cows and horses, so we’re all worried about our soil and water. “No one really cares about this side of the state line. Over this way we’ve not been told anything about the implications – it’s very concerning,” said Dittman.

Twenty cars of a Norfolk Southern cargo train derailed near Springfield on Saturday evening, the second derailment of the company's trains in Ohio in a ...

“When I heard the bang, there was all kinds of debris and metal shoot out from under the cars, and that’s when I started recording, and you could see them start jumping off the tracks.” Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, said in a statement. "Sandusky, Steubenville, East Palestine, and now Springfield — four Norfolk Southern derailments in less than five months because this corporation has been more concerned with its profit margin than with Ohioans’ safety," Sen. Residents within 1,000 feet of the site to shelter in place; no formal evacuation orders have been issued. And when I heard the loud bang, I started recording,” Heaton said. [told the Springfield News-Sun](https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/train-derails-in-clark-county/MBYOQMD6ZFGOTAP6IUGFJMWZ2E/) that he was waiting at the intersection as the train crossed and captured the start of the derailment on video.

The cars that derailed on Springfield, Ohio, were carrying nonhazardous materials, county officials said. Another Norfolk Southern train derailed in ...

Appearing on CBS News’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday, he cited a 2015 derailment in Mount Carbon, [W.Va](http://w.va/)., and said action is needed. [warn](https://twitter.com/GovMikeDeWine/status/1622409784593993729) of the potential for a “catastrophic” explosion that could send shrapnel flying as far as a mile away. [said](https://twitter.com/GovMikeDeWine/status/1632207184116305920) in a Twitter post that President Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg called to offer the federal government’s assistance. 3 derailment of a Norfolk Southern train on the opposite side of the state that caused an explosion in Then, a “drastic” temperature change in one of the cars on Feb. “It’s time for us to get serious about this,” Manchin said. Some of those derailed cars contained vinyl chloride, a carcinogen, and a 1,000-foot area around the tracks was “grossly contaminated.” senators, Sherrod Brown (D) and J.D. He said the rail company also provided inaccurate information about the effects of, and did not explore options beyond, the controlled release. The company took eight days to release The county called those materials “common industrial products shipped via railroad” and noted that the area does not include a protected water source, “meaning there is no risk to public water systems or private wells at this time.” “There is one PVC [polyvinyl chloride] pellet car that has affected the soil,” said Vogel.

A Norfolk Southern train derailed in Ohio on Saturday, the second such incident involving the railroad in that state in about a month, prompting local ...

Senator Sherrod Brown, a Democrat from Ohio, said on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday morning that he was not satisfied with the company's response to the latest derailment and questioned if communities in Clark County could have been affected by any potential contaminants left in the mostly empty cars. There have been four derailments in the past five months in Ohio, Brown noted. "No hazardous materials are involved and there have been no reported injuries," Norfolk Southern said. Norfolk Southern said in an emailed statement that Saturday's derailment of about 20 cars of a 212-car train happened as it was traveling southbound near Springfield. The East Palestine derailment sent millions of pounds of toxic chemicals into the environment and forced thousands of people to evacuate. Local authorities said first responders on the scene were working to confirm that no toxins were involved.

His home state of Ohio was the site of a new train derailment Saturday.

But Brown still wants more information about the latest crash, as well as the fiery derailment last month that caused residents of East Palestine to have to evacuate. Residents of that community have continued to express fears about threats to their health. 3 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, no hazardous materials were released as a result, and there was no threat to the public, officials said. But I want to know if there are any contaminants sort of left in those mostly empty cars that might have affected Clark County near the fairgrounds, all the way into Springfield.” “People are still concerned. But unlike the Feb.

The Ohio town where a Norfolk Southern train derailed Saturday may have "missed a bullet​ on this one​" because its cars apparently weren't transporting ...

Mike DeWine and law-enforcement officials and that he is “not entirely satisfied” with the response from Norfolk Southern on the latest debacle. “Those cars were mostly empty. “The fact that we’re having derailment after derailment shows really the lack of investment, the disinvestment in our infrastructure, and that needs to change,” he said. [ tweet from DeWine](https://twitter.com/GovMikeDeWine/status/1632207184116305920) saying, “We don’t believe hazardous materials were involved.” [Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg](https://twitter.com/SecretaryPete/status/1632199933641015297), who was criticized for the government’s slow response to the East Palestine derailment, tweeted Saturday night that he had received an update on the Springfield crash and been in contact with the Ohio governor. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) said he spoke to Ohio Gov. Turner noted that Ohio stands in the “crossroads of America” for rail and road travel and that an “unbelievable amount of goods travel though Ohio — some hazardous.”