The mayor of an Ohio village where a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed earlier this month tells ABC News that he 'wasn't built for this' and needs 'help.'
on Feb. 8, after air and water samples taken the day before were deemed safe, officials said.
According to the governor's office, the requested assistance requested would come from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health and Emergency Response Team and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. DeWine's office said they have also been in "daily contact" with the Federal Emergency Management Agency "to discuss the need for federal support, however FEMA continues to tell Governor DeWine that Ohio is not eligible for assistance at this time.
Ohio Department of Natural Resources director Mary Mertz said during a press conference Tuesday that four tributaries over a space of 7.5 miles along the Ohio River, but officials are confident that those waterways are contained and not affecting water supplies. Nevertheless, the contaminated waterways have led to the deaths of some 3,500 fish.
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