The fallout continues from the derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border, as local residents file lawsuits and some cast doubt on official assurances about air and water quality. Here's everything you need to know.
On Feb. 3, 50 train cars operated by Norfolk Southern derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, a town of about 5,000 people located 50 miles northwest of Pittsburgh.
The freight train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, is still on fire at midday a day after the accident. issued a wider evacuation order The EPA has yet to release a full list of the chemicals potentially released in the crash. Kurt Kollar of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency said that the incident had resulted in the death of fish but that the town’s water supply was safe. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources told Yahoo News on Monday that the estimated stream length affected is approximately 7-and-a-half miles and that the spill killed an estimated 3,500 fish.
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