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![]() ![]() Small holes were made into the train cars, whose chemicals were released into pits that were lit on fire. Crews ended up releasing toxic chemicals from five derailed tanker cars to prevent an explosion. Governor Mike DeWine told residents that leaving was “a matter of life and death”. On Monday 6 February, officials enacted a mandatory evacuation, threatening to arrest residents who refused to evacuate, as fear of an explosion rose. Residents within a one-mile radius of the derailment were evacuated as officials noted that over a dozen cars carrying vinyl chloride, a carcinogenic chemical, were involved in the derailment and could have been exposed to the fire. A huge fire that spanned the length of the derailed cars erupted. The train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, a town of about 5,000 residents along the Ohio and Pennsylvania border. On the night of Friday 3 February, at least 50 out of 150 train cars of a train heading from Conway, Pennsylvania, to Madison, Illinois, derailed. Here is what we know about the derailment and the chemical release so far. ![]() Officials are still investigating the potential long-term environmental impacts of the derailment. Evacuated residents returned to their homes last week but residents report concerns over the lingering effects of the chemicals in the air, water and soil even as officials monitoring the area have deemed it safe. ![]()
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