Train derailment in Ohio sparks huge fire and prompts evacuations

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Officials were assessing whether the burning materials were hazardous. Read more at straitstimes.com.

in eastern Ohio on Friday night, prompting officials to order about half of a town’s residents to evacuate as crews assessed whether the cargo contained toxic material, authorities said.

There were no reports of injuries or deaths, Trent Conaway, the mayor of East Palestine, said at a news conference Saturday. But 1,500 to 2,000 residents were asked to evacuate the area near the derailment, officials said. “If you have to come to East Palestine – don’t,” Mr Drabick said. “Stay out of the area until we can get this mitigated.”

The plan for Saturday, officials said, was to let the train cars burn and put the fire out once Norfolk Southern workers deemed it safe.

 

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