National Guard activated to help town as Ohio train derailment smolders

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Roughly 50 cars derailed in a fiery crash as a train carried products from Illinois to Pennsylvania. Officials said there were no injuries to crews, residents, or first responders.

near the Pennsylvania state line as the governor activated the Ohio National Guard to help the village where many residents had to evacuate.

About 50 cars derailed in a fiery crash Friday night as the train carried a variety of products from Madison, Illinois, to Conway, Pennsylvania, rail operator Norfolk Southern said. No injuries to crew, residents or first responders were reported. "I don't know why anybody would want to be up there; you're breathing toxic fumes if you're that close," he said, stressing that monitors of air quality away from the fire showed no levels of concern and the town's water is safe because it is fed by groundwater unaffected by some material that went into streams. Environmental protection agency crews were working to remove contaminants from streams and monitor water quality.

The NTSB said only 10 cars carrying hazardous materials derailed, and five of them were carrying vinyl chloride, not 14 as was said earlier. Officials stressed late Saturday that they had not confirmed the release of vinyl chloride other than from pressure release devices operating as designed.

 

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