Norfolk-Southern Railroad crews carried out a controlled explosion after a train with five cars loaded with the chemical vinyl chloride derailed in East Palestine.
COLUMBIANA COUNTY, Ohio - Officials extended the current evacuation area in East Palestine Monday afternoon to a one-mile by two-mile area following a train derailment Friday, that led to the ongoing hazardous situation which began Sunday evening.Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said Norfolk-Southern Railroad crews would carryout a controlled explosion of the five railroad cars at risk of explosion around 4 p.m. Monday.
Besides the possibility of deadly shrapnel, which could travel up to a mile, officials are also concerned about the chemicals being released into the air. The main chemical they are concerned with is vinyl chloride. Around 20 people spent Sunday night inside the evacuation center at East Palestine High School at 360 W. Grant St.
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