Authorities on Sunday urged people to stay away from a northeastern Ohio town where a train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed two days earlier, causing an explosion that shot flames into the air.
On Saturday, Conaway ordered 1,500 residents within a one-mile radius of the derailment to evacuate his town near the Pennsylvania border. On Sunday, he said they and others should continue to avoid the area.
“Please stay away from East Palestine,” Conaway said. “Please stay away from the wreck. I don’t want to say it’s a dangerous situation, but it is still a very volatile situation.”The hazardous chemicals posed a threat for emergency responders, who had not tried to put out the flames that were still burning Sunday afternoon, East Palestine Fire Chief Keith A. Drabick said at the news conference.
Fifty cars of a Norfolk Southern train derailed about 9 p.m. Friday, local officials said. Twenty of them contained hazardous materials, including carcinogenic vinyl chloride, according to federal officials. They said they were unable to answer whether vinyl chloride was burning.Authorities assured residents that their water was drinkable and that no dangerous emissions had been detected as of Sunday.
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