Tag: controlled burn

Man Finds Undetonated Blasting Cap on Property 1.4 Miles From Norfolk Southern’s Controlled Toxic Chemical Burn

Like many residents who live within a few miles of Norfolk Southern Railway’s Feb. 3 train derailment, Jerry Corbin evacuated before the railroad decided to conduct a controlled burn of five freight cars containing the toxic vinyl chloride on Feb. 6. When he returned to his home in Darlington Township, Pennsylvania—around 1.4 miles from the…


Man Finds Undetonated Blasting Cap on Property 1.4 Miles From Ohio Derailment Controlled Toxic Chemical Burn

Like many residents who live within a few miles of Norfolk Southern Railway’s Feb. 3 train derailment, Jerry Corbin evacuated before the railroad decided to conduct a controlled burn of five freight cars containing the toxic vinyl chloride on Feb. 6. When he returned to his home in Darlington Township, Pennsylvania—around 1.4 miles from the…