Tag: Ohio

Train Derailment Prompts Water Utility to Take Precautions

HUNTINGTON, W.Va.—A West Virginia water utility is enhancing its water treatment process as a precaution following the derailment of a train hauling chemicals that later sent up a toxic plume in Ohio. West Virginia American Water said Sunday that it’s also going to install a secondary intake on the Guyandotte River in case there’s a…


Animals Falling Sick, Dying Near Hellish Ohio Train Derailment Site, Locals Claim

Animals are falling sick or dying near the train derailment and chemical fire in East Palestine, Ohio, according to widespread reports, which has sparked fears of more widespread impacts. Taylor Holzer, owner of a farm just outside the evacuation zone near the fire, told WKBN that several animals that he keeps on his property became…


Lawsuit Seeks Medical Testing After Toxic Train Derailment

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio—Residents who filed a federal lawsuit in the fiery derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals along the Ohio-Pennsylvania line are seeking to force Norfolk Southern to set up health monitoring for residents in both states. The lawsuit filed Thursday by two Pennsylvania residents calls for the rail operator to pay for medical…


Wary Residents Return Home After Toxic Train Derailment

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio—Hours after being told she could go home for the first time since a train hauling chemicals derailed and later sent up a toxic plume near the Pennsylvania state line, Melissa Henry nervously walked inside her house. First, she washed her sheets and pillow cases. Then she started throwing out everything left on…


NewsNation Reporter Released From Jail After Arrest at Ohio Governor’s News Conference

A NewsNation reporter who was arrested in Ohio on Feb. 8 while filming Gov. Mike DeWine speaking at a news conference has since been released from jail. Evan Lambert, who is based in Washington D.C. where he works for the Nexstar Media Group-owned cable channel, had traveled to Ohio to cover the news conference about the freight train derailment in…


LIVE NOW: NTD Good Morning (Feb. 7): China and Russia Accessing Facebook User Data?; Controlled Chemical Release at Ohio Train Wreck

U.S. senators have some questions for Meta over Chinese and Russian access to Facebook data. Find out what they say an internal document revealed about the company’s practices. An update on the Ohio train derailment. A fire raged at the site on  Feb. 6. This, after officials performed a controlled release of hazardous materials there….


NTD Good Morning (Feb. 7): China and Russia Accessing Facebook User Data?; Controlled Chemical Release at Ohio Train Wreck

U.S. senators have some questions for Meta over Chinese and Russian access to Facebook data. Find out what they say an internal document revealed about the company’s practices. An update on the Ohio train derailment. A fire raged at the site on  Feb. 6. This, after officials performed a controlled release of hazardous materials there….


Ohio Crews Complete Toxic Chemical Release From Derailed Train

Train operator Norfolk Southern said Monday that crews in East Palestine, Ohio, had successfully completed a controlled release of hazardous chemicals from five rail cars after a freight train derailed. The compromised rail cars posed a significant threat to safety, with Gov. Mike DeWine saying on Sunday there was “the potential of a catastrophic tanker…


NTSB: Potential Mechanical Issues on Railcar Axles

A train derailment and resulting large fire prompted an evacuation order and a declaration of a state of emergency in an Ohio village near the Pennsylvania state line on Friday night, covering the area in billows of smoke, lit orange by the flames below. About 50 cars derailed in East Palestine as a train was…


Officials Fear ‘Catastrophic’ Explosion After Major Train Derailment in Ohio

Residents in an Ohio village were urged to evacuate after a train derailed, causing a “catastrophic tanker failure” that could result in an explosion that may shoot shrapnel thousands of feet, officials said. “Within the last two hours, a drastic temperature change has taken place in a rail car, and there is now the potential of…