‘A lot of people don’t want to leave their house’: Red Cross official in East Palestine

Around 20 people spent Sunday night inside the evacuation center at East Palestine High School at 360 W. Grant St.

COLUMBIANA COUNTY, Ohio - Emergency crews remain on the scene in East Palestine following a train derailment Friday evening.

According to officials, a drastic temperature change took place in a rail car Sunday evening, creating the explosion risk. If an explosion happened, deadly shrapnel could travel up to a mile. According to the Columbiana County Sheriff, those with children in their homes who decline to evacuate may be subject to arrest.

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