Norfolk Southern is facing scrutiny as cleanup and environmental-monitoring efforts continue in a small Ohio town after the derailment of a train carrying hazardous chemicals
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine told reporters on Tuesday that Norfolk Southern ‘will be held accountable’ after one of its trains carrying hazardous chemicals derailed in a small Ohio town. Photo: Gene J. Puskar/Associated PressNorfolk Southern Corp.
is facing scrutiny from regulators, public officials and residents as cleanup and environmental-monitoring efforts continue in a small Ohio town after the derailment of a train carrying hazardous chemicals.in East Palestine, causing a chemical fire and prompting the evacuation of residents in an area near the accident. Officials had to later drain vinyl chloride—a colorless gas that can easily burn and is used to make hard plastic resin—from five tanker cars to prevent an explosion.
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