Local officials in East Palestine, Ohio, have ordered roughly 2,000 residents to evacuate their homes after a Norfolk Southern train derailed and caught fire.
In this photo provided by Melissa Smith, a train fire is seen from her farm in East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 3, 2023. A train derailment and resulting large fire prompted an evacuation order in the Ohio village near the Pennsylvania state line on Friday night, covering the area in billows of smoke lit orange by the flames below.
Janet Meek, a 55-year-old resident in the evacuation zone, said she decided not to evacuate due to concerns about her pets, though she reported feeling the impacts of the blaze when she went outside. East Palestine is a small village on the border of Pennsylvania and Ohio with roughly 4,700 residents.
Efforts to contain the fire stalled Saturday night when firefighters withdrew from the blaze due to concerns about air quality and explosions. The call to evaluate comes as East Palestine is hit with some of the coldest weather this year, dropping to 6 F on Friday night.
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