Ohio officials on Monday said they would carry out a controlled release of hazardous chemicals after ordering evacuations near the site of a train derailment in the northeastern part of the state that led to a chemical fire. The release from the derailed cars was set for Monday afternoon, three days after the train derailed near the border of Ohio and Pennsylvania on Friday night, causing a massive fire. Images posted on social media from East Palestine, a town northwest of Pittsburgh, showed several train cars on fire.
A train derailed near the border of Ohio and Pennsylvania on Friday night, causing a massive fire in the area, local media reported. Multiple train cars can be seen on fire in images posted on social media from East Palestine, a town northwest of Pittsburgh. Emergency crews had been evacuating residents from their homes within a mile (1.6 km) of the fire, according to several media reports.
By Davit Kirakosyan