Ohio train derailment prompts ‘major explosion’ warning | USA TODAY

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine issued an evacuation order after a train derailment caused a chemical fire Friday evening near the Pennsylvania border.

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Residents living within a mile of the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, a village near the Pennsylvania border, were given an urgent evacuation order Sunday night. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said Sunday that there had been a "drastic temperature change" in a rail car, which could cause a "catastrophic tanker failure," making it possible for an explosion with deadly shrapnel traveling up to a mile.

Nearly half of the village of 4,761 residents were told to evacuate late Friday after a train carrying hazardous materials derailed and caused a chemical fire. The village remained under a state of emergency and evacuation order but local officials said more than 500 people have declined to leave their homes.

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31 comments

    1. @Lisa Martin small world , I went to Wilson .. yea , I had a lot of friends from struthers. Hidey and Heather Jordan , Elissa Scott , Kieth Barnett , Eddie Peterson , lots of friends there …..did you know a kid named Randy Daff ?edit : I graduated in 83 …., If so that’s my brother, I’m Johnnie Daff ..

    2. @lost in space robinson I graduated in 88…Yes, I know Elissa..I know Darla Peterson…I don’t know if she is related to Eddie…I hung with a lot of Campbell people as well…More Campbell than Struthers…Well it is nice meeting you over the phone anyway…Have a Beautiful night and take care of yourself…

    3. @Lisa Martin hey thank you , yep Darla is Eddie’s sister . by the way , have you heard of me ? Johnnie Daff.
      Yea , it was really nice to talk with someone from my neck of the woods, I live near cedar point now , but I still miss old Y- town for sure 😃….
      Thank ya ………..

  1. No long dark trains. Balloons see. Shame lack of integrity no honor. No respect. Who built the railroad. How is it maintaining

  2. Honestly folks, seems there is a war looming over the horizon….. this time in our own land…… not just something we get to watch on our screens, AND ALL this simultaneous earthquakes….. these are signs we’ve been warned about time after time … 💔we must BE PREPARED, PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY, MENTALLY, & most of all, SPIRITUALLY……. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 (seriously!)
    PRAY PRAY PRAY AND FOLLOW WHAT JOHN THE BAPTIST TOLD US TO DO…🕯🙏🏻🕯📖🕊♥️ May He forgive us …. those who REPENT… AMEN 🙏🏻

    1. See the right wingnut Christians vote for Republican deregulation then stand back and act like God did this to us.

  3. What the hell would’ve made that train derail that many cars doesn’t make sense and they haven’t mentioned who was in the seat with all the controls yet

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