US federal government officials said toxins from Tuesday’s train derailment in East Palestine were “potentially deadly”
In an official federal government report, the cloud of smoke caused by the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, was shown to contain toxins that had the potential to be deadly if officials did not order an evacuation order.
The accident occurred on Tuesday, February 7, when a Norfolk Southern Railroad train traveling from Illinois to Pennsylvania derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. Ten vehicles on top of the train contained hazardous materials, five of which contained vinyl chloride, a highly volatile colorless gas produced for commercial uses. For days, large plumes of smoke containing vinyl chloride, phosgene, hydrochloric acid and other gases were emitted during a controlled release and burn, prompting officials to issue mandatory evacuation orders within a 1.6 km radius of the crash site
Some of the toxins leaked into the Ohio River near West Virginia’s northern panhandle, prompting officials to shut down water production in the area and transfer it to an alternative source of water supply.

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