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State and local officials as well as train officials here on the ground, trying to gather as much information as possible here at the scene, you can look behind me. you can see some of the railcars still on their side. ntsb investigators still in the process of gathering these cars, setting them right, and moving them out of the area. we can tell you that this is a derailment that occurred, again, on saturday at about 5:00. cell phone camera video captured what happened in those moments as the c...

Soil work is under way. a plan to pay for damages incurred by rescue crews and a scholarship fund for high school seniors. union chief tells cnn that the company is aware that workers on the site have experienced health issues, but they havent received any official reports. meanwhile, investigators are arriving today at another norfolk southern train derailment on the we know side of ohio. this is in springfield. the fire chief says 20 of the 212 train cars careened off the rails. four tankers...

Its briefing just about half an hour from now. want to set the scene from where we are right now. just where the derailment happened. i think you can still see right over my shoulder one of the cars which is still on its side has not yet been removed. this latest derailment, of course, happening on saturday, just about 5:00 p.m. there was video from someone who was inside car when he captured these trains just as they began to derail. 28 of 212 cars ended up derailing. again, state officials say...

Alerts on the phone. >> reporter: you werent worried? >> exactly. >> reporter: authorities say they werent aware with hazardous material on board. >> we were not notified which is not uncommon. >> reporter: this is a month after the toxic derailment 220 miles away in east palestine, ohio. officials say they were not aware of the cargo before the derailment. what do you say to people saying that you shouldnt be operating. >> safety is the number one priority. >> reporter: theres 212 cars with 2 c...

Wah-wah on my phone. >> reporter: you werent worried because you werent getting an alert? >> exactly. >> reporter: officials werent aware this train had hazardous material on board before the derailment. >> we were not notified, which is not uncommon. >> reporter: this incident comes about a month of norfolk southerns toxic derailment 220 miles away in east palestine, ohio. officials say they were not aware of that trains hazardous cargo either before its derailment. what do you say to people wh...

This could have been much worse, but it was not, thankfully. are the safety guidelines in place for trains right now good enough? or are we going to keep seeing these derailments? >> thats something were going to look at in our investigation. the great thing about the ntsb, we are separate and independent of the department of transportation. we conduct federal oversight. well look at regulations, law and see whats missing and report that in our final recommendation report. >> the train that dera...

>> reporter: there were 212 cars on the 2 1/2 mile long train. 28 derailed. no one was hurt. four derailed tankers did contain residual amounts of chemicals, though county officials say nothing spilled on the ground. >> there are no hazardous materials that have contacted the soil, been exposed to the air or contacted any of the water sources. >> reporter: today, the ntsb visited the crash site as part of its investigation into this latest derailment. >> we will look at management practices and ...

A man caught it on the cell phone all as it starred to happen. in all, 28 of the 212 cars derailed. the state officials say that there was no release of the hazardous materials, but there were materials like propane and ethanol carried on the train, but those cars did not derail. state and local officials gave more details in terms of what exactly happened here. >> after the research, they did a reconof the site and found nothing had spilled on to the ground, and very minimal material on the act...

The toxic train derailment in east palestine. cnns paolo sandoval is following this for us. you know, this comes after the ntsb chair said another derailment could absolutely happen again following what happened in east palestine. of course these do happen from time to time. but again, in ohio. what more are you learning at this point? >> reporter: so no injuries and no hazardous material. those are certainly two key important things here. this derailment happening one month and one day after th...

The train that derailed yesterday near springfield, ohio. the derailment of another norfolk southern freight train prompted a temporary shelter in place for nearby residents, and cnns polo sandoval joins me now. polo, were getting some new wrinkles of information about what was on that train yesterday. very interesting. what can you tell us? >> reporter: yeah, jim. in the last couple of hours, we heard from an initial at norfolk southern, who is the owner and operator of the train that derailed ...