Ohio train crash leaves small town in fear of toxic fallout
People in East Palestine question their safety after the community was exposed to noxious chemicals.
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People in East Palestine question their safety after the community was exposed to noxious chemicals.
Kayla Epstein and Nadine YousifBBC reporter29 minutes agoimage source,Dustin Franz/AFP via Getty Imagesimage captiontext,Smoke billows from a derailed freight train laden with hazardous chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio.Twelve days after a train laden with toxic chemicals derailed in the Ohio town of East Palestine, anxious residents are still demanding answers."It's pretty dramatic right now," said…
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio—“Give me enough to get out of here and I’m out,” James Figley, 63, a lifelong resident here told Peoples World. At around 9 p.m. on the evening of February 3, Figley was at home when he heard the first explosion.