{"id":560055,"date":"2023-03-06T11:03:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T08:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/latest-ohio-derailment-poses-no-public-risk-officials-say\/"},"modified":"2023-03-06T11:03:55","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T08:03:55","slug":"latest-ohio-derailment-poses-no-public-risk-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/latest-ohio-derailment-poses-no-public-risk-officials-say\/","title":{"rendered":"#Latest Ohio derailment poses no public risk, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c6e0a35994\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c6e0a35994\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/latest-ohio-derailment-poses-no-public-risk-officials-say\/#%E2%80%9CLatest_Ohio_derailment_poses_no_public_risk_officials_say%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Latest Ohio derailment poses no public risk, officials say&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CLatest_Ohio_derailment_poses_no_public_risk_officials_say%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Latest Ohio derailment poses no public risk, officials say&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2023\/latest-ohio-derailment.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2023\/latest-ohio-derailment.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Multiple cars of a Norfolk Southern train lie toppled on one another after derailing at a train crossing with Ohio 41 in Clark County, Ohio, Saturday, March 4, 2023. Credit: Bill Lackey\/Springfield-News Sun via AP\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2023\/latest-ohio-derailment.jpg\" alt=\"Latest Ohio derailment poses no public risk, officials say\" title=\"Multiple cars of a Norfolk Southern train lie toppled on one another after derailing at a train crossing with Ohio 41 in Clark County, Ohio, Saturday, March 4, 2023. Credit: Bill Lackey\/Springfield-News Sun via AP\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Multiple cars of a Norfolk Southern train lie toppled on one another after derailing at a train crossing with Ohio 41 in Clark County, Ohio, Saturday, March 4, 2023. Credit: Bill Lackey\/Springfield-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> Sun via AP<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Authorities in Ohio say there is no indication of any risk to public health from the derailment of a Norfolk Southern cargo train between Dayton and Columbus, the second derailment of a company train in the state in a month.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-banner first-banner ads-336x280\"><!-- \/4988204\/Phys_Story_InText_Box --><br \/>\n      <\/section>\n<p>Norfolk Southern and Clark County officials say 28 of the southbound train&#8217;s 212 cars, including four empty tankers, derailed at about 4:45 p.m. Saturday in Springfield Township near a business park and the county fairgrounds. Springfield is about 46 miles (74 km) west of the state capital of Columbus.<\/p>\n<p>As a precaution, residents living within 1,000 feet were asked to shelter in place and responding firefighters deployed the county hazmat team as a precaution, but officials early Sunday said there was &#8220;no indication of any injuries or risk to public health at this time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A crew from Norfolk Southern, the hazmat team and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency &#8220;each independently examined the crash site and verified there was no evidence of spillage at the site,&#8221; officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Officials confirmed Sunday afternoon that no hazardous materials were involved in the derailment.<\/p>\n<p>Norfolk Southern <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> manager Kraig Barner said, however, that a couple of other cars on the train heading from Bellevue, Ohio, to Birmingham, Alabama, were carrying liquid propane, and a couple more were carrying ethanol. The rest of the train was made up of mixed freight, such as steel and finished automobiles, he said.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2023\/latest-ohio-derailment-1.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2023\/latest-ohio-derailment-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Multiple cars of a Norfolk Southern cargo train lie toppled on one another after derailing at a train crossing with Ohio 41 in Clark County, Ohio, Saturday, March 4, 2023. Credit: Bill Lackey\/Springfield-News Sun via AP\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2023\/latest-ohio-derailment-1.jpg\" alt=\"Latest Ohio derailment poses no public risk, officials say\" title=\"Multiple cars of a Norfolk Southern cargo train lie toppled on one another after derailing at a train crossing with Ohio 41 in Clark County, Ohio, Saturday, March 4, 2023. Credit: Bill Lackey\/Springfield-News Sun via AP\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                Multiple cars of a Norfolk Southern cargo train lie toppled on one another after derailing at a train crossing with Ohio 41 in Clark County, Ohio, Saturday, March 4, 2023. Credit: Bill Lackey\/Springfield-News Sun via AP<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;A lot of the cars that were actually derailed were empty boxcars,&#8221; Barner said.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said two of the four empty tanker cars that derailed had previously carried diesel exhaust fluid and the other two had residual amounts of polyacrylamide water solution, which Barner said is an additive commonly used in wastewater treatment.<\/p>\n<p>County officials say environmental officials have confirmed that the derailment is not near a protected water source, meaning there is no risk to public water systems or private wells. The shelter-in-place order affected only four or five homes, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>No injuries to the public or to the train&#8217;s two-person crew were reported, he said. The cause of the derailment is under investigation and the findings will be turned over to the Federal Railroad Administration, Barner said.\n<\/p>\n<ul class=\"article-gallery js-article-gallery\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2023\/latest-ohio-derailment-2.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2023\/latest-ohio-derailment-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"A Norfolk Southern cargo train car leans off the tracks after derailing in Clark County, Ohio, at a train crossing with Ohio 41 Saturday, March 4, 2023. Credit: Bill Lackey\/Springfield-News Sun via AP\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2023\/latest-ohio-derailment-2.jpg\" alt=\"Latest Ohio derailment poses no public risk, officials say\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    A Norfolk Southern cargo train car leans off the tracks after derailing in Clark County, Ohio, at a train crossing with Ohio 41 Saturday, March 4, 2023. Credit: Bill Lackey\/Springfield-News Sun via AP<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2023\/latest-ohio-derailment-3.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2023\/latest-ohio-derailment-3.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Multiple cars of a Norfolk Southern train lie toppled after derailing at a train crossing with Ohio 41 in Clark County, Ohio, Saturday, March 4, 2023. Credit: Bill Lackey\/Springfield-News Sun via AP\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2023\/latest-ohio-derailment-3.jpg\" alt=\"Latest Ohio derailment poses no public risk, officials say\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    Multiple cars of a Norfolk Southern train lie toppled after derailing at a train crossing with Ohio 41 in Clark County, Ohio, Saturday, March 4, 2023. Credit: Bill Lackey\/Springfield-News Sun via AP<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2023\/latest-ohio-derailment-4.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2023\/latest-ohio-derailment-4.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Work crews clean up the derailment of a Norfolk Southern cargo train in Clark County, Ohio, Sunday, March 5, 2023. Credit: Bill Lackey\/Springfield News-Sun via AP\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2023\/latest-ohio-derailment-4.jpg\" alt=\"Latest Ohio derailment poses no public risk, officials say\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    Work crews clean up the derailment of a Norfolk Southern cargo train in Clark County, Ohio, Sunday, March 5, 2023. Credit: Bill Lackey\/Springfield News-Sun via AP<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2023\/latest-ohio-derailment-5.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2023\/latest-ohio-derailment-5.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Work crews clean up the derailment of a Norfolk Southern cargo train in Clark County, Ohio, Sunday, March 5, 2023. Credit: Bill Lackey\/Springfield News-Sun via AP\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2023\/latest-ohio-derailment-5.jpg\" alt=\"Latest Ohio derailment poses no public risk, officials say\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    Work crews clean up the derailment of a Norfolk Southern cargo train in Clark County, Ohio, Sunday, March 5, 2023. Credit: Bill Lackey\/Springfield News-Sun via AP<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2023\/latest-ohio-derailment-6.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2023\/latest-ohio-derailment-6.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Work crews clean up the derailment of a Norfolk Southern cargo train in Clark County, Ohio, Sunday, March 5, 2023. Credit: Bill Lackey\/Springfield News-Sun via AP\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2023\/latest-ohio-derailment-6.jpg\" alt=\"Latest Ohio derailment poses no public risk, officials say\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    Work crews clean up the derailment of a Norfolk Southern cargo train in Clark County, Ohio, Sunday, March 5, 2023. Credit: Bill Lackey\/Springfield News-Sun via AP<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2023\/latest-ohio-derailment-7.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2023\/latest-ohio-derailment-7.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Norfolk Southern general manager Kraig Barner answers questions at a press conference regarding Saturday's derailment of a Norfolk Southern cargo train in Clark County, Ohio, Sunday, March 5, 2023. Credit: Bill Lackey\/Springfield News-Sun via AP\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2023\/latest-ohio-derailment-7.jpg\" alt=\"Latest Ohio derailment poses no public risk, officials say\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    Norfolk Southern general manager Kraig Barner answers questions at a press conference regarding Saturday&#8217;s derailment of a Norfolk Southern cargo train in Clark County, Ohio, Sunday, March 5, 2023. Credit: Bill Lackey\/Springfield News-Sun via AP<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2023\/latest-ohio-derailment-8.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2023\/latest-ohio-derailment-8.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Work crews clean up the derailment of a Norfolk Southern cargo train in Clark County, Ohio, Sunday, March 5, 2023. Credit: Bill Lackey\/Springfield News-Sun via AP\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2023\/latest-ohio-derailment-8.jpg\" alt=\"Latest Ohio derailment poses no public risk, officials say\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    Work crews clean up the derailment of a Norfolk Southern cargo train in Clark County, Ohio, Sunday, March 5, 2023. Credit: Bill Lackey\/Springfield News-Sun via AP<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ohio Governor Mike DeWine said late Saturday night that President Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg had called him &#8220;to offer help from the federal government.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Feb. 3, 38 cars of a Norfolk Southern freight train in East Palestine, in northeast Ohio near Pennsylvania, derailed and several of the train&#8217;s cars carrying hazardous materials burned.<\/p>\n<p>Though no one was injured, nearby neighborhoods in both states were imperiled. The crash prompted an evacuation of about half the town&#8217;s roughly 5,000 residents, an ongoing multigovernmental emergency response and lingering worries among villagers of long-term health impacts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                  \u00a9 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. 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