A month after the devastating train accident in the US state of Ohio, in which toxic substances were released into the air and water in East Palestine for days, another train belonging to the same railway company has now derailed. On Saturday, 20 train cars slid off the tracks near Springfield, about 200 miles from eastern Palestine. According to authorities, no one was injured. Immediately after the accident, authorities imposed a curfew on residents.
But soon everything was safe again. There were no dangerous goods on board the wagons. According to American media, 1,500 people suffered power outages after the accident.
No health or environmental hazard identified
The responsible fire chief Dave Mangle explained in a press conference that experts from Norfolk Southern, the Environmental Protection Agency EPA and a Clark County hazardous materials department had not identified any danger to the environment or the health of residents during their action. site analytics. The curfew was lifted on Sunday morning.
Barely a month after the accident in eastern Palestine, where clean-up operations are still underway and the population still lives in fear of the long-term consequences of the crash, the Norfolk Southern railway company is once again facing criticism and public outcry. But the authorities are also faced with numerous questions. The protests that air and water samples did not show dangerously high levels of toxins that were in the wagons or caused the fires are not believed.
Source: Krone
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