"I don't know why anybody would want to be up there you're breathing toxic fumes if you're that close," he said, stressing that monitors of air quality away from the fire showed no levels of concern and the town's water is safe because it is fed by groundwater unaffected by some material that went into streams. He warned that more arrests would follow if people did not to stay away. Mayor Trent Conaway, who declared a state of emergency in the village, said one person was arrested for going around barricades right up to the crash during the night. He said information will be included in a preliminary investigative report expected in the next month or so.Įast Palestine officials said emergency responders were monitoring but keeping their distance from the fire, and that remediation efforts could not begin while the cars smoldered. Graham said investigators identified the exact "point of derailment" but did not disclose the location Sunday. No injuries to crew, residents or first responders were reported. Michael Graham, a board member of the National Transportation Safety Board, said at a news conference that the three-member train crew received an alert about the mechanical defect "shortly before the derailment" but said the board was still working to determine which rail car experienced the issue.Ībout 50 cars derailed in East Palestine as a train was carrying a variety of products from Madison, Illinois, to Conway, Pennsylvania, rail operator Norfolk Southern said. Many had, but local officials indicated more than 500 residents had declined to evacuate, the statement said.įederal investigators had announced earlier Sunday that a mechanical issue with a rail car axle caused the fiery derailment near the Pennsylvania state line Friday night. Authorities urged anyone within a 1-mile (1.6-kilometer) radius of the site to leave immediately.
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