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Michael Patrick Leahy, CEO of Star News Network, on WR said that the EPA is throwing the East Palestine fire Chief under the bus.

The EPA has issued a statement saying that not they but the fire Chief issued the order for the burn.

Unbelievable, as only the EPA has the authority to do so.

Bannon has been calling for a grand jury to investigate and the OH AG better get busy on that.

The Ohio Star has an article on this.

“East Palestine Fire Chief Silent When Environmental Protection Agency Claims He Ordered the Controlled Burn”

February 21, 2023 Hannah Poling

East Palestine Fire Chief Silent When Environmental Protection Agency Claims He Ordered the Controlled Burn
February 21, 2023 Hannah Poling

A spokesperson with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 told The Ohio Star on Monday that the Fire Chief of the East Palestine Fire Department was the individual who ordered the controlled burn following the catastrophic train derailment on February 3rd.

“EPA did not order the controlled burn. The local fire chief was the incident commander who made the decision in consultation with Norfolk Southern, local law enforcement, and response officials from Ohio,” the EPA spokesperson told The Star.

According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) an “Incident Commander (IC) is responsible for the overall management of the incident and determines which Command or General Staff positions to staff in order to maintain a manageable span of control and ensure appropriate attention to the necessary incident management functions.”

East Palestine Fire Chief Keith Drabick did not comment to The Ohio Star on Monday evening on if he was the incident commander, if he recommended the controlled burn, if he had the legal authority to order the controlled burn, any details of the analysis that led to the decision, or if any other options other than waiting for the carriages to explode were considered.