Chemical plant explosion in Nevada a few years ago.
Posted on 02/06/2023 2:01:58 AM PST by Libloather
Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine late Sunday warned residents living within a mile of where a train derailed late last week to evacuate immediately over fears a rail car filled with chemicals could explode.
The 150-car train derailed Friday in East Palestine, a town of some 4,700 people located near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border, and ignited on fire. Officials with the National Transportation Safety Board have said 20 of its cars contain "hazardous material," and that 10 of them had derailed. Of those 10, five contain highly flammable vinyl chloride, which the National Cancer Institute says is associated with an increased risk of liver, brain and lung cancers as well as lymphoma and leukemia.
Officials had earlier ordered an evacuation of a 1-mile radius of the derailment, but DeWine said in a statement late Sunday that more than 500 people have refused to leave their homes.
DeWine issued the urgent warning as a drastic temperature change in a rail car during the past two hours threatens "a catastrophic tanker failure, which could cause an explosion with the potential of deadly shrapnel traveling up to a mile," he said.
"Although teams are working to prevent an explosion from happening, residents living within a mile of the site are advised to immediately leave the area," he said.
Columbiana County Sheriff Brian McLaughlin warned that those who fail to evacuate could be arrested on charges of committing a misconduct in an emergency. Adults can be charged with a fourth-degree misdemeanor while those who live with children may face first-degree misdemeanor charges for endangering a minor.
"There is a high probability of a toxic gas release and or explosion," McLaughlin said in a statement. "Again, we will be enforcing the evacuation zone. Please, for your own safety, remove your families from danger."
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I can see why people don’t want to leave.
Since the police won’t do anything about crime, the chances of being looted are pretty high.
Plus, there’s the lack of trust of the government these days to factor in it.
I’d guess that the town and county are traditional America, not Leftist, on that front.
More rural areas tend to be.
Chemical plant explosion in Nevada a few years ago.
Hmmm...what changed? Authorities were saying it was unlikely a few days ago.
Yes, if something has changed they need to evacuate.
If the only thing recovery team can do is off-gas the car, then they need to get people out.
Beruit chemical explosion.
Incompetency has consequences.
“and ignited on fire.”
Editing is dead.
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Look up Kingman AZ and BLEVE.
“[The chemicals] ignited on fire.” — Darryl Coote
Is that like “they killed him dead”?
If they’re within 1 mile of an exploding rail car of Vinyl Chloride, looting is going to be the least of their problems.
VCM packs a LOT of energy in a small package. A BLEVE type of explosion would be devastating.
I did not know about that! I’ve been through Kingman many times.
The Beruit explosion was the result of a foolish storage of Ammonia Nitrate. Tons of the stuff exploded making it the largest explosion this side of a nuke. You tube has an hour long video made by different people who happened to be filming that day.
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