Posted on 07/05/2024 4:19:47 PM PDT by george76
Health officials issued an urgent warning after a train carrying toxic materials derailed and exploded into a fireball in North Dakota.
Hazmat crews have been deployed to a remote area around 140 miles north of Fargo, after 29 cars of a CPKC train derailed at around 3:45 am on Friday.
The hazardous materials in the train included anhydrous ammonia, sulfur and methanol, which officials warned are being expelled from the wreckage in toxic smoke.
Ammonia is the biggest risk, and if exposed to the compound, it can cause burning to the eyes, nose and throat, as well as blindness, lung damage, and death.
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Health officials said they currently have no plans to evacuate the area, but may look to clear the towns of Bordulac and Carrington if the wind switches.
'Wind has been in our favor on this,' Bill Suess, spill investigation program manager for the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality, told WKMG6.
'That risk has greatly subsided, (but it is) still there as long as fires are burning.'
The cause of the derailment is currently unclear, and officials say they are launching investigations into the crash.
There are no early reports of injuries, deaths or side effects caused by the toxic derailment, and the train's engineer and conductor were reportedly able to leave the crash site unscathed.
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Andrew Kirking, emergency management director for Foster County, said it appears early in the investigation that between 10 and 15 of the train's cars caught fire.
Railroad fire crews were on the scene battling the blazes, with footage shared to social media showing a huge fireball engulfing the wreckage.
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Anhydrous ammonia is one of the most dangerous of all hazmats.
Don’t worry, Mayor Pete is on the job... Uh, wait.
Will the president rush to the site to look over the event and provide reassurances to the nearby towns people that help is on the way? Like he did in Palestine, Ohio?
(spit)
Tell him it is androgenous ammonia. He’d like that.
Turns out the poisoning from East Palestine covered 16 states:
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ad52ac
It’ll burn your eyeballs up.
A friend is an ophthalmologist and sees ammonia burns not too infrequently.
And suck the mucus out of the lining of your lungs.
I see they are trying to keep governor Burgun from the campaign trail.
Sounds like Burgum is busy worrying about Ukraine....
What a deep bench the Democrats have.
I kinda think the Daily Mail is wrong in that there was no explosion. Fire, yes.
Water sucks up ammonia big time. Getting it there is an issue.
sending a message to burgum I presume
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