Crews released toxic chemicals into the air from five derailed tanker cars that were in danger of exploding Monday.
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However, he urged Pennsylvania residents within a 3.2-kilometre radius of the derailment site to shelter in place and keep their doors and windows closed through the evening as a precaution in case of wind shifts.Article content “You need to leave, you just need to leave. This is a matter of life and death,” DeWine said at news conference.
About three hours into the procedure, Norfolk Southern Railway issued a statement saying that experts and first responders had breached the rail cars, chemicals were burning off and the cars were expected to drain for several more hours.Article content Shapiro later said he’d been told that residents with 1.6 kilometres of the controlled burn had left.
Police cars, snow plows and military vehicles from the Ohio National Guard blocked streets leading into the area.
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