Ohio Fire Chief Testifies at NTSB Hearing on Controversial Train Derailment Response
TL;DR
The East Palestine fire chief told investigators probing a Norfolk Southern derailment that the railroad gave him 13 minutes to decide whether to vent and burn carloads of hazardous vinyl chloride — a timeline he said left him feeling “blindsided.” The decision would change a serious derailment in early February into a national event that became the backdrop for weeks of culture war battles, generating apocalyptic images of thick black smoke spewing over the small Ohio community.
Topics:nationtransportation#derailment#emergency-response#norfolk-southern#ntsb#transportation#vinyl-chloride
- East Palestine fire chief tells NTSB hearing he had 13 minutes to make key decision The Washington Post
- UPDATED: Controversial 'vent and burn' in East Palestine derailment may not have been needed POLITICO
- NTSB hearing: Witnesses questioned on Ohio train derailment The Washington Post
- River Valley renews call to DeWine to request Federal Emergency Declaration in East Palestine WFMJ
- Oerther: An East Palestine-like spill could happen in Missouri. We must be ready for it. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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