A black plume rises over East Palestine, Ohio, as a result of a controlled detonation of a portion of the derailed Norfolk Southern trains Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File) ...

Then, Norfolk Southern and its contractors reportedly withheld crucial information, leading incident command to make the unnecessary decision to drain and burn 1.1 million pounds of vinyl chloride ...

Vice President JD Vance vowed Monday that the Trump administration will “finish the cleanup” of East Palestine, Ohio, during a visit to mark the 2-year anniversary of a toxic train derailment.

A derailed train car is seen from the backyard of home in East Palestine, Ohio. About 50 train cars, 10 of which carried hazardous materials, derailed in a fiery wreck on Feb. 3. Vinyl chloride, a ...

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Two years after a Norfolk Southern train derailment spewed a toxic cloud that drove thousands from their homes, freight trains with the same chemicals central to that ...

The agency’s airborne surveillance program to assess chemical releases was grounded for five days, and when it did fly over East Palestine on Feb. 7, the day after the vent and burn, EPA program ...

A lot went wrong in the scramble to respond after a train carrying highly volatile vinyl chloride and other chemicals derailed in 2023. The lessons can help ensure safer responses in the future.

Vinyl chloride, used to make things like PVC pipes and packaging, is also toxic and highly flammable, and was at the center of a major train disaster in Ohio last year.

The chemical plume from the February 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, spread air pollutants to at least 16 states, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Environment… ...

East Palestine stood out to him as uniquely complex, though he emphasized that the E.P.A. was holding Norfolk Southern accountable: the corporation bore primary responsibility for the cleanup.