Residents in an Ohio village were urged to evacuate after a train derailed, causing a “catastrophic tanker failure” that could result in an explosion that may shoot shrapnel thousands of feet, officials said.
“Within the last two hours, a drastic temperature change has taken place in a rail car, and there is now the potential of a catastrophic tanker failure which could cause an explosion with the potential of deadly shrapnel traveling up to a mile,” Gov. Mike DeWine said in a statement on Sunday that called on residents of the village of East Palestine to evacuate. The village is located in northeastern Ohio.
