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The authorities in East Palestine have asked the residents of the city to drink only bottled water, although they believe the drinking water source is safe. Thousands of fish have been found dead. Chickens have died and pets have gotten sick. Toxic and explosive On 3 February, several of the carriages of a freight train with 150 carriages derailed and burst into flames. The train was loaded with, among other things, vinyl chloride, a substance that is toxic, flammable and can be explosive. The cause of the accident is not clear, but an investigation shows that the train traveled at least 32 kilometers with a serious fault in the axle before it stopped in East Palestine. There, a controlled detonation of the explosive load was carried out. After the accident, the train was in full flames. Photo: Gene J. Puskar / AP Many of the residents were evacuated. The school was closed, but reopened after a while. Train traffic is now also running again, but the fear of what remains after the violent fire is still great. Public meeting with many questions Mayor Trent Conaway of East Palestine had to answer many questions at Wednesday’s meeting. Photo: ALAN FREED / Reuters – We are trying to get information out to our citizens. Everyone is worried. I am also concerned, said Mayor Trent Conaway after a public meeting on Wednesday. The gymnasium was full as several hundred had turned up to get answers. – I have three grandchildren. Are they going to grow up here and get cancer? asked Kathy Dyke when the AP news agency spoke with her. The city’s drinking water sources are approx. 1.5 kilometers from the accident site and 17 meters below the ground, reports CBS. Many attended the authorities’ information meeting. Photo: ALAN FREED / Reuters At the meeting, it was informed that the poison from the fire was clearly fatal to the fish in the area, writes the BBC. At the same time, the authorities pointed out that the US Environmental Protection Agency has investigated both water and air quality. They believe the samples show values ​​that are not dangerous for humans.



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