DeWine issues evacuation notice for Ohio derailment site

developing this morning, Governor's wine has issued an urgent evacuation notice in East Palestine, Ohio after a train carrying hazardous material derailed on Friday and it caused a massive fire. The governor says there is now a potential of tanker failure, which could cause an explosion, which would send shrapnel up to a mile. Local officials say more than 500 people within that radius have declined to leave their homes. Now the fire is still burning. We're 50 train cars to rail near the Ohio Pennsylvania border. Officials say 20 of the train cars contain hazardous materials. Now the EPA is monitoring air and water quality and say test results so far good.

The NTSB says the site is still a hot zone today, though, so it has conducted a drone survey of the derailed cars. Investigators looking to the cause of the derailment saying they're focusing on mechanical problems. The team secured the locomotive data recorder data recorder data today. They also were able to get a forward and inward facing camera video and audio recordings today. We will conduct a preliminary review of this data on scene to start the development of a timeline. Now, authorities say no one was injured when the derailment happened. The governor has deployed the Ohio National Securityuters, intel and material騒 dürfen logon.

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