Toxic railway fire in Ohio should never have happened.

[GeauxLSU]

It’s those inferior US rivers. The “Russian River” in CA has never caught fire…………..couldn’t resist

Nice try Ruskie. The real McCoy has
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/06/world/europe/oil-spill-russia-siberia.html

 

[41mag]

Damn….just damn. That is some intense stuff

 

[Glock 21]

They basically lit the leaking gasses on fire to try and get the railway opened back up faster after the derailment from what I have read. Big boom that somehow has not made the headlines....A lot of people F'd up on this one.

There is very few options when dealing with this many chemicals but the damage is going to last for years. On top of vinyl chloride which is bad enough the train also contained ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, ethylhexyl acrylate and isobutylene. Some pretty nasty stuff for sure and all are long term aquatic contaminants

 

[TheGman]

Between the government and the union all is under complete control,nothing to see

 

[DanKATL]

It's already causing issues for any local FD that responded, their gear is contaminated. Many of the departments in that area are going to be volunteer; so they really don't have a budget to immediately replace even if the vendors could get them gear fast.

Area FD will need to replace gear due to derailment response

WELLSVILLE — If Wellsville is an example, local fire stations responding to the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine are now facing expensive gear replacement cost due to the exposure to carcinogens while the train cars burned. Wellsville Fire station is looking at an estimated...

www.salemnews.net

 

[Medic1957]

Another hazardous spill with evacuations in Arizona yesterday

 

[the_great_white]

It's already causing issues for any local FD that responded, their gear is contaminated. Many of the departments in that area are going to be volunteer; so they really don't have a budget to immediately replace even if the vendors could get them gear fast.

Area FD will need to replace gear due to derailment response

WELLSVILLE — If Wellsville is an example, local fire stations responding to the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine are now facing expensive gear replacement cost due to the exposure to carcinogens while the train cars burned. Wellsville Fire station is looking at an estimated...

www.salemnews.net

From the article...

"now facing expensive gear replacement cost due to the exposure to carcinogens while the train cars burned."

Every damned fire they've ever been to they've been exposed to carcinogens.....

 

[blazedawg87]

Another hazardous spill with evacuations in Arizona yesterday

That was a truck that wrecked.
The SC derailment was 3 freight cars that didn't even turn over.
All this made me curious and look up how often derailments happen and its CRAZY. Over 1000 derailments per year.

 

[blazedawg87]

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Another derailment in Houston, Tx today, more hazardous chemicals.

Houston-area crash between truck, Union Pacific train kills driver, derails 20-plus rail cars | Houston Public Media

The cargo on the train included some hazardous materials, prompting Union Pacific to monitor air quality at the site of the crash, according to the Splendora Police Department.

www.houstonpublicmedia.org

This report says 100 gal of diesel fuel and household chemicals like you buy at the supermarket.

 

[Hayata]

That was a truck that wrecked.
The SC derailment was 3 freight cars that didn't even turn over.
All this made me curious and look up how often derailments happen and its CRAZY. Over 1000 derailments per year.

Which is the very reason we needed the Keystone pipeline...much safer and better for the environment!

But no, sleepy joe has to cancel it first week in office.