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Residents Told To Shelter In Place After Norfolk Southern Freight Train Derails In Ohio

• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden

"The Clark County Emergency Management Agency is asking residents within 1,000 feet of a train derailment at Ohio 41 near the Prime Ohio Business Park to shelter-in-place out of an abundance of caution," the county wrote in a Facebook post.

The post continued, "We ask that all residents in need of travel to Ohio 41 find alternate routes. Local and state officials are on scene, including the Springfield Fire Rescue Division and the Springfield Police Department."

UPDATE (2:15 a.m.): Multiple state and local officials responded to a train derailment on Saturday, March 4, in Springfield Twp. in Clark County, Ohio.

The derailment occurred at approximately 4:45 p.m. near Ohio 41 and Gateway Blvd. Approximately 20 of the 212 cars derailed with four tankers identified with non-hazardous materials -- two tankers contained residual amounts of Diesel Exhaust Fluid and the other two tankers contained residual amounts of Polyacrylamide Water Solution.


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