Did many firefighters who responded to Ohio train derailment didn t have the needed training equipment?

Many of them were volunteers without hazmat training or specialized equipment. Officials investigating the derailment testified that these first responders weren't able to access information about the chemicals that were in 11 overturned cars carrying hazardous materials.



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Indiana residents along the Ohio River worry toxic chemicals from the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, could pollute their drinking water. But water quality experts say the amount in the river has been low and is getting lower as it flows down the Ohio.

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No injuries or deaths were reported. Residents within a one-mile radius of the derailment were evacuated as officials noted that over a dozen cars carrying vinyl chloride, a carcinogenic chemical, were involved in the derailment and could have been exposed to the fire.

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Keith Drabick, chief of East Palestine's volunteer fire department, made up of 38 members, made the final decision to vent and burn chemicals.

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Wheels sparking, on fire 20 miles before Ohio train derailment, security footage shows. EAST PALESTINE — Newly released security footage showed one of the train cars sparking in the wheel, bearing, and axil area about 20 miles before the Norfolk Southern train derailed in northeast Ohio.

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