Ohio train derailment: 15k pounds of contaminated soil, 1.1M gallons of contaminated water excavated from site
About 15,000 pounds of contaminated soil and 1.1 million gallons of contaminated water have been excavated from site of a train derailment on Feb. 3 in East Palestine, Ohio, Norfolk Southern said Monday.
Dozens of rail cars, including 11 carrying toxic chemicals, derailed as the train passed through the town on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border. Officials conducted a controlled release of vinyl chloride three days after the derailment to avoid an explosion.
Norfolk Southern said that a "majority" of the hazardous rail cars have been decontaminated, but they'll stay on the scene until the National Transportation Safety Board completes its investigation.
