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===2023 train derailment=== {{Main|East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment}} On February 3, 2023, an explosion and fire occurred following the derailment of a [[Norfolk Southern]] freight train carrying hazardous chemicals on the eastern end of town.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 4, 2023 |title=Evacuations underway after train derailment causes massive fire in East Palestine |url=https://www.wkbn.com/news/local-news/crews-on-scene-of-train-derailment-in-east-palestine/ |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=WKBN.com |language=en-US}}</ref> A [[state of emergency]] was declared by the village council on February 4.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 5, 2023 |title=Declaration of Emergency {{!}} East Palestine, OH |url=http://eastpalestine-oh.gov/notices/declaration-of-emergency/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205182439/http://eastpalestine-oh.gov/notices/declaration-of-emergency/ |archive-date=February 5, 2023 |access-date=February 7, 2023 }}</ref> An evacuation area was extended by Ohio Governor [[Mike DeWine]] on February 6 to allow for "a controlled release of [[vinyl chloride]]" and burning it in a nearby trench.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 6, 2023 |title=East Palestine Update: Evacuation Area Extended, Controlled Release of Rail Car Contents Planned for 3:30 p.m. |url=https://governor.ohio.gov/media/news-and-media/East-Palestine-Update-Evacuation-Area-Extended-Controlled-Release-of-Rail-Car-Contents-Planned-for-3-30-pm-02062023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207002121/https://governor.ohio.gov/media/news-and-media/East-Palestine-Update-Evacuation-Area-Extended-Controlled-Release-of-Rail-Car-Contents-Planned-for-3-30-pm-02062023 |archive-date=February 7, 2023 |access-date=February 6, 2023 |website=Governor of Ohio}}</ref> Some residents subsequently started a class-action lawsuit against Norfolk Southern, citing new respiratory issues and unknown environmental impacts.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bendix |first=Aria |date=February 25, 2023 |title=Residents near Ohio train derailment diagnosed with ailments associated with chemical exposure, including bronchitis |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/ohio-derailment-chemicals-people-diagnosed-bronchitis-rcna71839 |publisher=NBC News}}</ref> Contamination remained in many buildings closest to the train wreckage for over a year. Breathing problems and other upper-respiratory health symptoms of residents, clean-up workers and bystanders who were chemically exposed were found to be similar to those found in the first responders of the [[September 11 attacks]] in New York City.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Coelho |first=Paula |date=October 2024 |title=Environmental and private property contamination following the Norfolk Southern chemical spill and chemical fires in Ohio |journal=Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology |volume=10 |issue=11 |pages=3007β3023 |url=https://doi.org/10.1039/D4EW00456F |publisher=Royal Society of Chemistry, Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology|doi=10.1039/D4EW00456F |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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