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The contamination concerns were exacerbated by the decision to blow open five tank cars filled with vinyl chloride and burn that toxic chemical three days after the derailment.
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CBS News, 9 Apr. 2024
The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said recently that her agency’s investigation showed that the vent and burn of the vinyl chloride was unnecessary because the company that produced that chemical was sure no dangerous chemical reaction was happening inside the tank cars.
—Josh Funk, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2024
The officials who made the decision to release the vinyl chloride — Ohio's governor and the local fire chief leading the response — decided that releasing and burning it was safer than risking a tank car or more exploding.
—Josh Funk, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
Area residents still have lingering fears about potential health effects from the toxic chemicals that spilled in the accident, and from the vinyl chloride that was released a few days after the crash to keep tank cars from exploding.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 12 Feb. 2024
Three days after the derailment, officials decided to burn off five tank cars of vinyl chloride to avoid what rail operator Norfolk Southern warned could be a catastrophic explosion.
—Roxana Saberi, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2024
Three days after the crash, the authorities, fearing that the five tank cars containing vinyl chloride might explode, released and burned the cars’ contents.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2024
Area residents still have lingering fears about potential health effects from the toxic chemicals that spilled and from the vinyl chloride that was released a few days after the crash to keep five tank cars from exploding.
—Darlene Superville, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2024
Then a few days later officials blew open five more tank cars to keep them from exploding.
—Josh Funk, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2023
CBS News, 9 Apr. 2024
The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said recently that her agency’s investigation showed that the vent and burn of the vinyl chloride was unnecessary because the company that produced that chemical was sure no dangerous chemical reaction was happening inside the tank cars.
—Josh Funk, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2024
The officials who made the decision to release the vinyl chloride — Ohio's governor and the local fire chief leading the response — decided that releasing and burning it was safer than risking a tank car or more exploding.
—Josh Funk, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
Area residents still have lingering fears about potential health effects from the toxic chemicals that spilled in the accident, and from the vinyl chloride that was released a few days after the crash to keep tank cars from exploding.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 12 Feb. 2024
Three days after the derailment, officials decided to burn off five tank cars of vinyl chloride to avoid what rail operator Norfolk Southern warned could be a catastrophic explosion.
—Roxana Saberi, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2024
Three days after the crash, the authorities, fearing that the five tank cars containing vinyl chloride might explode, released and burned the cars’ contents.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2024
Area residents still have lingering fears about potential health effects from the toxic chemicals that spilled and from the vinyl chloride that was released a few days after the crash to keep five tank cars from exploding.
—Darlene Superville, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2024
Then a few days later officials blew open five more tank cars to keep them from exploding.
—Josh Funk, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2023
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“Tank car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tank%20car. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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