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Dead Fish and Wildlife Reported After Train Derailment, Chemical Explosion In Ohio

The noxious chemicals caused a massive cloud of smoke to arise over East Palestine, Ohio.

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After a train derailment and chemical explosion in Ohio, multiple reports have emerged of dead fish and wildlife in the area, prompting concerns for the health of people near the incident.

A train carrying vinyl chloride and other toxic chemicals derailed on February 3 in East Palestine, Ohio. Three days after the derailment, emergency crews decided to conduct a “controlled burn” of the dangerous chemicals, supposedly in order to prevent a larger and more hazardous explosion.

The controlled burn ultimately caused hydrogen chloride and toxic substances such as phosgene to be released into the surrounding area, prompting the mandatory evacuation of all citizens of East Palestine within a one-mile radius. Photos and videos show giant clouds over the area of the toxic substances being released.

Following the evacuation order, federal and local officials informed residents that the air was safe to breathe, and that the water supply was also unaffected. However, experiences on the ground have differed massively from government reports.

Eric Whitining told The Washington Post that the air in East Palestine smells like an “over-chlorinated swimming pool,” burning his eyes. “I’ve watched every news conference and I haven’t heard anything that makes me think that [the end of the evacuation order] is a data-driven decision,” said resident Maura Todd. “We don’t feel like we have a whole lot of information.”

Further reports have emerged of animals and fish dying as a result of the spill. One local resident claimed her chickens died shortly after the explosion, with another, Taylor Holzer, telling reporters that his fox died. “Out of nowhere he just started coughing really hard and just shut down and went very fast,” he said.

Another resident, Russell Murphy, saw “hundreds” of dead fish in a local creek, five miles away from the explosion and 48 hours after it occurred, telling KDKA that the explosion was having “huge enviromental effects.” Clean-up crews entered that same creek.

On Saturday, TikTok user @nymphyyeatsteef who grew up in the area, said that Ohio locals after the train crash were seeing “schools of [dead] fish floating downstream rivers… and on top of the water is a really pretty, chemical rainbow sheen. You literally are about to see some of the worst f**king health side effects coming out of the people in that town, it’s not even funny.”

The TikTokker further claimed that local churches were asking for donations of food, due to the Red Cross and FEMA never turning up to the area. “All the people that were displaced have no food, water, a place to stay… It is so much worse than what they’re telling you,” they added.

Sil Caggiano, a hazardous materials specialist, criticised the “controlled burn” in an interview with WKBN News, saying that authorities had “basically nuked a town with chemicals so we could get a railroad open.”

Some of the chemicals, Caggiano noted, were “especially worrisome,” and said that the authorities should have tested all the homes in the area for chemical exposure, rather than just letting people return to them.

“There’s a lot of what ifs, and we’re going to be looking at this thing 5, 10, 15, 20 years down the line and wondering, ‘Gee, cancer clusters could pop up, you know, well water could go bad,'” he added, recommending everyone in the area get a health check up.

In a strange coincidence, many locals in were involved as extras in the 2021 movie “White Noise.” Based on a 1985 book, the film centres around a family being evacuated after a chemical explosion following a train crash in Ohio. “The first half of the movie is all almost exactly what’s going on here,” said Ben Ratner, an East Palestine resident and one of the extras.

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Jack Hadfield
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Jack Hadfield is the Associate Editor at Valiant News. An investigative reporter from the UK, and the director and presenter of "Destination Dover: Migrants in the Channel, his work has appeared in such sites as Breitbart and The Political Insider. You can follow him on Gab @JH, on Telegram @JackHadders, or see his other social media by visiting jackhadfield.co.uk.

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    Graywolf12

    February 13, 2023 at 5:48 pm

    2 more reasons to stop construction of pipelines. Satire. There will be more as a coordinated effort to disrupt our food supply. We at war and most people disregard the fact because “that could never happen here”, or “they would never do that”. Wake up and demand the people derailing trains, burning fertilizer plant, chicken coops, and egg processing plants. Read more than liberal sites to see what is going on in YOUR country.

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      Crankshaft

      February 14, 2023 at 12:08 pm

      The pipelines are not an issue here. What IS an issue here is rail car after rail car after rail car after rail car ad infinitum of hazardous materials and chemicals being transported across the USA by means of transportation that lends itself to such situations as a train derailment. Oil transported and delivered by pipeline is MUCH SAFER than oil that is delivered by rail cars traveling on potentially unsafe and failing railway infrastructure.

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    Rick Conner

    February 14, 2023 at 12:38 pm

    I believe that any politician that declares the area safe should immediately move his family to within 1/2 mile of the event for a minimum of one year.

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    Crotte

    February 14, 2023 at 12:56 pm

    You forgot to mention Acrylic vinyl running down the Ohio River headed for the Gulf of Mexico and numerous other cities. But this government could care less they are to busy sending money to the Ukraine to be laundered.I live within 60 miles of it and go by it!!!!

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    Larry!

    February 14, 2023 at 2:09 pm

    Nothing to see here shut up and move along? Pretty sad what has USA become!!!

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    Drosack

    February 14, 2023 at 3:18 pm

    Remember liberal media next time they want to sell you an evil Trump. So now who’s the evil ones?

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