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Two tank cars also derailed, but nothing was leaking.
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Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 21 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.
—CBS News, 9 Apr. 2024
The conductor helped separate undamaged tank cars filled with crude oil from the rest of the train so they could be pulled away from the fire.
—Josh Funk, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
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.
—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
Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 21 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.
—CBS News, 9 Apr. 2024
The conductor helped separate undamaged tank cars filled with crude oil from the rest of the train so they could be pulled away from the fire.
—Josh Funk, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
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.
—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
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“Tank car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tank%20car. Accessed 1 May. 2024.
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