Unlike the Feb. 3 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, a company spokesperson told NBC News there were no hazardous materials on board.
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — About 20 cars of a Norfolk Southern cargo train derailed near Springfield on Saturday evening, the second derailment of the company’s trains in Ohio in a month, officials said., Ohio, a company spokesperson told NBC News there were no hazardous materials on board.
No injuries were reported when approximately 20 cars of the 212-car train derailed while traveling south, near Springfield, the Norfolk Southern spokesperson said. Springfield is about 46 miles west of the state capital of Columbus, Ohio.The derailment, near the Clark County Fairgrounds, left more than 1,500 without power, and the agency asked residents within 1,000 feet of the site to shelter in place, but it said it has not issued formal evacuation orders.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a tweet Saturday night that he’d been briefed by the Federal Railroad Administration and spoke with Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to offer support.
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