The agency has urged Norfolk Southern to take immediate action to review and assess its safety practices.
The agency also said it was urging the company to take immediate action to review and assess its safety practices. placed along railroad tracks to spot overheating bearings and other problems in response to the derailment in Ohio a month ago.
The National Transportation Safety Board has said the crew operating the train that derailed Feb. 3 outside East Palestine, Ohio, got a warning from such a detector but couldn’t stop the train before more than three dozen cars came off the tracks and caught fire. Half of the town of about 5,000 people had to evacuate for days when responders intentionally burned toxic chemicals in some of the derailed cars to prevent an uncontrolled explosion, leaving residents with lingering health concerns. Government officials say tests haven’t found dangerous levels of chemicals in the air or water in the area.Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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