In the accident, around 30 wagons left the tracks and caused the closure of a route in the morning in the municipality of Van Buren. A video showed the train cars off the tracks. The township is located about 30 miles west of downtown Detroit.
Regarding the hazardous materials on board, authorities reported on Facebook: “There is no evidence of exposed hazardous materials. There are also no reported injuries.”
Environmental disaster in East Palestine, Ohio
Derailment in Michigan Occurs just two weeks after what happened in Ohio, also owned by the company Norfolk Southern.
The governor of the state of Ohio on Wednesday urged residents living near the site to drink bottled waterwhile the authorities investigate the possible environmental consequences of the accident registered earlier this month.
The derailment of the freight train in the city of east palestine -in the northeastern United States- caused a widespread fire and the air release of toxic fumes, including vinyl chloridea colorless gas used as a chemical weapon in World War I and considered a carcinogen by the US National Cancer Institute.
Ohio Governor, Mike DeWine, He told CNN that while the air quality in East Palestine was “safe,” residents had better not drink the water yet as a precaution.
“Yesterday afternoon we received a test of the water in the town and in the first well we tested the water was fine,” he said. However, he urged people to “use bottled water.” “Don’t risk it,” he said.
Source: Ambito
