Anchor at News 5 Cleveland
The sounds of trains are synonymous with East Palestine. But, February’s Norfolk Southern toxic train derailment and controlled burn of hazardous materials turned lives upside down.
On Oct. 26, nearly nine months after the disaster, reporters were allowed at “ground zero,” where dozens of train cars derailed. The U.S. EPA held a news conference to announce what they called the “completion of major cleanup activities.” “And eventually you'll see some work going on in the culverts that run throughout town to again clean out the culverts from any impacted sediments that may be present there,” said Mark Durno with the U.S. EPA.
William Hugar lives on E. Taggart Street, as close to the tracks as it gets. News 5 first met him in March. Our team caught up with him again. He’s said it’s too early to say everything’s cleaned up and resolved.Hugar said he knows a few people who’ve moved since the derailment over safety concerns.“I don't have the money to move. If I had the money to move, you think I'd be here?” Hugar said.“They need to go through and dredge all of that,” he said.
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