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Officials intentionally released and burned off toxic vinyl chloride from five ... and they executed the vent and burn. NTSB officials have said an overheated bearing on one of the railcars ...
Jennifer Homendy, chair of the NTSB, opened the hearing ... was described as a "vent and burn" procedure on the tank cars containing vinyl chloride, sending a toxic plume of smoke into the air ...
The decision to blow open five tank cars and burn the toxic chemical inside them after ... no dangerous chemical reaction was happening, NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said. But Oxy Vinyls was ...
Tuesday’s meeting — where the NTSB approved the findings of ... In a report last week, researchers found that the toxic chemicals released in the burn spread over 16 states, reaching as ...
Experts called by the US National Transportation Safety Board, or NTSB, to testify about the ... an explanation for the decision to vent and burn toxic vinyl chloride from five derailed tanker ...
The testimony follows the NTSB’s release over the ... The decision to conduct a controlled burn of five derailed tank cars that unleashed a plume of toxic chemicals last year in East Palestine ...
The decision to blow open five tank cars and burn the toxic chemical inside them after ... no dangerous chemical reaction was happening, NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said. But Oxy Vinyls was ...
A controlled vent and burn of toxic chemicals at the train derailment ... after crews said an alarm went off, according to the NTSB. There were no injuries, the agency said. Fire chief Keith ...
NTSB Chair Says Norfolk Southern Interfered With Derailment Probe After Botching Vent-And-Burn Call EAST PALESTINE ... officials intentionally released and burned toxic vinyl chloride three ...
Ultimately, 38 cars derailed, 11 of which carried toxic chemicals. Cited in the NTSB's report was data collected ... area and performed a "release and burn" of five tank cars' worth of the ...