After federal officials released an initial report concluding that this month’s toxic train wreck in Ohio was completely preventable, investigators will begin examining procedures, practices and design prior to the derailment that has sparked long-term concerns among hundreds of frustrated residents.

The National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday released its preliminary report on the investigation into the February 3 train crash in East Palestine, Ohio, where residents have been complaining about feeling sick after hazardous chemicals seeped into the air, water and soil.

Ohio environmental officials made a civil referral this week asking the state attorney general’s office to begin “legal and/or equitable civil actions” against train operator Norfolk Southern, which could result in a civil complaint if negotiations with the company were to fail.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/24/us/ohio-train-derailment-east-palestine-friday

 

 

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From the CNN article in the OP:

 

The NTSB report found that one of the train’s cars carrying plastic pellets was heated by a hot axle that sparked the initial fire, according to Jennifer Homendy, the chair of the safety board. As the temperature of the bearing got hotter, the train passed by two wayside defect detectors that did not trigger an audible alarm message because the heat threshold was not met at that point, Homendy explained. A third detector eventually picked up the high temperature, but it was already too late by then.

 

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/24/us/ohio-train-derailment-east-palestine-friday

 

 

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And the Republicans clearly are outraged by this incident and want to pass legislation to strengthen rail safety...just kidding

GOP urges no ‘burdensome regulations’ on freight rail, after derailment
While a handful of Republican senators have expressed interest in bipartisan legislation on freight trains, others said they need more information first on what went wrong in East Palestine.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/28/republicans-congress-rail-ohio-east-palsetine-00084878

It looks like there are elements at work to turn this into another right-wing crazytown conspiracy

https://www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/2023/02/fox-news-weaponizes-the-east-palestine-train-derailment-for-the-white-grievance-crowd/

 

As if these things aren't bad enough, these morons have to make it worse for all involved, just so they can make $$$ selling ads.