Ohio train derailment: residents kept away as air monitored for toxic fumes

Officials released and burned chemicals from wreckage of derailed train in East Palestine near Pennsylvania border

It is unclear when evacuated residents might be able to return home to the area where officials released and burned toxic chemicals from the wreckage of a derailed train, Ohio governor Mike DeWine said Tuesday.

Residents near the site in East Palestine, close to the Pennsylvania state line, were ordered to leave because of the risk of death or serious injury from toxic fumes. Flames and black smoke billowed into the sky Monday evening when crews released and burned vinyl chloride from five derailed tanker cars that were in danger of exploding.