Ohio Governor Mike DeWine is expected to provide an update on the East Palestine train derailment from Columbus on Friday.

Approximately 50 Norfolk Southern Railroad freight train cars, some carrying toxic vinyl chloride and other hazardous chemicals, went off the tracks in Columbiana County on the evening of Feb. 3.

After the freight cars derailed on the evening of Feb. 3, residents in and around East Palestine, a town of about 5,000, were ordered to evacuate. At first authorities were worried there could be explosions, but eventually they were able to remove the contents of five tanker cars full of vinyl chloride that is used in plastic production.

Draining the chemicals into a trench last week, crews then ignited a controlled burn to get rid of it, creating a thick black cloud of smoke that was visible over the town.

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