{"id":632753,"date":"2023-02-04T07:36:44","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T07:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/?p=632753"},"modified":"2023-02-04T09:14:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T09:14:49","slug":"train-derailment-causes-massive-fire-in-ohio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/train-derailment-causes-massive-fire-in-ohio","title":{"rendered":"Train derailment causes massive fire in Ohio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A train derailed near the border of Ohio and Pennsylvania on Friday night, causing a massive fire in the area, local media reported. Multiple train cars can be seen on fire in images posted on social media from East Palestine, a town northwest of Pittsburgh. Smoke can be seen rising from the blaze and filling the atmosphere. #BREAKING : Police are blocking off multiple roads but we can see the fire caused by the #trainderailment from afar Orange flames lighting up the sky @KDKA #EastPalestine #Ohio pic.twitter.com\/i1jHX4r1F8 &#8212; Lauren Linder (@lauren_linder) February 4, 2023 Emergency crews had been evacuating residents from their homes within a mile of the fire, according to several media reports. It was not immediately clear if there were any casualties. The East Palestine police department did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for details. Norfolk Southern Corp&nbsp;freight railroad was &#8220;coordinating closely with local first responders while mobilizing our own teams,&#8221; a company spokesperson said in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A train derailed near the border of Ohio and Pennsylvania on Friday night, causing a massive fire in the area, local media reported. Multiple train cars can be seen on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-632753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-public-safety"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632753\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}