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Isitimela esithwala impahla saseNorfolk Southern siphume emzileni endaweni yase-Springfield, e-Ohio, ngoMgqibelo ntambama, nokwenze ukuthi kukhishwe i-oda lokukhosela kubahlali abaseduze – inyanga eyodwa nje ngemuva kwenkampani ukuphahlazeka kwesitimela esinobuthi ngakolunye uhlangothi lwesifunda eMpumalanga Palestine.
Akukho kulimala okubikwe ngakho ngoMgqibelo futhi asikho isimo se-hazmat endaweni yengozi eClark County, kusho okhulumela i-Ohio State Highway Patrol etshela i-CNN. Lesi sigameko senzeke ngezithuba zabo-05:00 ET kanti umgwaqo wavalwa ku-State Route 41, kusho okhulumela amaphoyisa.
Izimoto ezingamashumi amabili zesitimela esinezimoto ezingu-212 iNorfolk Southern ziphumile emzileni ngesikhathi zilibangisa eningizimu endaweni yaseSpringfield, okhulumela iNorfolk Southern uConnor Spielmaker etshela i-CNN.
“Azikho izinto eziyingozi ezibandakanyekayo futhi akukaze kube khona ukulimala okubikiwe,” kusho uSpielmaker. “Amaqembu ethu asendleleni eya endaweni ukuze aqale umsebenzi wokuhlanza.”
Inkampani isebenzela ukuthola ukuthi isitimela besithutha ini, kusho uSpielmaker, eqinisekisa ukuthi bekungesona isitimela sabagibeli.
I-Clark County Emergency Management Agency icele izakhamizi ngoMgqibelo ebezingaphakathi kwamamitha ayi-1,000 1,000 ukusuka umzila wesitimela “ukuba zikhoselise ngenxa yokuqapha okukhulu.”
“Sicela ukuthi zonke izakhamizi ezidinga ukuya e-Ohio 41 zithole ezinye izindlela. Izikhulu zendawo nezesifundazwe zisendaweni yesigameko, okuhlanganisa iSpringfield Fire Rescue Division kanye noMnyango Wamaphoyisa aseSpringfield,” kusho le nhlangano Isibuyekezo se-Facebook.
Izikhulu zaseClark County nazo zithe ziyazi ngokunqamuka kukagesi kule ndawo ngenxa yokunqanyulwa kwezintambo zikagesi.
UNobhala wezokuThutha e-US uPete Buttigieg uthe usezisiwe ngokuduka komzila futhi uthumela izikhulu zeFederal Railroad Administration endaweni yesigameko.
“Ngitshelwe ubuholi be-FRA futhi ngakhuluma noGov. DeWine ukuze anikeze ukwesekwa kwethu ngemva kokuduka komgwaqo namuhla eClark County, Ohio. Akukho ukukhishwa kwezinto eziyingozi okubikiwe, kodwa sizoqhubeka nokuqapha ngokucophelela futhi abasebenzi be-FRA basendleleni,” kusho u-Buttigieg esitatimendeni. tweet ngomgqibelo.
Lokhu kuphazamiseka kuza ngesikhathi abasebenzi besasebenza susa ukuphahlazeka okunobuthi kwesinye isitimela saseNorfolk Southern eyaphuma ngoFebhuwari 3 ngesikhathi iphethe izinto eziyingozi endaweni eqhele ngamamayela angaphezu kuka-200 e-East Palestine, e-Ohio.
Ukonakala kwe-East Palestine kwabhebhethekisa ukukhala phakathi kwezakhamizi ezikhala ngakho izimpawu, kuhlanganise nekhanda nokukhwehlela ngemva kokuphahlazeka komlilo. Isitimela besithutha ikhemikhali ye-vinyl chloride eyingozi – eyakhululwa futhi yashiswa ukuze kuvinjelwe ukuqhuma okungase kube nokubulala – namanye amakhemikhali okusatshwa ukuthi aputshukele endaweni ezungezile.
I-Norfolk Southern ithembise ukukhuculula ngokuphelele umonakalo futhi yafunga ukuthi izotshala imali e-East Palestine.
I-derailment ifakiwe ukuphepha kukaloliwe ngaphansi kokukhanya futhi yaphakamisa imibuzo mayelana nemithethonqubo ephathelene nokuthuthwa kwezinto eziyingozi. Idatha evela ku- I-Federal Railroad Administration Office of Safety Analysis ibonisa ukuthi kuye kwaba nezimo okungenani eziyi-1,000 e-United States unyaka ngamunye phakathi neminyaka eyishumi edlule.
