A train derailment Friday night caused a massive fire in East Palestine Ohio. That's about 50 miles northwest of Pittsburgh, close to Darlington in Beaver County.
Calls about the derailment and fire started coming in around 9:00 pm last night.
More than 50 fire departments and a shelter in place order has been issued from Taggart Road to Pleasant Street in East Palestine, not far from the Ohio-Pennsylvania border.
The order is for people who live within a mile of the derailment.
In a news conference this morning, officials said so far there have been no fatalities or injuries.
Fire and hazmat crews are fighting massive flames after a train derailed near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border Friday night.
More than 50 fire departments and other agencies from three states are assisting with the response in the Village of East Palestine, OH, according to Mayor Trent Conaway. It's a village with a population of 4,900 people.
The call came into dispatchers around 9:00 p.m. for a Norfolk Southern train that derailed by the North Pleasant Railroad Crossing.
Conaway said it happened near a Marathon Fuel gas station, and right behind a home heating oil supplier. The gas station got all of their semis of fuel out just in time.
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