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Ohio train derailment: Footage shows train did not stop when it caught fire

By Misty Severi
Published February 16, 2023 12:00am ET
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Ohio train derailment: Footage shows train did not stop when it caught fire
A black plume rises over East Palestine, Ohio, as a result of a controlled detonation of a portion of the derailed Norfolk Southern trains, Feb. 6, 2023. | (Gene J. Puskar/AP)

New footage of the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, showed the train catching fire roughly 20 minutes outside of the town, leaving residents to wonder whether the disaster could have been avoided.

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