‘We Nuked a Town”: Media Blackout on “Catastrophic” Environmental Disaster in Ohio Caused by Large Controlled Explosion, Journalists Covering it Arrested

“We basically nuked a town with chemicals so we could get a railroad open,” said Silverado Caggiano, a hazardous materials specialist.

Palestine, Ohio looks like a disaster movie.

At around 9 p.m. on Feb. 3, 50 cars of a 141-car Norfolk Southern train derailed in the Ohio town.

Nearly 48 hours after the accident, the situation took a concerning turn when changing conditions within one of the rail cars led authorities to warn of a potential “major explosion.” Officials then took quick action, conducting a controlled release of vinyl chloride; on Twitter images of a towering plume of hazardous chemicals were shown to be seen from miles away. An entire town was evacuated, fish and livestock are dying. On Wednesday, residents were told it was safe to return home. But it isn’t.

Reporters are being arrested for simply reporting on the train derailment in Ohio which experts are saying is going to be the next Chernobyl.

 This is a true environmental disaster. The same evil clowns who detonated this environmental nuke are the same climate fraudsters telling you they are saving the planet.

An American journalist with NEWSNATION was arrested while covering news about a train that derailed in the US state of Ohio, because the government kept quiet about the train accident.

Bye bye first amendmentpic.twitter.com/OypM7hAksc

— شعيث Shoe8th (@SAA20107) February 13, 2023

• Hazardous cloud of polyvinyl chloride in Ohio… photos

DAILY MAIL: Toxic cancer-causing chemicals have been released into the air in East Palestine, Ohio, during a large controlled explosion at the site of the train derailment.  

Crews at the scene conducted the release of the hazardous chemicals – including vinyl chloride – from five of the derailed tanker cars that were in danger of exploding just after 3.30pm on Monday.

Two of the five detonated cars that were completely polymerized in the dangerous incident – as the fireball exploded and black smoke wafted through the air.

One of the major causes for concern was the presence of vinyl chloride inside the train. The substance is highly toxic and can cause acid burns in the lungs when ingested.

Authorities have been issuing forced evacuations of the surrounding areas in recent days – warning that there would be hellish shrapnel rain and chemical destruction if the cars were to have exploded on their own accord.

After the pre-emptive controlled explosion, local officials said the fire ‘reduced’ and the flames became more manageable but that they are waiting for it to cool off to move in.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine had previously issued a grave warning to residents in the city that sits near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border, saying the fallout could be drastic for those who choose not to heed the warnings.

‘You need to leave, you just need to leave. This is a matter of life and death,’ said DeWine at a press conference.

‘Vinyl chloride in of itself is cancerous. Some of the other stuff is just as bad,’ hazardous materials specialist Silverio Caggiano told WKBN.

‘The hydrogen chloride is bad enough that when you inhale it, it mixes with the water in your lungs and you could have acid burns in your lungs,’ Caggiano said.

Another major cause for concerns is that the burning on the substances released from the train cars will send out phosgene – a highly toxic gas that can cause vomiting and breathing trouble.

The substance is so dangerous it was used as a weapon during World War I.

Best recap here:

Probably the best video about what happened in Pennsylvania/Ohio and it’s pretty mind blowing. pic.twitter.com/VbG0kzplRs

— Erin Elizabeth Health Nut News (@unhealthytruth) February 13, 2023

When Newsmax spoke to Nick Drom, an independent manufacturing engineer, he said, “At this point, the only way that the vinyl chloride would be a major concern at this point though would be if a major amount spilled into a waterway or spilled into a sewer or spill into the ground and wasn’t burned.”

Conversely, according to Peter DeCarlo, an environmental health professor at Johns Hopkins University, “If there are still residual chemical emissions, then that still presents a danger for people in the area.”

One of East Palestine’s residents, Eric Whitining, who returned to his home after the evacuation order was lifted, told The Post that some nights the air smells like an “over-chlorinated swimming pool,” causing his eyes to burn.

“For a small town, we have to trust them, because what else do we have to do? We have to trust that they are not lying to us.”

Ohio right now

That’s a giant cloud of polyvinyl chloride and a ton of other bad chemicals

The local police blew it up like a beached whale, now megatoxins are Chernobyling Ohio and there’s a news blackout and the police are beating reporters and camera people and dragging em pic.twitter.com/yUYxNWhZ6H

— UAE Exotic Falconry & Finance (@FalconryFinance) February 10, 2023

Ohio: Dead fish and cattle being reported as far as 100 miles away from the site.

Journalists covering the story have been arrested.

What the HELL is going on? pic.twitter.com/IWfLutoaRo

— Stew Peters (@realstewpeters) February 12, 2023

IMAGE CONTEXT: In Ohio, this train had derailed, and local police blew it up, the train was carrying very toxic and reactive explosive chemicals. the damage is so bad, it’s actively killing wildlife in the rivers and contaminating soil. This happened last week. https://t.co/Zr6GkBY1gt

— MILES/IMPYMGADD = PEAK (@EVILWETBEAST) February 11, 2023

I really don’t understand this happening in Ohio and not a word about it on Mainstream Media. Some language. pic.twitter.com/lRTkgZ1hhV

— Johnny Midnight (@its_the_Dr) February 13, 2023

Ohio is the biggest story in America and is getting absolutely zero coverage. Journalists are being arrested.

What really happened?

— Todd Peterson (@Todd_Peterson_1) February 13, 2023

OHIO: This is what’s happening to cars after driving through spurts of rain…70+ MILES SE OF THE EAST PALESTINE INCIDENT! pic.twitter.com/5QwXWg6mwU

— Stew Peters (@realstewpeters) February 12, 2023

A small Video documenting the Atrocity which occurred in #Ohio , the resulting Toxic Cloud and Dead Wild Life#OhioChernobyl pic.twitter.com/jsdCsxw25O

— @PalasAtenea(2) (@AthenaMia2nd) February 13, 2023

Chernobyl level coverup regarding the Norfolk Southern DISASTER in East Palestine, Ohio. Notice the news blackout while allegedly serious channels talk about UFOs.

Animals miles away are dead and dying. These same people said 9/11 air was safe to breath. DO NOT LET GO OF THIS. pic.twitter.com/IOUz1FyWvq

— justaplacetosee (@justaplacetosee) February 13, 2023

This chemical release in Ohio looks really bad, and the media is barely talking about it.

Where are all the climate activists at? pic.twitter.com/ZVI2xfBuKG

— Hodgetwins (@hodgetwins) February 13, 2023

Breitbart reporting:

A federal lawsuit has been launched in the wake of the fiery derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals along the Ohio-Pennsylvania line last week.

The action seeks to force Norfolk Southern to initiate health testing for residents in both states.

Undetermined damages are also being sought as well as a full insight into the nature of the chemicals released into the atmosphere and water table in the accident.

AP reports the lawsuit filed Thursday by two Pennsylvania residents calls for the rail operator to pay for medical screenings and related care for anyone living within a 30-mile radius of the derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.

About 50 cars, including 10 carrying hazardous materials, derailed Feb. 3 in the village. No one was injured in the derailment investigators said was caused by a broken axle, as Breitbart News reported.

While five of the cars contained vinyl chloride, another five also were transporting unspecified “hazardous materials.”

What is *really* happening in Ohio, from someone *much* smarter than politicians: pic.twitter.com/LHkEyZDd5H

— Sarah Bee (@BirrelleBee) February 13, 2023

Three days after the accident, authorities decided to release and burn vinyl chloride inside five tanker cars, sending hydrogen chloride and the toxic gas phosgene into the air.

Environmental regulators have been monitoring the air and water in surrounding communities and have said that so far the air quality remains safe and drinking water supplies have not been affected.

The Ohio and federal environmental protection agencies, working with local teams, “established a series of containment measures to help limit environmental impact to local streams and rivers from water runoff from the site,” Ohio EPA spokesperson James Lee said in a statement last Wednesday designed to ease local fears of contamination.

This photo provided by the Ohio National Guard, ONG 52nd Civil Support Team members prepare to enter an incident area to assess remaining hazards with a lightweight inflatable decontamination system (LIDS) in East Palestine, Ohio, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (Ohio National Guard via AP)

Those measures include installing earthen dams “to capture contaminants that may leave the derailment site” and the installation of “high volume aeration stations to help remove contaminants from Sulfur Run” stream, Lee said.

But some residents have complained about headaches and feeling sick since the accident while others demand immediate action to make clear what is at stake.

“Hundreds of dead fish” found belly up in Leslie Run stream located in East Palestine, Ohio.

Youngstown, Ohio is only 30 miles north and Pittsburgh 1 hour south.pic.twitter.com/yXCNLLb9Dg

— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) February 13, 2023

Dead fish are being pulled from rivers outside East Palestine, Ohio.

The trucks doing the work are labeled EnviroScience, an Ohio-based company that provides “time-sensitive solutions to environmental challenges.”pic.twitter.com/LNcviCSAXL

— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) February 13, 2023