Ohio Train Disaster 2025. 3, 2023, a train carrying chemicals jumped the tracks in east palestine, ohio, rupturing railcars filled with hazardous materials and fueling chemical fires at the foothills of the appalachian mountains. It was the evening of feb.

When a freight train filled with volatile chemicals derailed in rural ohio earlier this month, it set off a chain of reactions: Cnn hosted a town hall wednesday night on the disaster in east palestine, ohio, where a train derailment sparked a massive fire and evacuation orders.