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Residents evacuate after potential chemical leak in Crawford County due to train derailment; police fear possible explosion
Officials reduced the evacuation zone after crews confirmed the tanker was not leaking, and about 40 residents sheltered at Bucyrus City Hall and a high school.
- On Sunday, July 5, 2026, a Norfolk Southern Railway train derailed in Bucyrus, Ohio, prompting immediate evacuation orders for residents within one mile due to concerns over a potential hydrochloric acid leak and explosion risk.
- Nineteen rail cars left the tracks near Whetstone Street and Auto Avenue, with five overturning; one tanker car carried hydrochloric acid, a compound that can cause "severe skin burns and eye damage" per the National Institutes of Health.
- Door-to-Door evacuations late Sunday led about 40 displaced residents to seek shelter at Bucyrus City Hall and Bucyrus High School, coordinated by the Crawford County Emergency Management Agency.
- Officials lifted the evacuation order at 11 a.m. Monday, though Capt. Greg Hershey of the Bucyrus Fire Department asked residents to avoid the railroad area near Auto Street to allow cleanup operations.
- Road closures remain in effect near the site until possibly Tuesday night, and authorities stated they cannot yet determine the cause of the derailment pending further analysis of the scene.
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A train carrying dangerous chemicals derailed in Ohio, USA, prompting authorities to evacuate residents near the site due to fears of a hydrochloric acid leak, which poses an explosion risk.
Train derailment in Ohio
BUCYRUS, OH (NBC, KYMA) - An evacuation order has been lifted in Bucyrus, Ohio following a train derailment that happened on Sunday night. The Norfolk Southern train derailment happened just before 9 p.m. Eastern time. Several cars derailed, including one carrying hydrochloric acid, this prompted Bucyrus Police to request people within a one-mile radius evacuate. Once crews had determined the hydrochloric acid was contained, that evacuation radi…
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