One of the biggest stories this week and is breaking news every single day even today

is this story.

It was like something out of a disaster movie.

A massive train derailment led to an explosion, causing ominous plumes of smoke to billow

over the quiet village of East Palestine.

Five of the train cars were carrying vinyl chloride.

A highly combustible chemical linked to a higher risk of some kinds of cancers.

Crews conducted a controlled release of the carcinogen to reduce the risk of an explosion.

The vinyl chloride in particular is highly flammable and crews ignited it to burn it

off in what they called a controlled environment.

That in turn produced a huge plume of smoke and with it serious health and environmental concerns.

Now residents are reluctantly returning with deep anxiety about the lasting impact of

the chemical leak on their health.

Ashley McCullum who shot this video of the February 3rd accident says she's afraid

to move back home.

You can smell it in the air and even this morning when I took my kids to school, people

are complaining about health issues and there are urgent questions about how their concerns

were handled.

I would be drinking the bottle of water and I would be continuing to find out what the

tests were showing as far as the air.

That ain't no storm cloud.

That's a police policy.

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