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On Feb 3, 2023 a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying vinyl chloride derailed and exploded. The debris was then subjected to a controlled burn by emergency crews, which released hydrogen chloride and phosgene into the air.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/11/ohio-train-derailment-wake-up-call Ohio catastrophe is ‘wake-up call’ to dangers of deadly train derailments]</ref>

No one was killed in the actual event itself, but fears about the chemical exposure remains. 

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