A horrific train crash that has since spewed out toxic fumes into the atmosphere has left nervous residents describe the experience as "our Chernobyl".
The horror crash occurred in Ohio, United States, and two weeks on from the crash residents are feeling, as one put it: "Suspicious, paranoid and worried."
Public meetings between town officials and the company that owns the train which crashed were drafted, but the latter party made a no show of the meeting after health and safety concerns were aired.
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Those same safety woes are leaving residents "scared" as they deal with a train derailment that led to toxic fumes and a huge fire from the vinyl chloride explosion.
Around 20 carriages of the 150 connected to the train were packed full of toxic chemicals, with 11 of those 20 carriages derailed.
Some of those 11 derailed carriages were carrying vinyl chloride, a chemical that is fine when used in PVC, but incredibly toxic beforehand, with damage to the liver a possibility.
The cancerous toxins are now firing through the skies of East Palestine, Ohio, and one resident speaking to BBC News likened it to that of "our Chernobyl".
John Hamner worried for his family as he referenced the Ukrainian nuclear meltdown, saying he and his family had their lives "totally wrecked" by the train crash and subsequent toxic cloud.
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Mr Hamner said: "I'm at the point now where I want out of here. We're going to relocate. We can't do it no more. I'm losing so much sleep. I've already been to the doctor twice, and I'm taking anxiety pills.
"People are concerned when they hear trains, or when they think of their kids going outside, or letting their dog outside and having it accidentally drink contaminated water… it's serious."
A coffee shop owner in the town, Ben Ratner, likened the event to a town-sized "Pearl Harbour, or a 9/11" scale event.
The horror train crash in Ohio comes just two months after Netflix released White Noise, a feature filmed in Ohio that depicts a train crash and the subsequent chemical cloud that surges through the town.
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