Ohio Town Ordered to Evacuate After Train Starts Spewing Toxic Organ-Damaging Chemical

Emergency officials have created a half-mile evacuation zone around an area where a dangerous chemical leak occurred. (Credit: Screengrab from WLWT)

Residents of an Ohio town have been asked to evacuate the area after a dangerous chemical leak occurred nearby, according to local emergency officials.

The leak happened close to the Great Miami River in western Hamilton County, on a railway near State Route 128 and U.S. 50.