Residents in the town left reeling after a train crash spewed toxic gas into the air has branded the incident "our Chernobyl".
The fiery wreck saw about 50 cars derailing on the evening of February 3 in East Palestine, Ohio, US.
Vinyl chloride was released into the air from five of those cars before crews ignited it to get rid of the highly flammable, toxic chemicals, creating a dark plume of smoke seen for miles around.