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Senators grill the Norfolk Southern CEO over the East Palestine rail disaster

Portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, remained on fire by the following day on Feb. 4, 2023. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)

In a bipartisan fashion, senators on the Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing Thursday calling for answers from railroad executives and federal emergency response officials as they seek justice for residents of East Palestine, Ohio.

The hearing examined the environmental and public health threats from last month's train derailment, in which several tank cars carrying hazardous materials caught fire and released toxic chemicals into the air, soil and ground water in and around the crash site.

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