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The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang and agency

White House urges Ohio residents near chemical leak to heed calls to evacuate

a car blocking a bridge with two people standing by
A road is closed due to a chemical leak from a railcar on Tuesday. Photograph: Frank Bowen IV/AP Photo

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were briefed on Wednesday on the dangerous chemical leak from a railcar near Cincinnati, Ohio, that has prompted evacuations of school buildings and homes.

The White House announced that the US president had been briefed on the leak of styrene from a parked railcar in Whitewater Township, near Cleves, on the outskirts of Cincinnati, on Tuesday, saying: “Federal Railroad Administration and Environmental Protection Agency officials are on the ground assisting with hazmat operations and air quality testing.

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