Emergency crews are at the scene of a massive fire caused by a train derailment near the border of Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Emergency crews are evacuating residents from their homes within a mile (1.6 km) of the fire. (Image: Twitter)
By India Today Web Desk: A train derailed near the border of the US states of Ohio and Pennsylvania on Friday night, causing a massive fire in the area.
As per the local media reports, emergency crews had been evacuating residents from their homes within a mile (1.6 km) of the fire.
Several people took to social media to share visuals from the site that shows multiple train cars on fire. Smoke can be seen rising from the blaze and filling the atmosphere.
The East Palestine police department is also engaged in the rescue operation.
It was not immediately clear if there were any casualties. Furthermore, it is not known what caused the derailment or what the train was carrying.
(With inputs from Reuters)
