Animals are getting sick and dying in a town which has been "basically nuked" when a train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed sending up a toxic plume.
A West Virginia water utility is enhancing its water treatment process as a precaution following the incident, which saw about 50 cars, derailing in a fiery crash on 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 in a controlled environment, creating a dark plume of smoke.
