East Palestine, Ohio
On February 3, 2023, there was a train accident in the village.  A freight  train was carrying  dangerous chemicals.  The train went off the tracks and the chemicals escaped from some of the  twenty or so freight cars that carried the chemicals.  The East Palestine government declared a state of emergency the next day.  Two days later, on February 6, the governor of Ohio said people had to leave ("evacuate") the area.  He said they had to do this because the chemicals might explode.  Then the chemicals were drained from the many freight cars into a trench  and burned to get rid of them.  Then the chemicals were burned.  On February 8,  people could return.