“This evening, approximately 20 cars of a 212-car Norfolk Southern train derailed while traveling Southbound in the vicinity of Springfield, Ohio. No hazardous materials are involved and there have been no reported injuries.
Our teams are en route to the site to begin cleanup operations,” the spokesperson said in a statement to News Center 7 Saturday night. A shelter-in-place remains for people who live within 1,000 feet of the derailment, which happened near state Route 41 and Gateway Drive.
Norfolk Southern has been the subject of large regional and national scrutiny in the past weeks after one of its trains, hauling hazardous materials, derailed in East Palestine, Ohio in early February. We have multiple crews on the scene and we’ll continue to update this page as we learn more.
The Clark County Emergency Management Agency is asking residents within a 1,000 feet of the train derailment in Clark County to shelter in place, according to a post on the Clark County’s Government Facebook page. People living in the area of State Route 41 near the Prime Ohio Business Park to shelter-in-place out of abundance of caution. They are asking residents to avoid the area of State Route 41 and find alternate routes.
