Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is expected to give an update on Tuesday as reports of health issues in the community of East Palestine mount following a train derailment that unleashed plumes of black smoke and contaminated the soil.

On the evening of Feb. 3, approximately 50 Norfolk Southern Railroad freight train cars, some carrying toxic vinyl chloride and other hazardous chemicals, went off the tracks in Columbiana County on the evening of Feb. 3.

After the freight cars derailed in the evening, residents in and around East Palestine, a town of about 5,000, were ordered to evacuate. Draining the chemicals into a trench last week, crews then ignited a controlled burn to get rid of it, creating a thick black cloud of smoke that was visible over the town.

In the days since the derailment, residents have reported a growing number of ailments from rashes to nausea to trouble breathing.

Federal agencies maintain the air and water are safe, but the potential and unknown long-term effects from the toxic chemicals still have residents concerned.

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