U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg toured the wreckage of this month's train derailment and toxic spill in East Palestine, Ohio, while federal investigators released their initial report on the February 3 incident
The NTSB said "defect detectors" showed the axle and wheel bearing starting to heat up about 30 miles from the derailment site, but not to levels that would have triggered the audible alarm to warn the train engineer that far away.
Norfolk Southern, in its statement on Thursday, said it is now inspecting all of the nearly 1,000 wayside heat detectors on its system, on top of regular inspections every 30 days. The Democratic Biden administration had been criticized for not having made a high-level visit sooner. Buttigieg on Thursday said he had not wanted to make an earlier visit that might have impeded the emergency response.
President Joe Biden and his administration have said Norfolk Southern must pay for the damage and clean-up efforts. The EPAcompany officials to attend town hall events after executives failed to attend an earlier meeting in East Palestine.
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