- A farmer just outside the evacuation zone near the fire told a local TV station that several animals that he keeps on his property became ill, with some having developed a range of symptoms including liquid diarrhea and puffy faces.
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“Out of nowhere, he just started coughing really hard, just shut down, and he had liquid diarrhea and just went very fast,” the farme said about one of the male animals. “Smoke and chemicals from the train, that’s the only thing that can cause it, because it doesn’t just happen out of nowhere.”
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The Norfolk Southern Railroad freight train was carrying highly toxic vinyl chloride, hydrogen chloride and other hazardous materials when it derailed Feb. 3.
