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A short summary:

Friday, February 03, Ohio, East Palestine: Train derails, vinyl chloride leaks.

Monday, February 13, Texas, Splendora, : Train derails after collision with truck,

100 gallons of diesel spills:

https://www.newsweek.com/texas-train-derailment-occurs-just-days-after-ohio-disaster-1780974

Monday, Feb. 13, South Carolina, Enoree: train derails.

https://www.foxcarolina.com/2023/02/13/officials-responding-train-derailment-enoree/

Tuesday, Feb. 14, Arizona, near Tuscon: overturned truck on freeway carrying nitric acid:

https://www.foxnews.com/us/arizona-freeway-closed-hazmat-spill-authorities

Wednesday, Feb. 15, Bangladesh, Chattogram: Train carrying 30,000 gallons of oil per car derailed. Large portions of the oil end up in the Mahesh Khal River, which flows into the Karnaphuli River:

https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/nj06oeg5v3

Local residents skim the oil by hand and sell it:

https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/accidents-fires/news/spilled-oil-spreads-across-15-km-area-3250126

Thursday, February 16, Michigan, near Detroit: train derails, reportedly no toxins have leaked so far, although hazardous materials were on board:

https://nypost.com/2023/02/16/train-carrying-hazardous-materials-derails-in-michigan/

Thursday, Feb. 16, Kissimmee, Florida: fire on the outside of a factory that makes plastic flower pots. Large melted plastic mess. Again near a body of water, Lake Tohopekaliga.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/crews-cleaning-up-large-mess-of-melted-plastic-after-massive-nursery-fire-in-kissimmee/ar-AA17yOO3

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