NTSB officials said Tuesday that the train operator and its contractors failed to tell incident commanders that the maker and shipper of the vinyl chloride had said venting and burning the ...

“Unfortunately, some have sought to minimize the wide-ranging impacts of this derailment, pointing to the fact that there were no fatalities or injuries,” NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said at t ...

The NTSB also approved about two dozen recommendations that are not legally binding. The recommendations include revising guidelines for venting and burning rail car contents, implementing new ...

That decision was contradicted by the NTSB, whose investigative team concluded that the burning of the toxic chemical was not needed to prevent a catastrophic explosion that was feared at the time.

When the train was at 30th Street Station, the NTSB says the train's engineer received a call at 5:07 p.m. from SEPTA's chief dispatcher about a strong burning smell in the lead railcar (railcar 132).

An online fundraising campaign to help Moody's family identified the trucker as a member of "the Merchantville community," but records in the NTSB report ... The report said burning gasoline ...

TODAY, THE NTSB RELEASED A COUPLE OF NEW PHOTOGRAPHS ... also pose an environmental threat because when water is used on a burning battery, it can produce toxic fumes. Firefighters also need ...

Though the semi-truck had veered off the road, the CHP said the crash had created a hazardous materials situation due to the toxic fumes released from the burning ... the NTSB noted they will ...