Freight cars continue to burn after the Friday night derailment of a Norfolk Southern train in East Palestine, Ohio. Village of East Palestine via Facebook EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and officials in Columbiana County have issued a new evacuation order tonight (Sunday, Feb. 5) for those within a mile of the site of Friday's derailment of a Norfolk Southern train, warning of a possible tank car explosion, WHIO-TV reports. Also, National Transportation Safety Board investigators have indicated an axle defect may have caused the derailment. A notice posted on DeWine's Twitter account warned that "a drastic temperature change has taken place in a rail car, and there is now the potential of a catastrophic tanker failure which could cause an explosion with the potential of deadly shrapnel traveling up to a mile."