Special meeting about styrene leak Tuesday night [Video]

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WHITEWATER TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WXIX) – A special meeting about a railcar styrene leak that forced more than 200 people to evacuate their homes last week in western Hamilton County will be held Tuesday night.

It’s scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Whitewater Township Community Center on Dry Fork Road.

“The purpose of the meeting will be to share and discuss information with residents and businesses affected by the evacuation and shelter-in-place orders issued last week for Whitewater Township/Miami Township/Cleves areas,” the online meeting notice reads.

Representatives from the following agencies will be there:

• Central Railroad of Indiana, who owns the railroad tracks
• Ineos, who owns the styrene that leaked
• Hamilton County Public Health
• Hamilton County Emergency Management Agency
• Whitewater Township Fire Department

The railcar leak happened Sept. 24 in a railyard off U.S. 50 and Ohio 128 in Whitewater Township.

Residents and passing motorists smelled it and reported it to 911 shortly before 1 p.m., resulting in several first responders and emergency agencies responding, as well as …