The Big Honker Podcast Episode #682: East Palestine Disaster

Jeff Stanfield & Andy Shaver are joined by Stephen Szekely who is a Springfield firefighter and Mahoning County Hazmat Chief. Austin Gebhardt who Springfield firefighter and Lieutenant Hazmat, and Matthew Gebhardt who is the Fire Chief of Springfield.

The guys all live about 7 miles from the train derailment in East Palestine and they all responded the night of the train derailment.

Here, the guys look at some of the rumors that have swirled around this scandal... They tell of what issues led to the derailment, the communication problems amongst the different fire stations, the lack of any cleanup efforts after the chemical spill, and they tell of the bravery from the train conductor that spared Ohio from a much greater disaster.