East Palestine (OH) firefighters will receive a couple more weeks of training on its new ladder truck, wkbn.com reported. Its previous one was damaged while in service after the February train derailment and had been deemed unusable.
One manufacturer had a truck available on a quicker timeline, so the department took it. Norfolk Southern paid $2.1 million for the truck, the report said.
The ladder stretches 100 feet, which is 30 feet longer than the department’s previous truck.
