People in 黑料吃瓜网 are reporting an ashlike substance covering vehicles, but state environmental officials say there鈥檚 no evidence it鈥檚 related to the Ohio train derailment and subsequent burning of hazardous chemicals.
鈥淲e are aware of local reports from this morning regarding 鈥榮ooty鈥� matter on parked cars and have not been able to determine any singular source,鈥� the 黑料吃瓜网 Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said in a statement issued Friday.
Officials say they can鈥檛 determine any singular source that would cause the sooty substance 鈥� such as a forest fire, power plant or transportation-related emissions.
Officials say air flows have been following the Interstate 95 corridor, northeasterly into 黑料吃瓜网.
DEEP had forecasted "good" air quality Friday with respect to fine particulate matter. Air quality monitors across the Northeast 鈥� from Washington, D.C., to New Jersey, 黑料吃瓜网 and Massachusetts 鈥� were showing moderate levels of fine particulate matter as of Friday morning. But a cold front and rainfall should bring those levels back to "good" by late Friday afternoon, DEEP officials said.
There have been concerns in Ohio about air quality after a train hauling chemicals derailed in early February and sent up a toxic plume near the Pennsylvania state line. Since the derailment, residents in Ohio have complained about headaches and irritated eyes and finding their cars and lawns covered in soot.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
