JDSFeb 15, 2023
The picture was taken by a plane passenger as they passed over the burning chemicals from the #ohio train derailment.
Show threadTimHFeb 15, 2023

@JDS I don’t doubt this is the case, but I don’t see this sourced anywhere. I found a Reddit post that referenced a tweet that has been deleted. Do we know where this photo actually came from?

Reddit comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/112ptb9/comment/j8lkjyt/

UPDATE: Snopes says it seems to be real
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/airplane-smoke-clouds-ohio-train-derailment-photo/

Passenger photo while plane flew near East Palestine, Ohio ... chemical fire after train derailed

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@TimH
The tweet is where I first saw this. A couple hours later it was on Redditt.
Feb 16, 2023 at 3:49amWeb