Rural Ohio is facing comparisons to Chernobyl after a massive chemical leak caused by a train derailment. Here's what the disaster really has in common with the nuclear accident.

• On February 3 a train derailment caused chemical spillage in East Palestine, Ohio. 
• The spill has already drawn online comparisons to the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. 
• The Ohio event shares similarities — but also key differences — to the nuclear disaster.

Following the February 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, users on social media began sharing photos of an ominous black cloud hanging over the town — and fears that the disaster would become the new Chernobyl.