EAST PALESTINE, Ohio - Two men have pleaded not guilty to charges of misconduct at an emergency filed after police say they ignored orders to stay away from the fiery tanker derailment in East Palestine over the weekend.

One of the men, 43-year-old Frederick Hennan of Columbiana was also charged with two counts of endangering children.

Village Police say on Sunday evening, Hennan drove a woman and two children in his truck past barricades set up to protect the public from hazardous chemicals still burning in the rail cars.

An officer said he saw Hennan walking with his two children along the railroad tracks toward the fire.

According to an affidavit, Hennan told police he did it because he had seen other people doing it.

Arrested at 1 a.m. Sunday was Chad Fowler, 37, of Salem.

Police say Fowler parked his vehicle a few hundred yards from the train crash site inside the restricted area where an evacuation order and curfew was in effect.

Both men were booked into the county jail and arraigned via video in municipal court on Monday.

Court hearings are scheduled for both men on March 9.