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us_il: 19 people helped after chemical spill in Blue
Island
A total of 19 people,
including nine children, were assisted by the American Red Cross
following a reported chemical spill Thursday night in south suburban
Blue Island.
Late Thursday, the Blue Island Fire Department
confirmed that crews were on the scene of a reported chemical spill in
the 12700 block of Hoyne Avenue in Blue Island.
Dispatch
reports indicated a hazardous materials incident was reported about 8:30
p.m. and a full HazMat response was initiated about 9
p.m.
The American Red Cross was notified and responded to a
HazMat situation at 12747 Hoyne Avenue to assist 10 adults and nine
children, according to Red Cross spokeswoman Jackie Mitchell. The Red
Cross provided clothing, shelter, food and medication, Mitchell
said.
Blue Island police and fire personnel declined to
comment early Saturday, but sources said one man was taken to the
hospital for an inhalation injury.
us_ga: Fire at Equinox Chemicals
ALBANY, GA (WALB) - A fire investigation is underway
at Equinox Chemicals on West Oakridge Drive. Albany Fire units HAZMAT
crews were called to scene around 3 o'clock and found yellow and green
smoke is billowing from the building. Oakridge Drive
from
South Westover to Willie
Pitts were shut down for about an hour. No employees were at work at the
time of the fire and no one was injured. A firefighter was taken to a
local hospital with heat exhaustion.
02 APR 10
us_wa:
Deadly Washington blast is latest refinery accident
Reporting from Seattle - Four workers were killed and three
others critically burned Friday when an explosion tore through a Tesoro
oil refinery in Anacortes, Wash., the latest in a series of troubling
refinery accidents that have touched off a nationwide
inquiry.
"We're very concerned," said Daniel Horowitz,
spokesman for the U.S. Chemical Safety Board, which is dispatching an
investigative team to the scene of the accident 70 miles north of
Seattle.
"Our agency investigates only the most serious oil and
chemical accidents across the country. We have 18 open cases, including
this one, and nearly half of them are at oil refineries," he
said.
Tesoro, which was fined last year by the Washington
Department of Labor and Industries for a series of safety and health
violations at the plant, said the cause of the early-morning explosion
and fire was still under investigation.
