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HAZMAT CREW INVESTIGATES PORTABLE METH LAB IN PHX, http://www.abc15. com/dpp/news/region_phoenix_metro/north_phoenix/hazmat-crew-investigates-p ossible-mobile-meth-lab-in-phx

PHOENIX - A HAZMAT crew was called to a north Phoenix hotel Thursday to investigate a portable meth lab inside a vehicle.

Phoenix Police Department spokesman Sgt. Steve Martos said property crimes detectives served a search warrant on a room at Premier Inns near Interstate 17 and Peoria Avenue, as well as a vehicle in the parking lot, just before 5 p.m.

Chemicals and other items found inside the car led police to believe the car was being used as a portable meth lab.

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HAZMAT TEAM SENT TO UCLA CAMPUS AFTER CLEANING AGENT SPILL - CONTRACOSTATIMES.COM, http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_17220325?nclick_check =1

WESTWOOD - A hazardous materials team was sent Thursday to UCLA, where a spill of a cleaning agent inside a building left three people feeling ill.
The Los Angeles Fire Department responded at 2:31 p.m. to a report of an "unknown chemical spill" in the Biomedical Sciences Research Building, city fire spokesman Devin Gales said.
Three facilities workers who reported feeling nauseous were treated at the scene, according to UCLA officials, and about 200 people were safely evacuated from the building.
South Charles E. Young Drive was closed between Tiverton Drive and Westholme Avenue.
The spilled cleaning agent, identified as chlorine dioxide, was contained by 3:30 p.m., officials said.

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SUSPECTED ST ALBANS SUICIDE SPARKS CHEMICAL ALERT IN HATFIELD ROAD (FROM ST ALBANS &AMP; HARPENDEN REVIEW), http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news/8814702.Suspecte d_suicide_sparks_chemical_alert/

THE suspected suicide of a St Albans man sparked a major chemical alert this evening, when potentially lethal substances were found in his home.

Police were called at about 2pm after reports were received about the welfare of a man in his 20s.

At about 4pm officers forced their way into his Hatfield Road home and found him dead.

It was then that the suspicious substances were discovered and the fire and ambulance services were called.

Dozens of police officers, firefighters and ambulance personnel surrounded the scene this evening as specialist crews wearing protective bio-hazard suits searched the building.

Onlookers watched on in bewilderment as a large inflatable decontamination archway was erected in the middle of the road.

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STREETS BACK OPEN AFTER HAZMAT INVESTIGATION, http://www.ko lotv.com/home/headlines/114676199.html

SPARKS - Streets are back open in the Coney Island area after Wednesday's hazmat incident.

Officials say a barrel of nitric acid began to smoke for unknown reasons when it was moved into a plastic barrel.

Advanced Composite Technologies uses the chemical in production, and hired H20 Environmental to dispose of the chemical waste.

Fully-suited hazmat teams had to siphon the chemical out of the barrel and dilute it with water.

Nitric acid can be a dangerous chemical.

"It's an industrial grade nitric acid. If it got onto your skin, it would cause severe burns. It can cause a lot of reactions with a lot of different chemicals," said Tom Garrison, Sparks Fire Department.

Teams were able to mitigate the situation without incident.

The chemical is still in several barrels at Advanced Composite Technologies. H20 Environmental wil return to the scene Thursday morning to finish the removal.

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HAZMAT TEAM ON THE SCENE OF FUEL SPILL | WAVY.COM | CHESAPEAKE, VA., http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_news/chesapeak e/hazmat-team-on-the-scene-of-fuel-spill

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) - A hazmat team is on the scene of a 300 gallon fuel spill at a terminal on Halifax Lane in Chesapeake.

According to Captain Mike Thibeault, a foam team has the spill contained and covered.

Crews are conducting atmospheric monitoring in the area right now, Thibeault said.

No injuries or evacuation have been reported.

Further information has not been released. We'll be sure to update you as soon as more information becomes available.

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FBI REMOVES SUSPECTED HAZARDOUS MATERIAL FROM COVENTRY TOWNSHIP HOME | CLEVELAND.COM, http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/01/fbi_remove_suspected_ha zardous.html

COVENTRY TOWNSHIP, Ohio -- Federal agents seized a small amount of a suspected hazardous material from a South Main Street home late Tuesday afternoon.
FBI spokesman Scott Wilson said the substance, which could be lethal, was flown to a federal laboratory in Maryland for analysis. He declined to comment on published reports that the substance is believed to be ricin, a deadly powder that can be produced from castor beans.
Wilson said the material was taken from a home on South Main Street near Firestone Metro Park that recently had been foreclosed. The new owner called police with concerns that a hazardous material was in the house. Agents called in specially trained FBI hazardous materials teams from Pittsburgh and Quantico, Va., Wilson said.
South Main Street was closed near Vaughn Road as the Summit County Sheriff's Office and local firefighters waited for the team's arrival. Homes and businesses in the neighborhood were not evacuated.
The agents, wearing hazmat suits, arrived at 3 p.m. and searched the home.

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