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MILITARY AIRCRAFT CRASHES IN ADAMS COUNTY
Tags: us_WI, public, release, response, hydrazine

'SUSPICIOUS MATERIALS' FOUND IN MIT DORM IN CAMBRIDGE DEEMED HARMLESS
Tags: us_MA, public, discovery, response, bomb

CHINA CHEMICAL SPILL CUTS OFF WATER SUPPLY, SHUTS SCHOOLS
Tags: China, industrial, release, environmental, toxics

FIREFIGHTERS DOUSE CHEMICAL BLAZE IN MARIETTA
Tags: us_GA, industrial, fire, injury, propane

INTEL SAYS SEVEN INJURED AT ARIZONA PLANT, WORK UNAFFECTED
Tags: us_AZ, industrial, fire, injury, unknown_chemical

CHEMICAL BURNS WORKER
Tags: us_OH, industrial, release, injury, sodium_hydroxide

YUMA FIREFIGHTERS RESPOND TO CHEMICAL SPILL, HOLIMAN, TEAM, YUMA
Tags: us_AZ, transportation, release, response, corrosives

CYANIDE SCARE IN VILLA HILLS
Tags: us_OH, public, discovery, response, pesticides

HAZMAT TEAM INVESTIGATES CHEMICAL SMELL IN NEIGHBORHOOD
Tags: us_CA, public, release, response, cleaners

MICROWAVE CAUSES TWO-ALARM FIRE AT CHEMICAL PLANT IN HARRISON
Tags: us_NJ, laboratory, fire, response, unknown_chemical

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MILITARY AIRCRAFT CRASHES IN ADAMS COUNTY
http://www.wisn.com/r/28159837/detail.html
Tags: us_WI, public, release, response, hydrazine

A pilot from the Madison-based 115th Fighter Wing of the Wisconsin Air 
National Guard is reported to be safe after ejecting from an F-16 
fighter jet over Adams County at approximately 1:20 p.m. Tuesday during 
a routine training flight.
 ...The aircraft was flying from Volk Field and was carrying a chemical 
called hydrazine, which is used to make rocket fuel. A hazmat team was 
assessing the area Tuesday night.

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'SUSPICIOUS MATERIALS' FOUND IN MIT DORM IN CAMBRIDGE DEEMED HARMLESS

http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/features/x1725636849/Possible-pipe-bo
mb-found-in-MIT-dorm#axzz1OgIq4XYV
Tags: us_MA, public, discovery, response, bomb

Cambridge =97
Two MIT dormitories were evacuated at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, after 
private contractors working on the third floor on the New House dorm on 
Memorial Drive found two pipes, both filled with ball bearings and a 
granular material, laid out next to a tub of chemicals.

The surrounding area was cordoned off, but a six-and-a-half hour 
investigation that involved the MIT Police Department, Cambridge Fire 
Department, Boston State Police, the Cambridge Bomb Squad, FBI and ATF 
agents, a HAZMAT unit, high-powered water cannons and sniffer dogs, 
ended when officials declared that the potential bomb was a =93collection 
of harmless materials.=94

Police department spokesman Dan Riviello said that an abundance of 
=93suspicious material=94 warranted a full response.

Nine students were evacuated from New House, and the adjacent Next House 
facility was cleared after 11 a.m. Police blocked off a small 
surrounding area, which incorporated Amherst Alley and a neighboring car 
park.

Around 12 p.m. the Boston Police Department=92s Twitter page had 
referred to the package as a =93possible pipe bomb.=94

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CHINA CHEMICAL SPILL CUTS OFF WATER SUPPLY, SHUTS SCHOOLS
http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/06/08/idINIndia-57571720110608
Tags: China, industrial, release, environmental, toxics

(Reuters) - Thousands of people in eastern China are without tap water 
after a spill from a factory may have dumped toxic chemicals into a 
river, state media said on Wednesday.

The spill comes just a week after the Environment Ministry said one in 
six major Chinese rivers are so polluted the water is unfit even for 
farmland.

The factory in the wealthy province of Zhejiang is suspected of 
contaminating the Tiaoxi River with chemicals including benzene and 
alkene, the official Xinhua news agency cited a government statement as 
saying.

"The pollution has disrupted the operation of two downstream water 
treatment facilities and affected tap water supplies in Hangzhou's 
Yuhang district, which has a population of about 848,400," Xinhua said.

Two water treatment plants in the towns of Pingyao and Liangzhu stopped 
working on Sunday because of the spill and have not restarted, the 
report added.

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FIREFIGHTERS DOUSE CHEMICAL BLAZE IN MARIETTA

http://www.ajc.com/news/cobb/firefighters-douse-chemical-blaze-969984.html

Tags: us_GA, industrial, fire, injury, propane

A two-alarm fire and a hazardous material call brought about 50 
firefighters and 14 pieces of equipment Tuesday afternoon to a burning 
chemical plant in Marietta.

The fire was reported shortly after 2 p.m. at Sinergy Elastomers Inc., a 
producer of waterproofing materials at 922 Mountain Industrial Drive NW 
near White Circle Drive in Marietta. The building is in an industrial 
park at the base of Kennesaw Mountain.

...
The blaze began when hot waterproofing chemical spilled from a mixing 
barrel and ignited the propane tank of a nearby forklift, Boyd said.

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INTEL SAYS SEVEN INJURED AT ARIZONA PLANT, WORK UNAFFECTED

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-08/intel-says-seven-injured-at-arizo
na-plant-work-unaffected-1-.html
Tags: us_AZ, industrial, fire, injury, unknown_chemical

Intel Corp. (INTC), the world=92s largest chipmaker, said a fire in a 
chemical storage building injured seven people at its plant in Chandler, 
Arizona.
Four people were hospitalized, one with serious injuries, said Bill 
Calder, a spokesman for Intel. While one building -- called Fab 32 -- 
was evacuated as a precaution, there was no effect on production, Calder 
said.
Intel plants, which are largely automated, churn out hundreds of 
millions of chips a year and run 24 hours a day. The multibillion-dollar 
factories are most vulnerable to power outages, which can disrupt a 
manufacturing process that takes up to three months from start to 
finish, as recently seen in damage to facilities in Japan caused by the 
earthquake and tsunami.

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CHEMICAL BURNS WORKER

http://www.pal-item.com/article/20110607/UPDATES/110607021/Chemical-burns-
worker?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE
Tags: us_OH, industrial, release, injury, sodium_hydroxide

An unidentified man was severely injured today while working at a 
northwest side business. The victim was transported by CareFlight to 
Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio, after falling into a vat of 
caustic soda at Levi Holdings, Richmond Fire Department Battalion Chief 
Jerry Purcell said.

The heroic actions of a co-worker saved the man=92s life, Purcell added. 
That co-worker was transported to Reid Hospital for treatment of burns 
on his hand and arm. Neither man was identified Tuesday by RFD.

The incident occurred around 4:30 p.m. at the tanker cleaning business, 
1655 Rich Road.

According to Purcell, the man who fell into the vat suffered 
third-degree burns over 60 to 70 percent of his body and was taken to 
Miami Valley for treatment.

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YUMA FIREFIGHTERS RESPOND TO CHEMICAL SPILL, HOLIMAN, TEAM, YUMA
http://www.yumasun.com/news/holiman-70547-team-yuma.html
Tags: us_AZ, transportation, release, response, corrosives

A special disposal team was called in from California to remove 
hazardous waste that was discovered and contained Tuesday afternoon by 
Yuma firefighters.

Fire Inspector Kayla Holiman said the Yuma Fire Department responded to 
a medical call at 2130 W. 24th Street shortly before 1:00 p.m. While 
they were on scene, she said firefighters noticed an unknown substance 
leaking from a the trailer of a semi truck that was parked in the same 
parking lot.

Holiman said a YFD Engine Company was called to the scene and found that 
a 270-gallon tote container was leaking a unknown corrosive liquid. 

The YFD's Hazardous Materials Team then responded and contacted CHEMTREC 
(a national chemical data base for emergency response procedures). The 
liquid was later identified as sodium potassium carbonate, which is a 
cleaning solution.

=93It poses an inhalation and absorption hazard,=94 Holiman said. =93It 
is also corrosive to metal.=94

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CYANIDE SCARE IN VILLA HILLS

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20110606/NEWS0103/306060046/Cyanide-sca
re-in-Villa-Hills?odyssey=tab%7Cmostpopular%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE
Tags: us_OH, public, discovery, response, pesticides

Emergency management and fire personnel were called to the 800 block of 
Rogers Road in Villa Hills after an auctioneer discovered a box labeled 
"Cyno Gas" while preparing for an estate auction.

The hazmat team discovered a corroding can of calcium cyanide - as well 
as arsenic, malathion and other poisons once used as herbicides and 
insecticides - in the garage. They sealed all the items in hazmat 
containers.

Larry Chaney, owner of Elite Estate Group, said he found the container 
in a locked box on a shelf in the garage while going through items for 
an estate auction. "It was well hidden," he said. 

He said the lock on the box had a key in it, and when he opened it, he 
found a sealed cardboard box marked "poison." He left the garage and 
called 911.

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HAZMAT TEAM INVESTIGATES CHEMICAL SMELL IN NEIGHBORHOOD
http://www.ocregister.com/news/pluard-303449-woman-home.html
Tags: us_CA, public, release, response, cleaners

GARDEN GROVE - A hazardous-materials team was called to a Garden Grove 
neighborhood Monday night after an "acid-type substance" was poured in 
the area in what police suspect to be a suicide attempt.
Residents reported a "weird smell" near a vehicle belonging to a 
20-year-old woman who was staying with them and within their home in the 
12200 block of Lampson Avenue just before 7:30 p.m., Garden Grove police 
Sgt. Doug Pluard said.
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The residents entered the home to see if they could find the woman, who 
they reportedly hadn't seen in a day, but they were unable to contact 
her and called police, Pluard said.
Authorities closed portions of Lampson and Buaro Street as the 
investigated the smell. Nearby residents were advised to stay in their 
homes.
Shortly before 9:30 p.m., a hazardous materials team determined that the 
smell was from an "acid-type" substance, possibly one used in pool 
cleaners, Pluard said.

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MICROWAVE CAUSES TWO-ALARM FIRE AT CHEMICAL PLANT IN HARRISON

http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2011/06/microwave_causes_two-alarm_fir.
html
Tags: us_NJ, laboratory, fire, response, unknown_chemical

A two-alarm fire broke out at a chemical plant in Harrison earlier this 
morning, officials said.
At 6:07 a.m., an employee at the GEO Specialty Chemicals plant, located 
at 1st and Essex streets, called 9-1-1 and reported a microwave fire, 
said Fire Chief Thomas Dolaghan.
The worker tried repeatedly to put out the fire, but was unable to, 
Dolaghan said. Fortunately, firefighters led by Dolaghan and Captain 
John Mulrennan were able to get the fire under control within 27 minutes 
of reporting to the scene, he said.
The fire took place in a 20 by 20 foot laboratory which the company was 
vacating, Dolaghan said, adding that the fire originated from a 
convection oven used to heat sample chemicals.
The fire was not suspicious and appears to have been electrical in 
nature, Dolaghan said.
Units from Kearny and East Newark also reported to the scene, Dolaghan 
said.
Hudson Regional Health Commission inspectors came to the plant, which 
makes paper lubricants and water repellent, and determined that there 
were no hazardous conditions, Dolaghan said.

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