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NO ONE INJURED IN EXPLOSION AT DEEP TUNNEL RESERVOIR
Tags: us_IL, public, explos
ion, response, methane, water
POOL CHEMICAL MIXUP LEADS TO HAZMAT SITUATION IN WE
ST JORDAN - ABC 4.COM - SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH NEWS Tags: us_ut
, pool_chemicals, release, response, injuries
U OF A BUILDING EVACUATED AFTER POTEN
TIALLY DANGEROUS CHEMICAL IS FOUND
Tags: Canada, education, discovery, response, ammo
nia_silver_nitrate
FIREFIGHTERS DEAL WITH CHEMICAL SPILL AT PORTSMOUTH=E2=80=99S LI
MBERLINE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
Tags: United, Kingdom, industrial, release, response, hydr
ochloric_acid
FIRE AT CHARLESTON CHEMICAL PLANT SENDS 5 TO HOSPITAL
Tags: us_TN, industrial, fi
re, injury, unknown_chemical
NO FIRE EXTINGUISHER AT BLAZE UNIT
Tags: India, industrial, fire
, response, plastics
OSHA CITES W.VA. PLANT FOR 18 VIOLATIONS IN BLAST
Tags: us_WV, industria
l, explosion, death, follow-up
FIRE CHIEF: FATAL TANKER TRUCK CRASH "COULD HAVE BE
EN WORSE"</FONT>
Tags: us_NY, transportation, explosion, death, ethanol
LA. C
HEMICAL PLANT EXPLOSION CAUSES EVACUATIONS
Tags: us_LA, industrial, explosion, respon
se, unknown_chemical
8 KILLED AS CHEMICAL-LOADED TRUCK EXPLODES
Tags: China, transportation
, explosion, death, flammables
DANGER FROM EXPLOSION IN INDEPENDENCE HAS PASSED
Tags: us_MO
, public, explosion, response, fireworks
WELDING SUPPLY FIRE BLAMED ON DAMAGED DRUMS
Tags: us
_OR, industrial, explosion, response, calcium_carbide, follow-up
GAS EXPLOSION DEST
ROYS STORAGE FACILITY, SENDS ONE TO THE HOSPITAL
Tags: us_CO, public, explosion, inju
ry, natural_gas
WWII GIRL SCOUT KIT BRINGS HAZMAT TEAM TO TUDOR PLACE
Tags: us_DC, public, d
iscovery, response, picric_acid
NEWS, WEATHER AND SPORTS FOR CHATTANOOGA AND THE TE
NNESSEE VALLEY
Tags: us_TN, industrial, fire, injury, unknown_chemical
Tags: us_CO, public, discovery, response, picric_acid
CHEMICAL FIRE I
N ALBANY PROMPTS EVACUATION; NO INJURIES REPORTED
Tags: us_OR, industrial, explosion, r
esponse, calcium_carbide
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NO ONE I
NJURED IN EXPLOSION AT DEEP TUNNEL RESERVOIR
Tags: us_IL, public, explosion, response, methane, water
The explos
ion had such violent force it blew three-foot chunks of steel more than 100 y
ards.
Bu
t though cars were damaged and plaster fell from the ceiling of nearby build
ings, nobody was hurt in the massive underground explosion in the Deep Tunne
l flood protection system in south suburban South Holland Tuesday morning, officials said.
A build up of methane gas from sewage deposited in the tunnel du
ring recent floods =E2=80=94 perhaps ignited by an electric compressor used t
o measure the depth of flood waters =E2=80=94 is suspected of causing the bl
ast, according to a source familiar with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation D
istrict=E2=80=99s investigation of the accident.
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POOL CHEMICAL MIXUP LEADS TO HAZMAT SITUATION IN WEST JORDAN - ABC
;4.COM - SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH NEWS Tags: us_ut, pool_chemicals, release, respo
nse, injuries
WEST JORDAN, Utah (ABC 4 News) - A chemical mistake triggered a HazMat s
ituation in West Jordan on Monday.
Fire officials say a pool worker at the Renaissa
nce Condo Complex accidentally poured bleach into a container already c
ontaining acid. Firefighters quickly closed off the area, and people a
lready in the complex were told to stay inside their homes for a time.
Investigato
rs say the worker did inhale some of the fumes and was taken to the hospital
, but was able to tell emergency crews what happened. No one else was h
urt.
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U OF A BUILDING EVACUATED AFTER POTEN
TIALLY DANGEROUS CHEMICAL IS FOUND
Tags: Canada, education, discovery, respons
e, ammonia_silver_nitrate
The University Of Alberta dentistry-pharmacy building ha
d to be evacuated Tuesday afternoon after a potentially dangerous c
hemical was located on campus.
A spokesperson with Edmonton Fire Rescue Services s
ays fire crews assisted in the transport of the chemical, ammonia silver nit
rate. Officials say the building was evacuated after the chemical was discov
ered by a renovator clearing out a classroom.
Officials say if the chemical is not b
eing stored properly, it could explode. As a precaution, the Hazmat team and
police were called into remove the chemical.
"They will be disposing the material t
hat they find. Edmonton Police Service will take it away and dispose of it i
n a correct manner," said Insp. Al Belanger with University of Alberta secur
ity.
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FIREFIGHTERS DEAL WITH CHEMICAL SPILL
AT PORTSMOUTH=E2=80=99S LIMBERLINE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
Tags: United, Kingdom, industrial, re
lease, response, hydrochloric_acid
WORKERS were evacuated after a chemical spill on
an industrial estate released at least 100 litres of dangerous acid.
The leak was c
aused by a fork lift truck puncturing a plastic container containing hydroch
loric acid outside Lofting Banstead & Lustre Finishers at Gunstore R
oad, in Hilsea.
Limberline Road was cordoned off by firefighters at its junction w
ith Limberline Spur after about 100 of the spilled liquid =E2=80=93 which ca
n be highly corrosive and cause serious burns =E2=80=93 poured onto the grou
nd shortly before 12.30pm.
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FIRE AT CHA
RLESTON CHEMICAL PLANT SENDS 5 TO HOSPITAL
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Tags: us_TN, industrial, fire
, injury, unknown_chemical
CHARLESTON, TN. (WRCB)-- A fire at Arch Chemical pl
ant in Charleston sends five to the hospital, Monday afternoon.<
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Bradley Count
y EMS spokesperson Stan Clark says the fire began around 4:30 pm.
Clark says&
nbsp;a total of five victims were taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation
, heat exhaustion and minor burns. One of them was flown to Erlang
er via Air Evac. All patients are considered stable.
The fire is now out, but EMS wa
s on standby until 6pm if further assistance was needed.
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NO FIRE EXTINGUISHER AT BLAZE UNIT
Ta
gs: India, industrial, fire, response, plastics
CHENNAI: Firemen attempting to dou
se the flames at a polymer plate processing unit on Anna Salai on Tuesday, w
ho were initially unable to enter the area due to the thick, chemical-filled
smoke, could be seen spraying foam through a window from a ladder outside t
he building.
=E2
=80=9CThe firm stored highly combustible material and that caused the enormo
us amount of smoke,=" said Priya Ravichandran, Divisional Officer (Ce
ntral) of the Fire & Rescue Services department.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (Tr
iplicane) Senthil Kumaran and his team were present to deal with any eventua
lity, while CoP J K Tripathy arrived around 11.30 am to take stock
of the situation. Fire officers said the exact loss of property could not b
e estimated immediately. Fingers were pointed at the firm owners for running a "manuf
acturing unit in a commercial complex=". Other occupants of the build
ing said the firm did not even possess fire extinguishers and the owner had t
o fetch two from a bank on the first floor.
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OSHA CITES W.VA. PLANT FOR 18 VIOLATIONS IN BLAST
Tags: us_WV, industrial, explosion, d
eath, follow-up
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- A federal agency investigating a December exp
losion that killed three men announced Tuesday it cited a New Cumberland, W.
Va chemical plant for 18 violations, 16 of them considered serious and one l
abeled "willful."
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said titanium a
nd zirconium recycler AL Solutions could have prevented the tragedy but inst
ead exposed workers to unnecessary risks. The proposed fines total $154,000.
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FIRE CHIEF: FATAL TANKER TRUCK CRASH "COULD
HAVE BEEN WORSE"</FONT>
Tags: us_NY, transportation, explosion, death, e
thanol
The tanker truck crash that killed a driver and knocked out power to 81 cus
tomers today could have been even worse, according to fire officials.
The deadly cr
ash took place at the intersection of 31-A and Mathes Road in the t
own of Barre, just after 4 a.m. Neighbors say they lost power in t
heir homes and shortly after, heard three loud explosions.
Barre Fire Chief J
esse Babcock says an infamously dangerous bend in the road caused the driver
to plow into a patch of trees and hit a utility pole. Due to the truck cont
aining eight-thousand gallons of ethanol, firefighters had to use foam to co
ntain the fire.
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LA. CHEMICAL PLANT EXPLOS
ION CAUSES EVACUATIONS
Tags: us_LA, industrial, explosion, response, unknown_chemical
AP) NEW IBER
IA, La. (AP) =E2=80=94 State police say nobody was hurt when explosions rock
ed a Multi-Chem Corp. plant in a New Iberia industrial park Tuesday afterno
on. Trooper St
ephen Hammons says all employees are accounted for, and the fire is being al
lowed to burn itself out. He says Acadiana Regional Airport was closed, and a
1-mile area around the plant was evacuated.
The plant is near a primate center wi
th 6,500 animals. University of Louisiana-Lafayette spokeswoman Christine Pa
yton says those primates nearest to the plant were checked, and were fine.
The Dai
ly Iberian newspaper reports that explosions could be heard 20 minutes after
the first, which was about 4 p.m.
A spokesman for Multi-Chem Group in Houston
said the company was gathering information on what happened. The company bl
ends oilfield production chemicals.
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8 KIL
LED AS CHEMICAL-LOADED TRUCK EXPLODES
Tags: China, transportation, explosion, death, flammables
NANNING - Eight
people were killed and six other injured after a truck carrying flammable c
hemicals exploded in a parking lot Tuesday afternoon in southwest C
hina's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, local authorities said.
The blast occurred
at around 6:30 pm in the Litang township of Binyang county when w
orkers were unloading the truck which carried flammable chemicals including p
otassium chlorate and carbon powder, said a spokesman with the county govern
ment's information office.
A preliminary investigation showed that workers' careles
sness may have triggered the explosion, said the spokesman.
The fire from the blast e
ngulfed over 20 cars at the carpark, which used to be a gas station, said th
e spokesman.
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DANGER FROM EXPLOSION IN INDEPE
NDENCE HAS PASSED Tags: us_MO, public, explosion, response, fireworks
There
is no further public threat following a deadly explosion Monday that rattle
d an Independence neighborhood, authorities said Tuesday.
However, anyone who find
s debris perhaps related to the blast should contact the Independence police
, they said.
Also, authorities reminded residents not to make fireworks or try to al
ter commercially made fireworks.
"The risk and devastating consequences are m
uch too high to gamble one=E2=80=99s life with, or the live of a loved one,=E2
=80=9D said Tom Gentry, Independence police spokesman.
Authorities made no announ
cement Tuesday as to what caused the late-afternoon explosion Monday in Inde
pendence. Nor did they identify the individual who died in the blast, which a
pparently occurred in a detached garage behind a home in the 3300 block of B
lue Ridge Boulevard.
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WELDING SUPPLY FIRE BLAM
ED ON DAMAGED DRUMS
Tags: us_OR
, industrial, explosion, response, calcium_carbide, follow-up
<
br>Albany fire investi
gators say the failure of a seal inside one or more drums of calcium carbide
probably caused the fire at Industrial Welding Supply on Sunday night.
Fire Marshal Mi
ke Trabue issued a report on the fire late Tuesday.
He said fire department investigators, with
the cooperation of the company, had completed an investigation of the explo
sion and fire at the business, 3415 Pacific Blvd. S.W. Responding to the alarm, firefireg
hters found a tarp-covered storage pile of flammable gas-producing calcium c
arbide in an outside storage yard on fire.
Investigators determined that one or more drums w
ere most likely damaged during shipping, causing the seal for one or more dr
um lids to fail.
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GAS EXPLOSION DESTROYS S
TORAGE FACILITY, SENDS ONE TO THE HOSPITAL
Tags: us_CO, public, explosion, inju
ry, natural_gas
natural gas explosion and fire destroyed a building and sent
one man to the hospital. The explosion took place at Anthony's Lake Avenue S
torage at 2220 S. Lake Avenue in Pueblo.
Woody Percival with the Pueblo Fire D
epartment tells 11 News that around 12:30 p.m. a Double J construc
tion crew was working on the sewer system on the corner of Lake Avenue and H
ighland Avenue, right in front of the storage facility. A track hoe hit the n
atural gas line, bending the pipe. The gas company, Xcel Energy was notified
of the bent pipe and responded to the scene. They were trying to shut off t
he gas to local businesses when the storage unit went up in flames. They wer
e unaware there was a gas leak until the explosion occurred.
One man was injured in t
he explosion. He suffered severe burn injuries. The victim's son says the fa
ther is in stable condition and was airlifted to a burn unit in Denver.
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WWII GIRL SCOUT KIT BRINGS HAZMAT TEAM TO TUD
OR PLACE
Tags: us_DC, public
, discovery, response, picric_acid
Streets surrounding Tudor Place Historic House a
nd Gardens (31st between Q and R) were closed Monday afternoon to i
nvestigate a HazMat situation, Mandy Katz, Tudor Place communications office
r told The Georgetown Dish.
Tudor Place executive director Leslie Buhler released t
his note to trustees at 5:55 pm. "During the textile inventory project a
early 20th c. girl scout medical box was found. It contained picric acid ga
uze pads which are highly explosive. After several calls to D.C. government o
ffices, we finally were told to call the police. That resulted in a response
by more police, fire, and the bomb/hazardous waste specialists.
All staff and visi
tors were evacuated from the property and careful instructions were given to
the HZMAT team. After 3 hours, they went into the house and removed the pad
s from the box. They took them out to the driveway area in a protected posit
ion and exploded them. All is safe with no injuries or damage."
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NEWS, WEATHER AND SPORTS FOR CHATTANOOGA AND THE TENNE
SSEE VALLEY
Tags: us_TN, indu
strial, fire, injury, unknown_chemical
Ambulances transported several people Monday
from a fire at Arch Chemical Company in Bradley county.
The facility is right nex
t door to the Olin, on Lower River Road in Charleston Tennessee.
Officials with Arch Chemical tell u
s the fire started in the re-work section of the water sanitation plant.
A containe
r of dry water sanitizer powder caught fire.
Five patients were transported by amb
ulance from the scene.
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FARM CHEMICAL LEAK UNDER
CONTROL
Tags: us_IN, industrial, release, response,
ammonia
Farm chemical leak under control
FRANKTON, Ind. (WISH) - Emergency officials b
rought a farm chemical leak near Frankton under control within about a half h
our without major trouble Monday evening.
The Frankton Fire Department reque
sted backup from Madison County EMA and three township departments after res
ponding to a large anhydrous ammonia link at about 8 p.m. Monday n
ear Ind. 128 and Madison County Road 200 West . ------------------------
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HAZMAT, BOMB SQUAD CALLED FOR BOY SCOUT FIRST AID KIT<
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Tags: us_CO, public, discovery, response, picric_acid
COLORADO SPRI
NGS, Colo. -- The Colorado Springs Police Department's Hazardous Materials T
eam and Regional Explosives Unit was called out to a fire station Sunday bec
ause of concerns about the safety of a an antique Boy Scout first aid kit.
The owner of the k
it was concerned that kit may contain a small amount of picric acid and brou
ght the kit to Fire Station 5 in Colorado Springs for disposal. The hazmat and exp
losives team remotely removed the hazard to a safe location and destroyed it
, officials said.
Same Chemical Causes Other Evacuations
Picric acid was found in an antique Boy Sco
ut first aid kit at the Pioneers Museum in Colorado Springs earlier this mon
th. The museum was evacuated while the bomb squad and firefighters removed t
he material.
The
same chemical was found in a historic doctor's bag last month in a warehous
e in the Lowry area of Denver belonging to the Colorado Historical Society, s
aid society spokeswoman Rebecca Laurie.
It too was picric acid, so the Denver bomb squad and a
fire hazmat teams were called in to remove the acid.
"Sometimes, our researchers do come ac
ross chemicals in these kinds of medical hits or chemistry kits, things that
were donated a long time ago," said Laurie. "If they're not sure what it is
, they're trained to call 911."
Picric acid was stocked in pharmacies in the early 1920s as a
n antiseptic and as a treatment for burns, malaria, herpes and smallpox.
Other Items Dropped
Off At Fire Stations
On Saturday, a 25 mm military training practice round was dro
pped off at another fire station in Colorado Springs for disposal.Officials said if you fin
d any possibly dangerous material such as an antique first aid kit, military
ordnance or any other explosive material, call 911 and don't touch it. They
said you should not bring the item into a police or fire station. Emergency
personnel will respond to your location and safely dispose of the item.
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CHEMICAL FIRE IN ALBANY PROMPTS EVACUATION; N
O INJURIES REPORTED
Tags: us_OR, indus
trial, explosion, response, calcium_carbide
A chemical fire Sunday night at Industrial Welding and Supply in Albany prompted the closure of Pacific
Boulevard and the evacuation of about 250 nearby residents, but firefighter
s got the blaze under control and no injuries were reported. The Albany Fire Department resp
onded to Industrial Welding and Supply, 3415 Pacific Blvd S.W. at a
bout 10:24 p.m. Sunday to an explosion and flames reported by a 91
1 call. Firefighte
rs arrived within approximately four minutes and observed several small expl
osions and fire involving approximately 360 square feet of piled storage of u
nknown materials located outside the building.
Firefighters initially applied water to extin
guish the fire; however, these efforts and a passing rain shower intensified
the burning. Firefighters immediately ceased fire suppression efforts and b
acked away to a safe distance from the burning materials.
A representative from Industrial W
elding and Supply responded to the scene and identified the burning material
as 4,000 to 5,000 pounds of calcium carbide in 200 pound drums.
Calcium carbide is a grayish-
black irregular lump solid material used to manufacture flammable acetylene g
as. The acetylene gas, and a significant amount of heat, is created when the
chemical comes in contact with moisture.
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