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Table of Contents (16 articles)

TANKER CRASH CAUSES HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL SPILL NEAR CLEARWATER
Tags: Canada, transportation, release, environmental, unknown_chemical

MOBILE METH LAB FOUND IN TARGET PARKING LOT
Tags: us_TN, public, discovery, response, meth_lab

POISONOUS CLOUD FLOATS OVER NORTHERN BULGARIAN TOWN AS TANKER TRUCK LOADED WITH CHEMICAL CRASHES
Tags: Bulgaria, transportation, release, response, styrene

MANGERE COLLEGE FIRE UNDER INVESTIGATION
Tags: New, Zealand, laboratory, fire, response, unknown_chemical

IT=BFS BEEN MORE THAN TWO DAYS SINCE A TRAILER CONTAINING AROUND 40 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ERUPTED INTO FLAMES AT AN ELDER CREEK DR. STORAGE YARD
Tags: us_CA, transportation, fire, response, unknown_chemical, follow-up

HOME HEALTHCARE VAN FLIPS; HAZMAT CREWS RESPOND
Tags: us_VA, transportation, fire, response, oxygen

FIRE TRUCKS AT INDUSTRIAL BLAZE
Tags: Australia, industrial, fire, response, acetylene, gas_cylinders

FAA PROPOSES $689,800 FEDEX HAZMAT FINE
Tags: us_CT, public, discovery, response, follow-up

PERRY HIGH EMPLOYEES, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS EVACUATED DUE TO PROPANE LEAK
Tags: us_OH, education, release, response, propane

FIRE RAGED IN THE SMALL TOWN OF BLAKESBURG FRIDAY MORNING.
Tags: us_IA, transportation, explosion, response, ammonia

FERTILIZER PLANT DESTROYED BY FIRE
Tags: us_NC, industrial, fire, response, ag_chems

FIRE CREWS TACKLE A HUGE SPILL OF FLAMMABLE LIQUID AT A CHEMICAL PLANT IN DAYTON.
Tags: us_TN, industrial, release, environmental, flammables

TWO MEN DIE INSIDE WINTERINGHAM 'CHEMICAL' CAR
Tags: United, Kingdom, public, release, death

UPDATE 9:03 P.M. FRIDAY: APPLE VALLEY FIREFIGHTERS RESPOND TO SEWER LINE EXPLOSION IN BURNSVILLE
Tags: us_MN, public, explosion, response, unknown_chemical

FIVE-ALARM CHEMICAL FIRE SHUTS DOWN SERVICE ROAD BY TEXAS 114
Tags: us_TX, industrial, explosion, response, unknown_chemical

BOMB DISPOSAL TEAM TEND TO UNSAFE CHEMICAL AT ITT
Tags: Ireland, laboratory, discovery, response, picric_acid


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TANKER CRASH CAUSES HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL SPILL NEAR CLEARWATER
http://www.news1130.com/new s/local/article/252130--tanker-crash-causes-hazardous-chemical-spill-near- clearwater
Tags: Canada, transportation, release, environmental, unknown_chemical

CLEARWATER (NEWS1130) - The Provincial Emergency Program (PEP) and Ministry of Environment are on scene of hazardous chemical spill on Highway 5 near Clearwater.

A tanker carrying the dangerous substance and a mini van with a tractor unit collided this morning, causing the tractor and trailer to overturn and rupture the tanker unit. 

It's unclear what substance the tanker is leaking. Mounties have only said that it's corrosive and hazardous.

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MOBILE METH LAB FOUND IN TARGET PARKING LOT
http://www.newschannel5.com/story/15056113/mobile-me th-lab-found-in-target-parking-lot
Tags: us_TN, public, discovery, response, meth_lab

BRENTWOOD, Tenn.- In the Cool Springs area Sunday afternoon, police found a potentially explosive situation in a busy parking lot.

A woman is in custody after Brentwood police found her involved with the suspected meth lab. While ingredients for making meth were found, no meth was actually being cooked at the time.

Police were checking the Target parking lot in Brentwood when they say they saw a woman acting suspicious. When they spoke with the woman, they found out there are several warrants out of Kentucky and Tennessee for her. When they investigated further, they found the ingredients that are used to manufacture meth.

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POISONOUS CLOUD FLOATS OVER NORTHERN BULGARIAN TOWN AS TANKER TRUCK LOADED WITH CHEMICAL CRASHES
http://www.focus- fen.net/index.php?id=n254307
Tags: Bulgaria, transportation, release, response, styrene

Veliko Tarnovo. A poisonous cloud has floated over the northern town of Debelets following a crash with a tanker truck loaded with a chemical. The cloud has already passed by and the content of the substance in the air has started to go down, Yordan Yordanov, chief of Veliko Tarnovo District Service for Fire Safety and Civil Protection, told FOCUS News Agency.
According to him the vehicle was loaded with styrene. The substance irritates eyes and respiratory system and is highly explosive. 
350 residents of the town of Debelets, including 51 children from a children=92s home in the town, were evacuated at about 4:30 a.m. on Monday.
According to Yordanov the residents of Debelets are out of danger.

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MANGERE COLLEGE FIRE UNDER INVESTIGATION
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5261380/Mangere-College-fi re-under-investigation
Tags: New, Zealand, laboratory, fire, response, unknown_chemical

olice and fire safety officers are investigating a fire at Mangere College in South Auckland this afternoon.

Fire Chief Bob Morrison said when they arrived they found the science lab and adjourning office well ablaze.

''It was quickly extinguished,=94 he said.

As a precaution fire crews involved underwent a chemical de-contamination.

He said it was too early to say whether the fire was suspicious or not.

The buildings suffered moderate damage.

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IT=BFS BEEN MORE THAN TWO DAYS SINCE A TRAILER CONTAINING AROUND 40 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ERUPTED INTO FLAMES AT AN ELDER CREEK DR. STORAGE YARD WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
http://www.fox40.com/news/headlines/ktxl-c rews-finishing-hazmat-cleanup-20110709,0,7295264.story
Tags: us_CA, transportation, fire, response, unknown_chemical, follow-up

It=92s been more than two days since a trailer containing around 40 hazardous materials erupted into flames at an Elder Creek Dr. storage yard Wednesday afternoon.

Sacramento Fire Department was called out around 8:00am that morning because the trailer was smoking. Since fire crews couldn=92t determine the material that was smoking it was declared a Level 3 Hazmat situation, which is the hi

Sac Fire said the company Clean Harbors was in charge of disposing the trailer=92s contents. The fire department was waiting for Clean Harbors to remove the materials from the trailer so they could determine what was smoking, but then at about 5:15pm Wednesday the trailer went up in flames.

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HOME HEALTHCARE VAN FLIPS; HAZMAT CREWS RESPOND
http://www.wtvr.com/news/wtvr-home-he althcare-van-flips-hazmat-crews-respond-20110708,0,5711969.story
Tags: us_VA, transportation, fire, response, oxygen

RICHMOND, VA (WTVR) - A Lincare Home Healthcare van ran off the road and overturned in a ditch on Bradwill Road Friday morning.

The truck was carrying oxygen tanks, a few of which were leaking, so hazmat members removed the tanks before the van could be removed.

Crews worried that if there was a possible fire that the leaking oxygen could ignite.

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FIRE TRUCKS AT INDUSTRIAL BLAZE
http://bigpondnews.com/articles/Na tional-Regional/2011/07/08/Fire_trucks_at_industrial_blaze_635266.html
Tags: Australia, industrial, fire, response, acetylene, gas_cylinders

Fire engines and a HAZMAT team remain at the scene of a fire near Newcastle where nearby residents were evacuated after a large acetylene cylinder started leaking during an industrial blaze.

The fire at Heatherbrae early on Friday was initially thought to be in a domestic garage but was in fact industrial, containing tyres and the cylinder, a spokesman for Fire and Rescue NSW said.

Ten nearby residents have been evacuated and products from the fire are affecting a nearby creek, he said.

'HAZMAT from Newcastle are at the scene and will ascertain the effect on the local catchment area.'

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FAA PROPOSES $689,800 FEDEX HAZMAT FINE
http://www.joc.com/cargo-airlines/faa-proposes-689800-fedex-hazmat- fine
Tags: us_CT, public, discovery, response, follow-up

The Federal Aviation Administration is proposing a civil penalty of $689,800 against FedEx for allegedly violating hazardous materials regulations while handling shipments in 2009.
The FAA said it found the alleged violations during a dangerous goods inspection at a FedEx Express cargo handling facility at Bradley International Airport near Hartford, Conn., from Aug. 31 to Oct. 1, 2009.
In 89 instances from June 13 to Sept. 4, 2009, the FAA alleged, FedEx =93failed to provide pilots-in-command with complete, accurate information on the nature, quantity and weight of hazardous materials loaded on their aircraft.=94
FedEx also accepted four hazmat shipments for air transport when the materials =93were not accurately described and certified in the accompanying shipper=92s documents,=94 the FAA said. Those took place on June 18 and Aug. 26, 2009.

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PERRY HIGH EMPLOYEES, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS EVACUATED DUE TO PROPANE LEAK
http://www.cantonrep.com/ news/x1629185798/Perry-High-employees-construction-workers-evacuated-due-t o-propane-leak
Tags: us_OH, education, release, response, propane

PERRY TWP. =97
The Fire Department evacuated about three dozen Perry High employees and construction workers after it was discovered that one of five 100-pound propane tanks stored on site was leaking, according to Chief Mark Martin.

The Stark County HAZMAT team has been called to the scene in order to more closely inspect the tank. Firefighters will suppress the spread of vapors using a light water stream.

The propane cylinders are being used during construction and renovation of Perry High School. 

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FIRE RAGED IN THE SMALL TOWN OF BLAKESBURG FRIDAY MORNING.
http://www.heartlandconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=638388
Tags: us_IA, transportation, explosion, response, ammonia

Fire raged in the small town of Blakesburg Friday Morning.

It all started about 8:30 a.m. after a truck driver was loading or unloading fuel.  All of the sudden his vehicle burst into flames.

Fire fighters across four counties responded to the blaze.  Smoke could be seen miles down the road as the tanker carrying diesel fuel and gasoline sent fireballs into the sky.

 =93We started putting water on it and then the fire got pretty good sized and we knew we were probably going to lose the tank itself,=94 said Ottumwa fire chief Tony Miller.

As if the fire wasn=92t bad enough, other tanks just feet away held flammable fuel that could explode. 

=93We had some gasoline and diesel tanks just to the right of the tanker that had exploded.  We had anhydrous ammonia nurse tanks to the left of it and we had the fire right in the middle of it.=94

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FERTILIZER PLANT DESTROYED BY FIRE
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&amp;id =8240834
Tags: us_NC, industrial, fire, response, ag_chems

ENFIELD, N.C. (WTVD) -- A fertilizer plant in Halifax County was destroyed by fire late Friday night.

Three fire departments responded to the Helena Chemical Plant after receiving reports of a fire in the shop.

Flames then moved to the warehouse, and quickly grew.

No one was working at the time, and no one was hurt, but about 20 homes in the area had to be evacuated.

The fire smoldered into early Saturday morning.

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http://www.wdef.com/news/firefighters_clear_chemica l_plant_spill_in_rhea_county/07/2011
Tags: us_TN, industrial, release, environmental, flammables

Fire crews tackle a huge spill of flammable liquid at a chemical plant in Dayton.
     Around 900 gallons of the liquid spilled at the Fuji Hunt plant on manufacturers road around 7 a-m.
     Firefighters from Rhea and Hamilton Counties responded to clean up the spill.
     It took more than four hours to clear the scene.
     There are no reports of injuries or evacuations.

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TWO MEN DIE INSIDE WINTERINGHAM 'CHEMICAL' CAR
http://www.b bc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-14083995
Tags: United, Kingdom, public, release, death

The bodies of two men have been found in a car that had warnings about dangerous chemicals pasted on the outside.

Humberside Police said the car was parked along a river bank on Booth Nooking Lane at Winteringham, North Lincolnshire, on Friday morning.

Police, firefighters and paramedics were called to the scene where both men were found to be dead.

The identity of the men has not yet been established by officers.

In a statement Humberside Police said: "We initially attended the scene and found a red coloured car containing two adult men who showed no apparent sign of life.

"On the outside of the car there were signs warning people not to enter due to potentially harmful chemicals within.

"This prompted a chemical safety response from police, ambulance service and Humberside Fire and Rescue in order to secure the area and the vehicle with a view to safely entering the vehicle to recover the two men from within.

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UPDATE 9:03 P.M. FRIDAY: APPLE VALLEY FIREFIGHTERS RESPOND TO SEWER LINE EXPLOSION IN BURNSVILLE
http://applevalley. patch.com/articles/apple-valley-firefighters-respond-to-possible-undergrou nd-explosion-in-burnsville
Tags: us_MN, public, explosion, response, unknown_chemical

Apple Valley firefighters on Friday responded to an apparent underground explosion in a Burnsville neighborhood of which authorities still were still seeking the cause on Friday night.

Nobody was hurt in the blast that shook a neighborhood in northeast Burnsville on Friday afternoon, but at least 100 residents were evacuated from the neighborhood near River Hills Drive and Hwy 13 East after an underground sewer line erupted, sending three manhole covers flying between eight and 12 feet in the air.

=93Those manholes weigh 100 pounds a piece," said Fire Marshal Lee LaTourelle. "That=92s a lot of force."

The source of the blast remains unknown. LaTourelle said many residents complained of a distinct smell of gasoline shortly before and after the explosion. On arrival, emergency workers found high levels of carbon monoxide in the sewer lines=97up to 1,000 to 1,200 parts per million.

=93That=92s really explosive," LaTourelle said. "We still don=92t know quite what happened."

LaTourelle said it was possible that somewhere in the system an incomplete combustion produced the onslaught of CO.

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FIVE-ALARM CHEMICAL FIRE SHUTS DOWN SERVICE ROAD BY TEXAS 114
http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/07/08/3209834/five-al arm-chemical-fire-shuts.html
Tags: us_TX, industrial, explosion, response, unknown_chemical

GRAPEVINE -- An explosion at an industrial plant sent thick black smoke rolling over Texas 114 on Friday afternoon and shut down a service road.

The fire at GT Products started just before 3 p.m. but caused traffic headaches through rush hour. The access road reopened at 6:30 p.m.

Firefighters from multiple agencies responded to the five-alarm blaze at 501 Industrial Blvd.

Hazardous chemicals were involved, prompting extra caution from firefighters, said Lt. Todd Dearing, a Grapevine police spokesman.

Dearing said there was no danger to the public.

No injuries were reported, but a couple of firefighters were treated for heat exhaustion, he said.

According to the company's website, GT Products supplies silicone, plastic and other products.

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BOMB DISPOSAL TEAM TEND TO UNSAFE CHEMICAL AT ITT
http://www.irishexaminer.co m/breakingnews/ireland/bomb-disposal-team-tend-to-unsafe-chemical-at-itt-5 12081.html
Tags: Ireland, laboratory, discovery, response, picric_acid

An Army Bomb Disposal Team made safe a quantity of unstable picric acid at Institute of Technology Tralee this afternoon.

The Defence Forces deployed the team to ITT where the unstable chemical had been found during a routine audit of chemicals in a Science Laboratory.

The team arrived on scene at 11.45am and removed the chemical to waste ground. 

The Bomb Disposal Team carried out a controlled explosion in order to make the chemical safe. The scene was declared safe at 1pm.

Picric acid is a chemical re-agent and is routinely used in laboratories but can crystallise and become unstable over time.

This is the 143rd call out for the Army Bomb Disposal Teams this year and the 11th substance of concern safely disposed of.

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