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Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at 6:58:43 AM
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Table of Contents (6 articles)
THE RICHFIELD REAPER: LOCAL NEWS
Tags: us_UT, transportation, fire, injury, pesticides
TRUCKER LEARNS THE JOY OF CHEMISTRY IN ATHENS
Tags: us_GA, transportation, release, response, metals, peroxide
NEENAH POLICE INVESTIGATE 'WORKS' BOMBS NEAR CITY HALL
Tags: us_WI, public, explosion, response, bomb, cleaners
SMELL FROM 7 TRAIN CAR DERAILMENT, LEAK REMAINS IN SE MEMPHIS
Tags: us_TN, transportation, release, response, flammables
CHEMICAL LEAK AT APPLE DATA CENTER SENDS 5 WORKERS TO HOSPITAL
Tags: us_NC, industrial, release, injury, unknown_chemical
WBTV 3 NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS, AND TRAFFIC FOR CHARLOTTE, NC
Tags: us_SC, industrial, fire, response, asbestos
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THE RICHFIELD REAPER: LOCAL NEWS
Tags: us_UT, transportation, fire, injury, pesticides
SIGURD ‰?? An accident involving a semi and weed truck resulted in a hazardous material spill May 27.
The incident occurred at approximately 7 a.m., on State Route 118 near Sigurd.
According to an investigation by the Utah Highway Patrol, a milk truck tanker driven by Andrew Nielson, 53, Richmond, ran through a stop sign. The tanker was then T-boned by a Sevier County weed truck, driven by Bardett Dastrup, 51, Glenwood.
Neither driver was injured in the incident. Dastrup was wearing his seat belt. According to the accident report, Nielson‰??s seat belt usage wasn‰??t determined.
The milk tanker‰??s trailer was damaged, but didn‰??t leak. However, the weed truck‰??s front end was completely destroyed, and started on fire.
A 1,000-gallon container of weed killer fell off of the truck and leaked, which resulted in a hazmat crew being dispatched to the area.
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TRUCKER LEARNS THE JOY OF CHEMISTRY IN ATHENS
Tags: us_GA, transportation, release, response, metals, peroxide
When Huntsville truck driver James Moore pulled his rig and the 40-foot container he was pulling into the lot at Container Solutions in Athens Monday afternoon, the day seemed pretty routine.
Then he got a surprise.
‰??When I went back and opened up the container doors, the smell about knocked me down,‰?? he said. ‰??It smelled like strong vinegar, and I could see something on the floor that it was bubbling up.‰??
Both Moore and employees at Container Solutions attempted to go into the container but the fumes drove them back out, said Moore, a driver for Volunteer Express trucking company. Athens Fire Department was called to the scene.
Emergency radio traffic at about 1:15 p.m. indicated a possible synthetic chemical spill that was burning a hole through the floor of its container.
In fear for his tractor as well as his life, Moore said he ‰??dropped the container,‰?? meaning he unhooked the tractor from the box it was hauling to move it to safety.
When firefighters arrived and were able to determine what was inside a 5-gallon container that had leaked onto the container floor, tensions eased. The chemical was not some metal-munching acid but, rather, a type of organic peroxide used in the cleaning of breweries.
The chemical was headed to a brewery in Madison but no one was there when Moore arrived, so he continued on his route. At some point during his journey, the 5-gallon container of the organic peroxide spilled, triggering the smell and the bubbling, which some described as smoke.
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NEENAH POLICE INVESTIGATE 'WORKS' BOMBS NEAR CITY HALL
Tags: us_WI, public, explosion, response, bomb, cleaners
NEENAH ‰?? Police are seeking information after three Works bombs were found near City Hall on Tuesday morning.
Neenah Police Chief Kevin Wilkinson said the chemical explosive devices were spotted along the sidewalk on Columbian Avenue, east of Walnut Street. A City of Neenah employee called the police to investigate around 8 a.m., according to a county-wide incident listing.
The devices are typically made using household drain cleaner, aluminum foil and plastic or glass bottles, Wilkinson said. When the drain cleaner and aluminum foil react, pressure builds inside the bottle and causes an explosion, he said.
One of the devices failed on its own. Police and firefighters from Neenah Menasha Fire Rescue disarmed the other two based on advice from the Brown Outagamie Bomb Squad.
One of the devices exploded while firefighters were disarming it. No one was hurt. Crews were on the scene for about two and a half hours, the incident listing said.
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SMELL FROM 7 TRAIN CAR DERAILMENT, LEAK REMAINS IN SE MEMPHIS
Tags: us_TN, transportation, release, response, flammables
MEMPHIS, TN (WMC) -
Firefighters were called to a hazardous material situation at a rail yard in the 5200 block of E. Shelby Drive around 7:15 a.m. Monday, but as of Tuesday morning a strong fuel smell is still noticeable.
The tanker car was leaking flammable fuel at around 20 gallons per minute. The fuel was not harmful to the environment.
The tanker was holding 29,800 gallons of fluid when it derailed along with six other train cars. Memphis Fire Department's Lt. Cooke said the fuel valve on the tanker was severed. Several thousand gallons of fuel leaked from the tanker.
It took crews until 1 p.m. to stabilize the scene.
No one was injured, but it did concern neighbors like Yvonne Perkins.
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CHEMICAL LEAK AT APPLE DATA CENTER SENDS 5 WORKERS TO HOSPITAL
Tags: us_NC, industrial, release, injury, unknown_chemical
MAIDEN, N.C. ‰?? Five workers were taken to Catawba Valley Medical Center after a chemical leak at the Apple data center in Maiden on Monday afternoon, officials said.
....Five people were taken to the Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory, Dickerson said. Dickerson noted that he was not aware of what injuries were sustained or whether those taken to the hospital were Apple employees or contract workers.
Dickerson said two substances appeared to have leaked on the scene, though he did not release what those chemicals were.
By 6 p.m. Monday evening, the incident scene had been cleared and all five people were discharged from the hospital, Dickerson said.
"Five workers at our Maiden data center were taken to a local hospital following possible exposure to fumes, which may have been released during a spill of a chemical used to clean the cooling systems. All five were discharged and will return to work tomorrow. The spill was quickly contained and poses no threat to anyone else at the facility,‰?? said an Apple spokesperson in an email statement.
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WBTV 3 NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS, AND TRAFFIC FOR CHARLOTTE, NC
Tags: us_SC, industrial, fire, response, asbestos
CHESTER COUNTY, SC (WBTV) -
Crews with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency were in Chester County Monday working to put out a landfill fire that has been burning since November 2014.
Neighbors in and around the small town of Lockhart have complained about health problems as long as the fire has been burning. Gus Poulos lives and works by the Bennett Industrial Landfill, where construction materials like asbestos, fiberglass, and roofing shingles are disposed.
‰??The smoke has been real bad. A lot of people, including me, have had a sore throat, had sinuses, had all kinds of problems,‰?? Poulos said.
The site sits near the Chester and Union County line in South Carolina. Several air monitoring stations are set up near the landfill to make sure workers and residents are safe.
‰??We're doing regular monitoring for the emissions on site, both to protect our workers and anybody off-site,‰?? said EPA on-scene coordinator Matthew Huyser.
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