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STRETCH OF I-10 BETWEEN WINNIE AND BEAUMONT SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF CHEMICAL SPILL | ABC13.COM, http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/state&amp;id =7636757

HAMPSHIRE, TX -- A section of I-10 is shut down until at least tomorrow night after a hazardous chemical leak.

A big rig carrying the flammable chemical isobutene collided with a pickup early yesterday morning, completely shutting down the freeway from Highway 73 near Winnie to FM 365.

DPS says early yesterday morning, the 18-wheeler driver tried to pass a Ford pickup hauling a race car. The rig driver says he thought he saw oncoming traffic and tried to get out of the way when he hit the Ford.

Nearly 70 residents of a nearby subdivision had to be evacuated to a Red Cross shelter.

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CHEMICAL RELEASED AT SF RECYCLING CENTER - SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, http://www.m ercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_15914004

SAN FRANCISCO=97San Francisco fire officials say one person was taken to the hospital after a chemical was accidentally released into the air at a recycling facility at Pier 96.

Lt. Mindy Talmadge says a box containing ammonium phosphate=97a white powder found in fertilizer=97broke while going down a conveyer belt at West Coast Recycling around 6:30 a.m. Friday.

One person was taken to the hospital complaining of eye irritation.

Talmadge says about a dozen other people had their eyes flushed at the scene, and the building was evacuated.

Talmadge says the area is being cleaned up and workers should be able to return to the facility later in the day.

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THE CHESTNUT CENTER EVACUATED - FOX41.COM LOUISVILLE NEWS KENTUCKY INDIANA NEWS WEATHER SPORTS, http://www.fox 41.com/Global/story.asp?S=13055156

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB Fox 41) -- Employees of The Chestnut Center at the corner of 4th St. and Chestnut St. in downtown Louisville were evacuated Friday morning after several were sickened by a chemical smell.

Several fourth floor occupants complained of dizziness and throat irritation, so the entire building -- upwards of 200 people -- was evacuated.

The evacuation took place shortly before 9:00 a.m. Several trucks from the Louisville Fire Department were on the scene, as were representatives from the Louisville Metro Police Department.

Two ambulances were also on hand.

Twenty-one people were treated at the scene and were not transported to area hospitals.

Fire and hazmat crews could not find any hazardous chemicals in the area and established that there was no threat to human life. Employees were allowed back into the building two hours and 30 minutes after the initial call.

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CHEMISTRY'S MY HOBBY, PORT ST. LUCIE METH LAB SUSPECT SAYS =BB TCPALM.COM, http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2010/aug/27/chemistrys-m y-hobby-port-st-lucie-meth-lab-says/

PORT ST. LUCIE =97 With hands secured by yellow handcuffs, Sergiy Matirniy on Friday said he developed an interest in chemistry at school when he was about 13.

=93First time I (saw) periodic table of elements, that=92s when it hit me,=94 Matirniy, 25, said in a small room at the St. Lucie County jail. =93Within few weeks I knew it all by heart, numbers, atomic weights, Latin names.=94

The Ukrainian-born Matirniy said he assembled his equipment over the past several years as part of his hobby.

That equipment, St. Lucie County Sheriff Ken Mascara said Thursday, was suspected of being part of a complex methamphetamine lab, capable of producing 2 ounces of the drug in a half-hour =97 a =93tremendous=94 amount.

Not so, Matirniy said.

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS: 100 AFFECTED BY FUMES AT MGM GRAND POOL IN VEGAS, http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h OccpoE0eY23Mka0YBMbJnWgxcBQD9HS51Q80

LAS VEGAS =97 High concentrations of a chemical similar to bleach seeped into a pool at the MGM Grand on the Las Vegas Strip on Friday, causing hotel officials to evacuate some 1,500 guests and sending at least 26 people to local hospitals with breathing problems.
Richard Brenner of the Clark County Fire Department said sodium hypochlorite went into the hotel's lazy river pool when a valve used to the control the chemical malfunctioned and remained on.
"People started smelling chlorine," Brenner said. "It doesn't take much to set our nose off."
About 100 people had trouble breathing but did not need to go to hospitals, said Brenner, the department's hazardous materials coordinator.

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