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Subject: Chemical Safety headlines from Google

4 campus lab responses! Must be the end of the semester...

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GAS SPILL AT BIG ISLAND COSTCO - HAWAII NEWS NOW - KGMB AND KHNL HOME, http:/ /www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=13634523

KAILUA-KONA (Hawaii News Now) - Big Island firefighters evacuated a portion of the Kailua-Kona Costco parking lot at about noon Tuesday after gas spilled from a pickup truck parked in the lot.

According to Hawaii County Fire Department Capt. J. Yamamoto, a "copious amount" of gas filled the lot and one engine, an ambulance and a Hazmat unit were called to the scene at 47-5600 Maiau St.

Costco provided material to help contain the fuel spilling from the truck's ruptured tank while fire crews dismantled the truck bed to reach the leak. After determining the leak could not be plugged, the gas was siphoned into portable fuel cans.

No one was injured and no fire started during the spill.

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CHEMICAL FIRE AT ALABAMA A&AMP;M - WAAYTV.COM- HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA TELEVISION - NEWS WEATHER SPORTS, http://www.waaytv.com/news/local/story/Chem ical-Fire-at-Alabama-A-M/8L7RG2NfEkG3IQZHAv2UMA.cspx

Huntsville, AL-- A chemical burn is responsible for a fire that evacuated the science building at Alabama A&amp;M late Monday.  The call came in around 4:00 from the Robert A. Carter Science Hall.
Firefighters found the third and fourth floors filled with smoke.  The traced the fire to room 305 and used an extinguisher to put out the flames.
No one was hurt and everyone was evacuated from the building.  Once the situation was under control, students were allowed back in the lobby due to the cold weather.

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HAZMAT TEAM RESPONDS TO UW AFTER CHEMICAL SPILL | SEATTLE TIMES NEWSPAPER, http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/theblotter/2013612607_hazmat. html

A Seattle Fire hazmat team is investigating a chemical spill that occurred Monday evening at the University of Washington.

Three floors of the UW=92s Foege Science Building were evacuated just before 6 p.m. Monday after a cabinet full of chemicals was spilled, according to Seattle Fire spokeswoman Helen Fitzpatrick.

One person came into contact with the chemicals but was uninjured, Fitzpatrick said. Medics are evaluating the physical damage.

The hazmat team gained access to the room where the spill occurred at about 6:35 p.m., and Fitzpatrick said it could take up to a half-hour for the team to make sure the scene has been stabilized before the building is reopened.

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HAZMAT CREWS CALLED TO UAMS IN FAYETTEVILLE - LOCAL NEWS STORY - KHBS NW ARKANSAS, http://www.4029tv .com/news/26034756/detail.html

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Crews were called in Monday morning to cleanup a hazardous situation at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Fayetteville.
Crews at the site said workers who were renovating the building found some kind of acid that special response teams were called to collect.
No one has been injured at this time, officials said.

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KU BUILDING REOPENS AFTER POSSIBLE CHEMICAL SPILL - KSNT.COM - NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS - TOPEKA, KANSAS, http://www.ksnt.com/news /local/story/KU-Building-Reopens-After-Possible-Chemical-Spill/4ktwGlaeh0a 9zWzsad80DQ.cspx

The main science building on the KU campus is re-opened after a possible chemical spill.

People were told to leave Malott Hall around 4:30p.m. Monday after someone reported a chemical smell in a fifth floor lab.

Two people complained of headaches, one of which were treated at the scene, and the other was treated and taken to a Lawrence Hospital.

HazMat teams worked to make sure the building was safe, as well as other buildings.

Jill Jess/University of Kansas says, "I don't believe it's in any danger of being transferred to any of the other buildings they are of course ensuring that's the case if there is any danger, they will make sure those people are evacuated as well."

Malott Hall reopened around 7:30p.m., but the fifth-floor chemical remains closed while officials investigated the source of the smell.

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RAIL CAR SPILLS HAZARDOUS MATERIAL IN SOUTHEAST FRESNO, http://www.kmph .com/Global/story.asp?S=13624566

Shortly after 7:30 a.m. Monday, Fresno Firefighters arrived on the scene of a hazardous material spill in southeast Fresno.

A rail tanker car spilled close to 7,500 gallons of Magnesium Bisulfite onto the ground at Florence Avenue near Cedar.

Battalion Chief Chuck Tobias said the tanker began to leak from one of its bottom valves, and the cause of the leak is unknown.

The Magnesium Bisulfite is used in agriculture as a fertilizer.

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