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THIRD MAILBOX BOMB FOUND IN SHREVEPORT - KSLA NEWS 12 SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA |, http://www.ksla .com/Global/story.asp?S=14379065

SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) - Shreveport Fire investigators want to warn people to be careful when checking your mail. They have found 3 bombs in mailboxes since Saturday. The Fire Department says this type of explosive is usually in a bottle, possibly a soft drink bottle, with a chemical odor.

They've arrested 2 teenaged boys for allegedly making the devices. They think the boys found how to make them online.  If convicted, the boys could face up to 20 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine.

So far, only one man suffered minor injuries, but they say it could have been a lot worse.

"Very dangerous. Very volatile. These are basically household chemicals that are being mixed together, but they can have a very volatile reaction," said Chief Scott Wolverton with the Shreveport Fire Department. 

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CHANNEL 6 NEWS =BB INDONESIAN MINISTER: SITUATION IMPROVING IN PERTAMINA REFINERY FIRE, http://channel6newsonline.com/201 1/04/indonesian-minister-situation-improving-in-pertamina-refinery-fire/

JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) -- Indonesia's Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Darwin Zahedy Saleh on Monday said the fire-fighting efforts at the Pertamina refinery in Central Java was going well, three days after the initial explosion.

Zahedy said there was only one tank to be extinguished after the fire had been successfully isolated from damaging further tanks, Indonesia's Antara news agency reported.

One of the fire-fighting methods of using a helicopter to spread foam was postponed due to the high level of difficulty, as officials said the method had to be 99.9 percent accurate since practically all the refinery is being considered a danger zone.

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SEMISSOURIAN.COM: LOCAL NEWS: POPLAR BLUFF MAN ACCUSED OF USING SHAKE-AND-BAKE METH LAB AS BOMB (04/05/11), http://www.semisso urian.com/story/1715721.html

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Two Poplar Bluff men were charged Friday afternoon in connection with a suspected shake-and-bake methamphetamine lab that was hurled as an explosive device, catching a trailer on fire and injuring a Butler County deputy.
Shawn Del Daggett, 32, of the 2000 block of Hillsdale and Glenn Allen Yandell, 25, of the 500 block of Poplar Street were charged with the Class B felony of manufacturing a controlled substance by Butler County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Paul Oesterreicher.

Daggett also was charged with felony first-degree assault on a law enforcement officer, the unclassified felony of armed criminal action and felony first-degree arson.

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NO SPILLS WHEN FIVE TANK CARS DELIVERING CHLORINE GO OFF TRACKS AT KUEHNE PLANT IN KEARNY, AND NO EVACUATIONS NECESSARY - NJ.COM, http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/kearny/ index.ssf?/base/news-0/1301984710150741.xml&amp;coll=3

KEARNY - A CSX train delivering chlorine to the Kuehne Chemical complex on North Hackensack Avenue derailed yesterday because of a bent rail track, police said.

The five tank cars that derailed never overturned and none of the chemical was spilled, although hazmat teams responded to the scene shortly after the derailment at 12:42 p.m., police said.

The derailment occurred because one of the tracks near the factory was bent, officials said, adding it is not clear how long the track had been bent.

There were no evacuations in the area nor were any traffic detours necessary, police said.

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WINSTON-SALEM RESIDENTS RETURN HOME AFTER HAZMAT EVACUATION - WINSTON-SALEM NEWS STORY - WXII THE TRIAD, http://www.wxii12 .com/news/27417376/detail.html

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Winston-Salem fire officials said Sunday a leaking can of tear gas forced an evacuation at a neighborhood.
It happened on Pacific Street, near Pineview Drive and Rural Hall Road at about 6:30 p.m. Sunday.

Officials said someone found a suspicious package at a home that caused skin irritation.
As a precaution, fire officials asked residents near the home to evacuate during the investigation.

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TWO MEN ARRESTED AFTER EAST END METH LAB EXPLODES  - POLICE BRIEFS - CHARLESTON DAILY MAIL - WEST VIRGINIA NEWS AND SPORTS -, http://www.daily mail.com/policebrfs/201104030678

CHARLESTON -- Police arrested two men and are looking for a woman after an apparent meth lab exploded in an East End apartment over the weekend.

Officers were dispatched to an explosion at about 7:30 p.m. Saturday at apartment C of 1422 =BD Lee St. E. and immediately detected a strong chemical odor consistent with the manufacturing of meth, Charleston Lt. Chuck Sisson said. .

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AUTHORITIES RESCUE 6 FROM BURNING WAYNE CO. HOME, THEN CHARGE THEM WITH MAKING METHAMPHETAMINE, http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/2 5373bca803147cab95f1baeff9d0247/KY--Meth-Fire/

MONTICELLO, Ky. =97 Police in southeast Kentucky have charged six people rescued from a burning home with manufacturing methamphetamine.

The six were pulled out of the home in Wayne County after authorities arrived to investigate a possible meth lab early Saturday.

The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that police arrived at 54-year-old Billy L. Ray's home and noticed a chemical smell. The officers heard people moving around inside the trailer, then saw smoke coming from one end. Deputies kicked in the door and found five suspects in a bedroom. A firefighter pulled out the sixth person.

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METH SUSPECTS TEMPORARILY CLOSE CPD BOOKING - STATE JOURNAL - STATEJOURNAL.COM, http://www.statejournal.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&a mp;storyid=97031

CHARLESTON -- The Charleston Police booking office had to suspend operations for around an hour Saturday night after two suspects, Joseph Eric Frazier, 33, and Bobby Jo Vance, 28, were brought in from a possible meth lab. Officers processing the pair of suspects, arrested after the Lee Street apartment they were in exploded earlier in the evening, noticed a strong chemical odor on the men.
As a precaution for the suspects safety, as well as to prevent exposing officers to chemicals, the fire department decontaminated the pair. The booking office was aired out and cleaned.

The situation was not as bad as initially believed but police supervisors were not taking any chances.

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GULFTODAY.AE | FIRE GUTS CHEMICAL FACTORY IN SHARJAH, http://gulftoday.ae/portal/db2ce102-25ee-4fcd-b495-9c419a1d0355.aspx

A massive fire broke out at 2.30pm at Gulf Petro Chemical Company located at Sharjah Free Zone on Saturday. 

According to Colonel Waheed Al Sarkal, director of Sharjah Civil Defence, the fire rapidly spread because of inflammable substances kept at the factory. 

However, no body was injured in the accident. The forensic laboratory of the Sharjah Police will investigate the cause of fire. The police will start investigations after the cooling process.

The police cordoned off the area to stop it spreading to other neibhouring factories.

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SUSPICIOUS BOTTLES RAISE ALARM IN STATE COLLEGE - CRIME &AMP; COURTS | CENTRE DAILY TIMES - STATE COLLEGE, PA | PENN STATE, NITTANY LIONS, WEATHER, NEWS, JOBS, HOMES, APARTMENTS, REAL ESTATE, http://www.centredaily.com/2011/04/03/2623123/suspicious- bottles-raise-alarm.html

STATE COLLEGE =97 Penn State=92s hazardous materials response team responded to a report of two suspicious bottles of liquid on Logan Avenue in the borough at about 3 p.m. Saturday.


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The Penn State HazMat team tests two suspicious bottles near the intersection of Logan Avenue and Allen Street on Saturday, April 2, 2011. The team ran several tests and did find any hazardous materials or chemicals. CDT/Abby Drey

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The team tested samples taken from both bottles and determined the clear liquids were not a public danger, said Assistant Chief Mike Waite.

=93We were unable to come up with conclusive identification, but we were able to determine the liquid was not flammable or acidic.=94

The bottles were found near a recycling bin, and Waite speculated they could have been full of water.

The incident closed Logan Avenue to traffic for more than an hour.

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HAZMAT SCARE INVESTIGATED IN PHILADELPHIA | 6ABC.COM, http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&amp;id =8049034


PHILADELPHIA - April 2, 2011 (WPVI) -- Two people were rushed to the hospital after an Ammonia leak in Lawncrest.

Firefighters, medics and hazmat crews responded to Mrs Resslers meat packing plant, along the 5500 block of Tabor Road.

Investigators say someone noticed ammonia leaking from a 30 gallon drum.

The leak formed a vapor cloud inside part of the building, injuring two workers.

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FIREFIGHTER: TANKER RAIL CAR LEAKS SMALL AMT. OF DILUTED HYDROCHLORIC ACID SOLUTION, http:/ /www.wtap.com/news/headlines/Firefighter__Railcar_Leaks_Small_Amt_of_Hydro choloric_Acid_Solution_Leak_Contained_119134514.html

When the tanker rail car was moving and the diluted hydrochloric acid solution was shaken up inside, it was reacting with the moisture in the air and creating a tiny amount of vapor that was released Saturday night, according to CSX Train Master Mike Bias. He said most of the cars have vents.

The car was then parked and the vapor was apparently not being released. Officials were just waiting for the car to be fixed in order to be moved out of the yard early Sunday morning.

Bias said the DuPont Hazmat team left the scene Saturday night since the car was not from their plant as originally thought. He said they did not have the right equipment to fix it.

Around 1:45 a.m. Sunday, a different hazmat team was on its way to the low yard near 19th Street in Parkersburg to fix the car so it could go to Tetra as originally planned, he said. The car reportedly came from Kentucky.

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EXPLOSION, FIRE AT EVANSVILLE HOME COULD BE METH-RELATED =BB EVANSVILLE COURIER &AMP; PRESS, http://www.courierpress.com/news/2011/apr/ 01/explosion-fire-reported-home-near-us-41-evansville/

EVANSVILLE =97 Evansville firefighters said methamphetamine-making items were found in a house near U.S. 41 where an explosion and fire occurred Friday afternoon.

The incident was reported at 1300 Sycamore St., where the street meets Harlan Avenue. Firefighters arriving at the scene reported a "strong chemical odor" to dispatchers and said part of the house had been blown out.

Brad Jordan was walking his dog on the sidewalk across the street from the home when he heard an explosion that "was so loud that it shook the ground under my feet."

Jordan said he saw two men and a woman flee the house.

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THERECORD - NO INJURIES IN FIRE AT CHEMTURA CHEMICAL PLANT, http://www.therecord.com/news/local/arti cle/510519--no-injuries-in-fire-at-chemtura-chemical-plant

ELMIRA =97 Volunteer firefighters put out a fire at the Chemtura chemical plant in Elmira on Thursday afternoon.

The fire began around 1:15 p.m. in building 33 at the Erb Street plant. The cause =93appears to be hot oil dripping on the insulation surrounding a pipe in the oil-processing section of the plant, which caught on fire,=94 says a statement from Woolwich Township.

The fire was put out quickly and there were no injuries.

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PLANT IS CLEARED IN CHEMICAL ALERT =AB EXPRESS &AMP; STAR, http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2011/04/01/plant-is-cl eared-in-chemical-alert/

Firefighters were called to Veolia Environmental Services off Stubbers Green Road, Aldridge, at 11.50am yesterday.

A drum containing spray paint waste started to pressurise in the sunlight and released steam.

Veolia spokesman Martin Curtois said: =93The drum was  cooled by the fire brigade and moved to an external yard area shortly after which it was declared safe.

=93Our 55 staff who had been evacuated at the start of the incident as a precaution returned to work. No-one was injured and the staff acted in an exemplary manner following all safety procedures at the site.=94

Firefighters from Walsall, Bloxwich and Sutton and specialist chemical crews from Wednesbury and Fallings Park attended.

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AMMONIA LEAK CLEARS SALEM ICE CREAM PLANT | KGW.COM | NEWS | PORTLAND, OREGON, http://www.kgw.com/news/local/Ammonia-leak-clears-Sa lem-ice-cream-plant-119060604.html

SALEM -- A chemical spill forced employees out of an ice cream plant in Salem early Friday morning.

Just before 1 a.m. fire crews responded to a report of a leaky ammonia valve at the De-luxe Ice Cream Factory, near State Street and 18th Avenue.

Crews evacuated the building and brought in a hazardous materials team.

The team set up a staging area and fixed the leaky valve.

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