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POLICE, HAZMAT TEAM RESPOND TO CHLORINE LEAK AT WATER-PUMPING STATION ON 
KALAMAZOO'S EAST SIDE | MLIVE.COM, 
http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2011/04/police_hazmat_team_r
espond_to.html

KALAMAZOO =97 A small chlorine leak prompted police and a 
hazardous-materials team to respond this afternoon to a water pumping 
station on Kalamazoo's east side, officials said.
The leak at pumping station No. 5 on Schippers Lane near East Michigan 
Avenue was discovered in a chlorine cylinder just before noon.
The city's Department of Public Services requested assistance from a 
HAZMAT team and the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety, said Mike 
Wetzel, environmental services superintendent for the Department of 
Public Services.
Wetzel said the leak is =93a very small leak but it is leaking 
nonetheless.=94

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CLANDESTINE DRUG LAB EXPLODES | THETELEGRAPH.COM.AU, 
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/sydney-nsw/clandestine-drug-lab-expl
odes/story-e6freuzi-1226046536849

The father of two suffered severe burns when his alleged clandestine 
drug lab exploded in the backyard of his Kemps Creek property in 
Sydney's southwest last year.

The aluminium shed used to make pseudoephedrine - a precursor chemical 
used to make illicit drugs - burst into flames shortly after midnight on 
October 10, police claim.

Dagger, 31, and a 23-year-old man both suffered burns. The 23-year-old 
man later died from his injuries.

Dagger has spent months recovering in hospital. This week, he was well 
enough to be arrested and charged.

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CHEMICAL SPILL PROMPTS REC CENTER EVACUATION, 
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/chemical-spill-prompts-rec
-center-evacuation-1147246.html

VANDALIA =97 A problem with muriatic acid prompted an evacuation of the 
Vandalia Recreation Center today.
Vandalia Fire Department crews rushed to the rec center, 1111 
Stonequarry Road, at 8:15 a.m. The incident occurred at the rec center=92s
 indoor water park.
=93Actually we=92re not sure at this time if it was a spill or a leak,=94 
said Rich Hopkins, Vandalia communications director.
The rec center was not open to the public at that time, and workers were 
evacuated from the building.

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LEAK FROM 'DRUG LAB' FORCES EVACUATION, 
http://www.theprovince.com/news/Leak+from+drug+forces+evacuation/4688477/s
tory.html

Twenty people were evacuated from their homes in North Surrey Wednesday 
after firefighters responded to a suspicious house fire only to find 
chemicals giving off gas from a suspected drug lab.

When police and firefighters arrived on the scene in the 13400-block 
111A Avenue at about 10: 30 a.m., white smoke was billowing from the 
house, but a man greeted them saying nothing was wrong, RCMP Cpl. Drew 
Grainger said.

"Clearly, there was something to worry about because the house that he 
was standing in front of appeared to be on fire," Grainger said.

When firefighters entered the home, they didn't find a fire, but instead 
found "suspicious chemicals consistent with a clandestine drug lab," he 
said.

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POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS, BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN USED IN 
PRODUCTION OF METHAMPHETAMINE, PROMPTS SHUT-DOWN OF ROUTE 5 IN HOLYOKE | 
MASSLIVE.COM, 
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/04/potentially_hazardous_chemi
cal.html

HOLYOKE - Emergency personnel closed a section of Route 5 for over an 
hour starting late Thursday morning following the discovery of two 
one-gallon jugs believed to contain chemical by-product from the ilegal 
production of methamphetamine. 

Since then, similar jugs have been found in various areas of the city, 
including six that were discovered behind the Signs Plus building at 62 
Main St. Holyoke Fire Dept., spokesman Lt. Thomas G. Paquin. 

=93Needless to say they have been very busy,=94 Paquin said of emergency 
personnel and responding members of the Western Massachusetts Hazardous 
Materials Team.

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CREWS STOP INSECTICIDE FROM REACHING STORM DRAIN - KSL.COM, 
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=15314346

SALT LAKE CITY =97 Hazmat crews responded to a chemical spill on 
Yalecrest Avenue (1080 South) Wednesday morning. Around 8:30 a.m., 
neighbors noticed a chemical flowing down the gutter and called 911.

Hazmat crews showed up and found it was an insecticide. A pesticide 
company was in the area spraying a yard to kill bugs, but a hose 
ruptured on the truck and about 40 to 50 gallons of chemicals spilled 
into the gutter and started heading down the street.

=93The crew quickly followed the leak down the gutter, found it, was 
able to stop it literally just a foot or two away from where it was 
going to get into a storm drain and get into the waterways up here, 
which have had plenty of problems with the oil leaks in the past,=94 
said Salt Lake City Fire Department spokesman Mark Bednarik.

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FIREWORKS UNIT BLAST KILLS 2 NEAR SIVAKASI - TIMES OF INDIA, 
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-27/india/29477955_1_fi
reworks-unit-sivakasi-accident

MADURAI: Two men were killed and four seriously injured when some 
chemical mixture exploded in a fireworks unit near Sivakasi in south 
Tamil Nadu on Tuesday. The accident occurred when the factory foreman 
went into the storage room where the chemicals were stored and opened 
the sacks to distribute it to the workers to make the pieces of 
fireworks, police said.

The fireworks unit, owned by R Kanagavel, is located at Narikudi near 
Sivakasi. The workers had reported for duty as early as 7am. At around 
7.30am, five of them had gone to the storage room to receive the 
chemicals for mixing. Foreman Shiva (33) was opening the chemical cans 
in the room when there was a loud explosion and two men Irulandi (37) of 
Thiruvedapuram and Chelladurai (28) of Subramaniapuram were charred to 
death instantly.

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MORE REFINERIES LOSE ELECTRICITY IN TEXAS CITY - BUSINESSWEEK, 
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9MRBAB00.htm

Three refineries, including a BP unit where a 2005 explosion killed 15 
people, and a Dow Chemical plant lost electricity in outages that led to 
shelter-in-place emergency alerts and the cancellation of public schools 
Tuesday in Texas City.

The source of the power outages was still being sought, emergency 
officials said.

A second shelter-in-place alert, advising residents to stay indoors, was 
issued around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday after a Valero refinery also lost power, 
Texas City Homeland Security coordinator Bruce Clawson said.

A BP refinery, site of the deadly March 2005 accident that also left 170 
people hurt, and the Dow Chemical plant lost power around 11 p.m. 
Monday. The initial shelter-in-place order took effect after those two 
outages, but was lifted around 3 a.m. Tuesday, Clawson said.

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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS UNIT RESPONDS TO REPORT OF LEAK AT GENON PLANT - DEL 
RAY, VA PATCH, 
http://delray.patch.com/articles/hazardous-materials-unit-responds-to-repo
rt-of-leak-at-genon-plant

The Alexandria Hazardous Materials Team responded to a leak at the GenOn 
plant Wednesday morning due to a report of a leaking sulfuric acid tank.

The plant is located at 1400 N. Royal Street and the intersection of 
Bashford Lane and North Royal Street was closed along with a part of the 
Mount Vernon bike trail as a precautionary measure, according to the 
Fire Department.

Alexandria City and Arlington County HazMat Team members put on 
protective equipment, entered site and determined there was no active 
leak or fumes emitting from the area around 1:53 a.m. The 15 x 20 
containment basin leaked an estimated 1,300 gallon of product from the 
storage tank..

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NO TRAFFIC PROBLEMS ON I-10 FROM CHEMICAL LEAK - WLOX-TV AND WLOX.COM - 
THE NEWS FOR SOUTH MISSISSIPPI, 
http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=14521503

Traffic is flowing smoothly on I-10 near Biloxi after an 18-wheeler 
leaked flammable chemicals early Wednesday morning.

Biloxi Police told WLOX News the truck was heading east through Gulfport 
when the driver first noticed a strong odor. The driver pulled over at a 
Biloxi truck stop and discovered his chemical load was leaking.

Hazmat crews are still at the scene right now. Police don't know how 
long the chemicals were spilling out, nor are they telling us what type 
if chemical was leaking.

No injuries have been reported.

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BOROUGH DEALS WITH OIL SPILL - NORTHJERSEY.COM, 
http://www.northjersey.com/community/120841404_Borough_deals_with_an_oil_s
pill_on_East_Pleasant_Ave_.html

HazMat and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) 
helped to clean up an oil spill in Maywood from April 15 to 18.

Oil spilled from an abandoned tank in a parking lot behind businesses on 
East Pleasant Avenue. The tank had the capacity for 1,000 gallons of oil 
but was not very full.

Borough Administrator Tom Richards said that a sump pump that was either 
blocked or broken was not pumping water in the storm sewer line but into 
the ground. In the heavy rains, the ground became so saturated with 
water that the tank pushed up out of the ground. The cap was off in the 
parking lot and water got into the tank.

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FIREFIGHTERS RESPOND TO HAZMAT FIRE | KING5.COM | YOUR NEWS - PHOTOS - 
VIDEO - STORIES, http://www.king5.com/your-news/120741964.html

(Poulsbo, North Kitsap) Poulsbo Fire Department and Navy Region 
Northwest responded to a dumpster fire this morning at 11am. The 
dumpster, which contained titanium shavings, was located at the Twelve 
Trees business park, on Pioneer Way just off Highway 3. Hazmat crews 
chose to allow the fire to burn itself out, as water or foam could make 
the fire worse. Firefighters cooled the nearby structure and the outside 
of the dumpster with water to prevent more ignitions.
Battalion Chief Chris Morrison said, =93Our main concern with this type 
of fire is to keep the area clear of bystanders, as the fumes can be 
hazardous to your health. There was also some concern about an 
underground gas line that led to nearby propane tanks, and there were 
barrels that contained oil products in close proximity. We wanted to 
ensure the fire didn=92t get too hot and spread to the nearby building.=94
 The business uses titanium to make prosthetic limbs and the business 
manager said an employee was attempting to weld a crack in the dumpster 
when the contents ignited. There were no injuries from the fire 
extinguished itself in just under 3 hours.

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HAZMAT INVESTIGATES GASOLINE DUMPED IN SEWER SYSTEM - SAN DIEGO, 
CALIFORNIA TALK RADIO STATION - 760 KFMB AM - 760KFMB, 
http://www.760kfmb.com/story/14521160/hazmat-investigates-gasoline-dumped-
in-storm-drain

COLLEGE AREA (CBS 8) - Hazmat crews are investigating how gasoline ended 
up pouring into the sewer system in the 4800 block of Campanile Dr., 
near San Diego State.

Authorities suspect that someone dumped an unknown quantity of gas into 
the sewer system, possibly by dumping it down a drain.

The gas vapors then rose from the sewer system below to the manhole 
covers above it, releasing an intense odor of gasoline that residents 
thought was a gas leak.

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HAZMAT SCARE SHAKES UP TRENTON WATER FILTRATION PLANT - TRENTONIAN.COM, 
http://www.trentonian.com/articles/2011/04/26/news/doc4db7a2bb3e5305486431
48.txt

TRENTON =97 The city fire department=92s Hazmat Task Force determined 
that a feared spill of hazardous materials inside the Trenton Water 
Filtration Plant yesterday was actually that of potassium permanganate, 
used to disinfect and deodorize Delaware River water that becomes our 
drinking water.

The incident occurred at 1 p.m.

=93The DPW located a piece of pipe in the potassium permanganate 
system,=94 said Ralph Burzachiello, the city=92s acting director of 
Public Works, in a press release. =93The situation was isolated and 
contained in the containment system. It did not flow to any other area 
of the plant or interfere with any operation of the plant.=94

He could not be reached later for further explanations. But Trenton Fire 
Captain Rich Seeds said the Hazmat team identified potassium 
permanganate as the chemical, then turned the problem over to a hired 
cleanup company and the plant superintendent, Bill Mitchell.

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