Chemical Safety Headlines =46rom Google Monday, June 20, 2011 8:15:00 AM A service of the ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety Connecting Chemistry and Safety at http://www.dchas.org All article summaries and tags are archived at http://pinboard.in/u:dchas Table of Contents (13 articles) DUPONT RAMP TO REOPEN AFTER LEAKING LIQUID CONTAINED Tags: us_IN, transportation, release, response, isocyanate MENTOR: SEMI TRAILER OIL FIRE OUT, SOME LANES REOPEN Tags: us_OH, transportation, fire, response, petroleum HAZMAT CREWS INVESTIGATE CHEMICALS IN WINNEBAGO Tags: us_IL, public, discovery, injury, unknown_chemical UPDATED: FIVE ALARM CHEMICAL FIRE IN ST. LOUIS INJURES FIREFIGHTERS, FORCES EVACUATION OF 500 =AB CBS ST. LOUIS Tags: us_MO, industrial, explosion, injury, acetone, ethanol CRASH INJURES TWO, CAUSES FERTILIZER SPILL Tags: us_MI, transportation, release, injury, ag_chems CHEMICAL EMERGENCY AT PALMS WEST HOSPITAL Tags: us_FL, public, release, injury, formaldehyde CREWS CLEAN UP CHEMICAL SPILL Tags: us_IN, transportation, release, response, unknown_chemical NLR CHEMICAL FIRE BREAKS OUT AT HALL TANK CO. Tags: us_AR, industrial, fire, response, resin AUBURN FIRE DEPARTMENT CLEANING UP CHEMICAL DISCHARGE AT GAS STATION Tags: us_NY, public, release, response, fire_extinguisher CHEMICAL STOREHOUSE NEAR SARKHEJ GUTTED Tags: India, industrial, fire, response, adhesives, solvent DEATH TIED TO VAPOR WHIFF Tags: us_NY, public, release, death, hydrogen_sulfide, suicide CREWS BATTLING FIRE AT EMPTY NJ CHEMICAL PLANT Tags: us_NJ, industrial, fire, environmental, asbestos CHEMICAL MIXTURE CAUSED EXPLOSION Tags: United, Kingdom, public, explosion, injury, pool_chemicals --------------------------------------------- DUPONT RAMP TO REOPEN AFTER LEAKING LIQUID CONTAINED http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20110620/LOCAL07/110629999/1043 Tags: us_IN, transportation, release, response, isocyanate The Dupont ramp to northbound Interstate 69 is expected to reopen shortly after a non-hazardous petroleum-based material leaked from the trailer of a stalled tractor-trailer rig Sunday night, according to the Indiana State Police. Troopers observed a liquid leaking from the trailer when they stopped to assist the driver of the tractor-trailer rig about 11:40 p.m., the report said. The ramp and northbound lanes at the 116 mile marker were closed for a short time while emergency crews identified and contained the spill, police said. The Fort Wayne Fire Department's Hazardous Materials Team determined that the product was isocyanate, a non-hazardous product commonly used in the manufacture of foam. No injuries were reported, according to the fire department report, and the spill was contained in the area around the Star Transportation trailer. --------------------------------------------- MENTOR: SEMI TRAILER OIL FIRE OUT, SOME LANES REOPEN http://www.wkyc.com/news/article/194506/33/Mentor-Semi-trailer-oil-fire-ou t-cleanup-begins Tags: us_OH, transportation, fire, response, petroleum MENTOR -- Interstate 90 eastbound is now open between Route 306 and Route 615 while crews clean up from a fire on a tractor trailer carrying hundreds of cases of motor oil early Monday morning. The right lane will remain closed until further notice, ODOT said. The entrance ramp to I-90 eastbound from SR 306 is still closed, but the exit ramp to SR 306 is open. Hazmat crews will remain on the scene throughout the morning as cleanup continues from the oil fire and the chemicals used to extinguish the flames. The fire started on the truck's tires and spread to the trailer hauling approximately 350 cases of motor oil, officials say. --------------------------------------------- HAZMAT CREWS INVESTIGATE CHEMICALS IN WINNEBAGO http://www.wrex.com/Global/story.asp?S=14937845 Tags: us_IL, public, discovery, injury, unknown_chemical WINNEBAGO COUNTY (WREX) - Hazmat crews try to find out what kind of chemicals caused a skin reaction to a man in Winnebago. Crews are investigating at 8993 Bridgeland Road in Winnebago. Rockford Fire Chief Derek Bergsten says the man found several 35 gallon drums of an unknown chemical. Several agencies are investigating. We'll bring you more information as if becomes available --------------------------------------------- UPDATED: FIVE ALARM CHEMICAL FIRE IN ST. LOUIS INJURES FIREFIGHTERS, FORCES EVACUATION OF 500 =AB CBS ST. LOUIS http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2011/06/20/chemical-fire-in-st-louis-goes-to-f ive-alarms/ Tags: us_MO, industrial, explosion, injury, acetone, ethanol ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - Firefighters are battling a huge chemical fire on the west side of St. Louis, which has forced the evacuation of several nearby homes and the hospitalization of three firefighters. Reports are that several tanks of acetone and ethanol caught fire around 2:30 this morning at the Chemisphere Corp. in the 2100 block of Cliffton Avenue. The first 911 call came in at 2:33 with reports of flames at the site. St. Louis Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson says three firefighters have been taken to the hospital following an explosion but that they are in stable condition. --------------------------------------------- CRASH INJURES TWO, CAUSES FERTILIZER SPILL http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20110618/NEWS01/306180002/Crash -injures-two-causes-fertilizer-spill?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRON TPAGE Tags: us_MI, transportation, release, injury, ag_chems ALAIEDON TWP. - An Okemos man and lawn care worker were hospitalized today after a motorist struck a parked TruGreen vehicle on Jolly Road, causing 200 gallons of fertilizer to spill out, police said. The Okemos man, age 92, and the TruGreen employee, age 27, were listed in stable condition with non-life threatening injuries this afternoon at Sparrow Hospital, said Ingham County Sheriff=92s Sgt. Jeff Weiss. Weiss said the Delhi Township Fire Department and the Ingham County Hazmat Team were dispatched to Jolly Road, just west of Van Atta Road, shortly after the 9:35 a.m. accident to help contain the fertilizer spill from the TruGreen vehicle. They remained at the scene for about three hours. Weiss said the spill appeared to be nontoxic. --------------------------------------------- CHEMICAL EMERGENCY AT PALMS WEST HOSPITAL http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/region_c_palm_beach_county/royal_palm_beach/c hemical-emergency-at-palms-west-hospital Tags: us_FL, public, release, injury, formaldehyde ROYAL PALM BEACH, Fla. - The Palm Beach County Fire Rescue hazmat team is on scene at a "chemical spill" in Palms West Surgicenter located at 13001 Southern Boulevard in Royal Palm Beach. According to Palm Beach County Fire Rescue's spokesman Don DeLucia, there was a chemical spill of formaldehyde in one of the labs of Palms West Medical Center. Dispatchers received the call at approximately 2:30p.m. "A portion of the Palms West Surgicenter has been evacuated while hazmat crews stabilize the situation. One person suffered minor injuries and was taken to the emergency room of Palms West Hospital." said DeLucia. --------------------------------------------- CREWS CLEAN UP CHEMICAL SPILL http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/local/marion_county/crews-clean-up-chemical -spill Tags: us_IN, transportation, release, response, unknown_chemical INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Hazmat crews were called out to a chemical spill on the city=92s southwest side Friday evening. Officials said the spill at a business presented no public danger. Three departments - Wayne Township, Indianapolis and Decatur Township fire departments - were called to Hill & Griffith Co. at Farnsworth Street and Holt Road at about 6:30 to respond of an overturned tanker and a chemical spill. The labeling on the tanker, which had been parked in an area where the ground was soft and had subsequently sunk into the ground and overturned, indicated it held hypochlorite, a bleaching agent. Crews donned sealed suits and masks to work near the trailer and found about 25 gallons of the liquid chemical was contained to a grassy area, and the leak had stopped. Wayne Township Fire Department said the spill presented no danger to the public, and crews remained on the scene to await a cleanup contractor employed by the tanker=92s owner, Switzer Tanklines from Mt. Summit. --------------------------------------------- NLR CHEMICAL FIRE BREAKS OUT AT HALL TANK CO. http://www.todaysthv.com/news/article/161702/2/NLR-chemical-fire-breaks-ou t-at-Hall-Tank-Co- Tags: us_AR, industrial, fire, response, resin NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) -- North Little Rock firefighters put out a chemical fire Friday at a steel storage tank business. It was at Hall Tank Company on East 5th street. Firefighters aren't sure how the fire started -- but say it was mostly paper and other materials burning. Because there was some resin and tanks near by, they didn't take any chances, and used foam to get the fire out in about five minutes. --------------------------------------------- AUBURN FIRE DEPARTMENT CLEANING UP CHEMICAL DISCHARGE AT GAS STATION http://auburnpub.com/news/local/article_8953d9ec-99cc-11e0-9239-001cc4c032 86.html?mode=story Tags: us_NY, public, release, response, fire_extinguisher Emergency crews are cleaning up the scene at the Hess gas station at the intersection of the Arterial West and North Street where the emergency fire extinguishing system was triggered, dousing four vehicles and their occupants with flame suppressing chemicals. An employee of the station said the extinguishers over the pumps were accidentally set off by a customer. An Auburn fire truck was brought in to wash the chemical spray off the coated vehicles and the parking lot. --------------------------------------------- CHEMICAL STOREHOUSE NEAR SARKHEJ GUTTED http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Chemical-storehouse-near -Sarkhej-gutted/articleshow/8907064.cms Tags: India, industrial, fire, response, adhesives, solvent AHMEDABAD: A chemical storagehouse on Sarkhej-Sanand highway caught fire late on Friday night. Firefighting continued for 12 hours as Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Services (AFES) personnel worked round the clock to douse the fire and prevent it from spreading to nearby industrial units. According to AFES officials, they got a call at 11 pm for a fire at Micra Inks Pvt Ltd near Navjivan Hotel. Two vehicles were dispatched to the spot. The vehicles soon reported the intensity of the fire after which a brigade call was issued. A total of three officers and 80 personnel reached the spot with three firefighters and 29 tankers. "It was an intense fire as the material stored at the godown contained ink and adhesive material which contain alcohol and solvent. We have not been able to ascertain the ignition point of the fire. We believe it could have started due to leakage of material or rise in pressure on the drums due to heat and moisture. The fire started around 11 pm after which it quickly spread to other parts due to the flammability of the stored material," said Rajesh Bhatt, additional chief fire officer of AFES. --------------------------------------------- DEATH TIED TO VAPOR WHIFF http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Death-tied-to-vapor-whiff-1430022. php Tags: us_NY, public, release, death, hydrogen_sulfide, suicide STILLWATER -- An 18-year-old man died Friday night after apparently inhaling a deadly vapor while in a car in his driveway. A leading state fire official says the death bears resemblance to what's called a "chemical suicide," but officials are still investigating the circumstances. Joshua J. Brisbin of 3 Riverside Drive was pronounced dead at the scene by Saratoga County Coroner Thomas Salvadore, sheriff's officials said. The man "had succumbed to some chemicals that were in the vehicle," a sheriff's office statement said. Peter Hoesel, Brisbin's stepfather, called 911 about 7 p.m. after finding his stepson unresponsive in his car, officials said. An initial investigation Friday night revealed two household chemicals in the car that when mixed together make hydrogen sulfide, a deadly vapor, sheriff's authorities said. --------------------------------------------- CREWS BATTLING FIRE AT EMPTY NJ CHEMICAL PLANT http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/2011/06/crews-battling-fire-empty-nj-ch emical-plant Tags: us_NJ, industrial, fire, environmental, asbestos A blaze erupted at a vacant chemical plant just before sunrise Sunday in one of the country's poorest cities, causing the building to partially collapse and forcing firefighters to evacuate nearby homes. The fire at Concord Chemical Inc. in Camden, across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, comes more than a week after fires at an abandoned tire factory and a downtown warehouse. Hazmat crews were checking to see if any chemicals were left in the former plant, which was vacated two years ago, Philadelphia's WPVI-TV reported. The plant made detergents and cleaning products and underwent a nine-month, $1 million cleanup of asbestos and potentially explosive hazardous materials that the Environmental Protection Agency completed in May, the Courier-Post reported. --------------------------------------------- CHEMICAL MIXTURE CAUSED EXPLOSION http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/chemical-mixture- caused-explosion-16013482.html Tags: United, Kingdom, public, explosion, injury, pool_chemicals A mixture of chemicals caused an explosion at a leisure centre which injured three staff, a fire service spokesman has said. Specialist officers from Humberside Fire Service attended Scunthorpe's Pods Leisure Centre, which is due to open next month, to help tackle the blast, which happened at 10.40am on Saturday. The three male staff members were treated at the scene for cuts, bruises and the possible effects of breathing in chemicals, and two were taken to hospital. There was no risk to members of the public and the chemicals were contained within the building. A fire service spokesman said: "It is believed that a mixture of chemicals caused the explosion in the filtration system located in the plant room. Specialist chemical officers from the fire service were called to establish the type of chemicals involved. ---------------------------------------------
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