STUDENT TREATED FOR CHEMICAL INJURY<
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Tags: us_IN, labo
ratory, release, injury, unknown_chemical
UPDATE: METH EXPLOSION LEAVES MAN BURNED, FI
REFIGHTER INJURED, WOMAN IN JAIL
Tags: us_IN, public, explosion, injury, meth_lab
CORRODED TA
NKER CAUSES HAZMAT SITUATION AT FEDERAL WAY TRUCK SCALE
Tags: us_WA, transportation, d
iscovery, response, liquid_nitrogen
MAN KILLED IN WILLIAMSTOWN ACCIDENTTags: us_MA, trans
portation, release, death, acids
DIESEL RELEASE IN TRUCK ACCIDENT
Tags: us_PA, transportation
, release, environmental, diesel
UPDATE: GIRL SCOUTS GAUZE SCARE DIFFUSEDTags: us_MA, public
, discovery, response, flammables
PROPANE GAS LEAK AT SCRAP METAL FACILITY<
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Tags: us_IN, indu
strial, release, response, propane
JUVENILE CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH HOMEMADE CHE
MICAL BOMB
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gs: us_AZ, public, explosion, response, bomb
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TEAR GAS FAIL-SAFE TURNS CHURCH THEFT INTO HAZMAT SCENE
Tags: us_PA, public, release, r
esponse, tear_gas
IRWIN, Pa. -- Thieves who broke into a
church building and stole thousands of dollars were likely sprayed with tea
r gas, leading to a hazmat situation, police said.
Channel 4 Action News' Jennifer
Miele reported that Irwin police said more than $7,000 was stolen from Imma
culate Conception Church's administration building.
Police told Miele the thieves g
ot in through a basement door and rode the elevator to the business office t
o get to the safe, then brought the safe down to the basement in the elevato
r.
Pol
ice said the burglars knocked over a refrigerator when they were in the proc
ess of moving it so they could reach the safe.
Investigators originally believed t
he fridge was leaking Freon, because of a burning chemical smell, and they c
alled in hazmat crews to deal with what they thought was a dangerous chemica
l.
It t
urned out that the smell was really tear gas that was part of a "booby trap"
on the older-model safe.
"After doing some research on this particular safe, thes
e safes were equipped with a fail-safe. If someone breached them, tear gas w
ould be released," Police Chief Joe Pocsatko said.
"If it hit their skin, it proba
bly burned them," DENVER - Bomb squads along
the Front Range have been visiting some unlikely places: museums and the ho
mes of collectors. The same volatile chemical keeps turning up.
Carol and Ernie Al
tvater of Denver did not expect they would find it in their basement among t
heir Girl Scout memorabilia.
The Altvaters have been collecting the memorabilia for
20 years. They did not know that a piece of their collection could cau
se an explosion: a first aid kit with gauze pads soaked in picric acid.
"When
you hear words like picric acid it's similar to when you hear structure fir
e or child choking. Your adrenaline goes a little higher," Capt. CJ Haberkor
n with the Denver Fire HazMat team said.
Picric acid once was used as an antiseptic a
nd anesthetic. When picric acid ages and crystallizes, it turns into a compo
und that can explode.
Haberkorn says his HazMat team trains for encounters with it.
"What
's the biggest problem with picric acid if it's crystallized?" Haberkorn ask
ed a class of Denver firefighters on Tuesday.
"Explosion," Haberkorn answered, pick
ing up a cup to demonstrate. "Shock sensitive. If this is picric acid and it
's crystallized and we go up and grab it we could actually blow it right the
re."
De
nver firefighters see six to 12 picric acid calls a year.
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CCSO: CARBON MONOXIDE CAUSED LOCAL WOMAN AND CHILDREN TO LOSE
CONSCIOUSNESS
Tags: us_FL, public, release, injury, carbo
n_monoxide
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla.- UPDATE: Accidental carbon monoxide poisoning is be
lieved to be what caused a woman and two children to lose consciousness in t
heir car in a Charlotte County Publix parking lot on Wednesday, according to
the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office.
A woman and two children are consciou
s and under observation at an area hospital after they were found passed out
in a vehicle at a grocery store parking lot.
Witnesses reported that the woman appeared to be in her 40's, with two y
oung girls in the car with her.
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RESIDENT, C
OPS CONTAMINATED BY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Tags: us_NJ, public, discovery, injury, unknown_chemical
A Westfield resident and
two police officers were contaminated by hazardous materials in Westfield's
Brightwood Park on Thursday morning when they came across a makes
hift structure containing unknown chemicals, Westfield Police Captain David W
ayman said.
The resident, whom police declined to identify but described as a woman
in her early 20s, was transported by ambulance to Overlook Hospital in Summ
it. She reportedly called 911 at 10:33 a.m., stating that she coul
d not breathe. By the time officers arrived at the park, they found that she
had passed out.
Upon discovering the structure, officers evacuated and cordoned-
off the park, which borders Scotch Plains. Two officers reportedly came in c
ontact with the chemicals, Wayman stated, which sent one of them to the hosp
ital.
As
of 2:30 p.m., officials had not stated whether they had identified the
chemicals
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BOMB SQUAD RESPONDS TO CHEMICAL
SCARE AT CEDAR CREEK PARKTa
gs: us_NY, public, discovery, response, unknown_chemical
Nassau County detectives w
ere called to assist the Nassau County Fire Marshall and the Nassau County H
ealth Department at Cedar Creek Park in Seaford Wednesday afternoon after a chemical scare at one of the storage buildings in the park.
According to N
assau County Police, the fire marshall and health department were in the pro
cess of removing and disposing of chemicals from a storage building, when th
ey located chemicals that were stored in two unmarked glass containers that t
hey deemed to be hazardous.
Upon arrival and investigation it was determined by th
e Nassau County Arson/Bomb Squad that the unidentified chemicals, due to the
ir crystallized state, would be sensitive to heat, shock and friction, polic
e said. The chemicals were mitigated at the scene.
According to police, no air con
taminants were present in the environment and the health department took soi
l samples, which will be tested for contaminants.
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STUDENT TREATED FOR CHEMICAL INJURY
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gs: us_IN, laboratory, release, injury, unknown_chemical
SOUTH BEND -- An ambulanc
e from the South Bend Fire Department took a 20-year-old Notre Dame student t
o a hospital Wednesday after a chemical splashed into his eyes, university s
pokesman Dennis Brown said.
The student was conducting an experiment in a third-fl
oor laboratory in the Stepan chemistry building, Brown said. When a beaker c
ontaining the chemical broke, the liquid splashed into his eyes.
After the student f
lushed his eyes in the laboratory, Brown said, he still complained of minor i
rritation and was taken to the hospital for an examination.
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UPDATE: METH EXPLOSION LEAVES MAN BURNED, FIREFIGHTER INJURED
, WOMAN IN JAIL
Tags: us_IN, public, explosion, injury, meth_lab
EVANSVILLE =E2=80=94 A woman wa
s arrested, her residence deemed a total loss, a firefighter was injured and
another man was seriously burned following a meth lab explosion late Wednes
day, Evansville police said.
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CORRODED TANK
ER CAUSES HAZMAT SITUATION AT FEDERAL WAY TRUCK SCALE
Tags: us_WA, transportation, discovery, response, liquid_nitrogen
A corroded t
anker truck potentially carrying liquid nitrogen caused officials to evacuat
e the I-5 Federal Way weigh station Wednesday afternoon. <
br> The truck pulled in
to the weigh station around noon and state patrol inspectors spotted corrosi
on on the exterior of the truck.
They immediately ordered an evacuation of the immed
iate area and called in hazardous materials crews.
Troopers said the plaque on the
tanker denoted it was carrying liquid nitrogen, but they are still trying t
o determine how much, if any, of the substance is in the truck.