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Table of Contents (8 articles)
AUSTRIAN HAZMAT UNIT CALLED IN AS ADULT DIAPERS IN DUMP TRUCK TRIGGER RADIOACTIVE ALARMS
Tags: Austria, public, release, response, radiation, waste
NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA'S FAVORITE NEWSPAPER
Tags: us_NE, transportation, release, response, chlorine
SPARK CAUSES CHEMICAL FIRE AT COUNCIL BLUFFS EQUIPMENT COMPANY
Tags: us_NE, industrial, fire, response, flammables
LEXINGTON POLICE HQ EVACUATED TUESDAY MORNING
Tags: us_KY, public, release, response, halon
FARMERS TO DRILLERS MAY NEED TO REPORT EXPLOSIVE CHEMICALS (1)
Tags: us_TX, public, follow-up, death, ag_chems
BARREL OF CHEMICAL EXPLODES IN FIRE
Tags: Malaysia, industrial, explosion, response, unknown_chemical
VIDEO: FIREFIGHTERS AVERT CHEMICAL CATASTROPHE AT SCHOOL (FROM THIS IS LOCAL LONDON)
Tags: United_Kingdom, education, fire, response, pool_chemicals
2 CHEMICAL FACTORIES GUTTED IN NALGONDA, MAHBUBNAGAR
Tags: India, industrial, explosion, response, methanol
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AUSTRIAN HAZMAT UNIT CALLED IN AS ADULT DIAPERS IN DUMP TRUCK TRIGGER RADIOACTIVE ALARMS
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/01/07/austrian-hazmat-unit-called-in-as-adult-diapers-in-dump-truck-trigger/
Tags: Austria, public, release, response, radiation, waste
VIENNA ? Austrian hazmat specialists called in after Geiger counters showed alarmingly high readings for a dump truck arriving at an incinerator have found the problem ? radioactive adult diapers.
After unloading the truck, firefighters from the hazardous materials unit of the city of Linz found nearly two dozen diapers from a hospital that had become contaminated with radioactive iodine. The substance is swallowed during some medical and diagnostic procedures.
While radiation levels were substantially above normal, unit leader Dieter Jonas says no one was in danger during Tuesday's incident.
Austrian officials, however, are tracing the truck's route. And the truck will stay in a metal container at the incinerator for eight days ? the time it takes for the emissions to reach safe levels.
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NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA'S FAVORITE NEWSPAPER
http://www.northplattebulletin.com/index.asp?show=news&action=readStory&storyID=27044&pageID=3
Tags: us_NE, transportation, release, response, chlorine
A large hazardous materials handling crew was summoned to Bailey Yard Monday after two chemicals were inadvertently mixed in a tank car.
U.P. spokesman Mark Davis said a contractor mistakenly added aluminum chloride to a rail car that contained coolant with a rust inhibitor for locomotive engines. The combination created a yellow vapor and sharp odor from the car, which was parked on a service track near the locomotive repair shop, commonly called the diesel shop.
Davis said Bailey Yard workers reported what looked like yellow smoke coming from the top of the container around 3:15 p.m., and smelled a odor that they suspected was chlorine gas.
A Hazardous Materials analyst was summoned who determined the cause. He called in Haz Mat trucks to pump out the liquid and haul it away.
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SPARK CAUSES CHEMICAL FIRE AT COUNCIL BLUFFS EQUIPMENT COMPANY
http://www.omaha.com/article/20140108/NEWS/140109099/1707
Tags: us_NE, industrial, fire, response, flammables
COUNCIL BLUFFS ? A spark in a paint booth started a fire Tuesday at a Council Bluffs equipment company.
Shortly before 9 a.m., an employee at Midwestern Equipment, 1210 35th Ave., was painting equipment inside a booth designed to contain flammable vapors when a spark caused paint chemicals to catch fire, according to interim Council Bluffs Fire Marshal Curtis McKeon. The extinguishing system inside the booth was unable to squelch the blaze, and firefighters were called.
Fire crews had the fire contained within about 10 minutes.
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LEXINGTON POLICE HQ EVACUATED TUESDAY MORNING
http://www.wtvq.com/content/localnews/story/Lexington-Police-HQ-Evacuated-Tuesday-Morning/EobvJ_iYW0yiiKtcA2X4bg.cspx
Tags: us_KY, public, release, response, halon
Lexington Police Headquarters were briefly evacuated Tuesday morning after chemicals used for fire suppression were released into the air.
Fire officials said because of the cold temperatures, the heating system was turned up to a higher temperature in the Lexington Police Communications Center, causing dust in the duct work to float into the air.
That caused a smoke detector in the room to be activated, releasing the fire suppression chemical, halon, into the air. The chemical, which removes the oxygen from the room, is used in computers labs or records room and is an alternative to using water from sprinklers to put out a fire.
Dispatchers were able to quickly evacuate the room before the halon chemical was released. According to fire officials, an alarm sounds before the chemical is released and gives a 15- to 30-second warning for people inside the room to leave.
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FARMERS TO DRILLERS MAY NEED TO REPORT EXPLOSIVE CHEMICALS (1)
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-01-06/texas-blast-cited-as-u-dot-s-dot-eyes-tougher-chemical-handling-rules
Tags: us_TX, public, follow-up, death, ag_chems
Farmers and oil drillers may be required to report their use of explosive chemicals under measures the Obama administration is considering to avoid disasters such as a Texas blast that killed 14 people last year.
Policy options from an inter-agency working group appointed in response to the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, in April were posted to the regulations.gov website today. Other rules under consideration would require the use of safer alternatives to explosive or toxic chemicals, which could require changes at refineries and plants.
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BARREL OF CHEMICAL EXPLODES IN FIRE
http://www.nst.com.my/latest/barrel-of-chemical-explodes-in-fire-1.456982
Tags: Malaysia, industrial, explosion, response, unknown_chemical
SHAH ALAM: One of two barrels of liquid chemical spilled and caused an explosion in a factory here in Seksyen 26 today.
A state Fire and Rescue Department spokesman said that they received the distress call at 8.55am, and the fire brigade arrived at the scene Johnson Control factory here along Persiaran Sabak Bernam at 9.33am.
"Two officers and 12 firemen from the district fire station were involved,
"Also involved is a Hazardous Material (Hazmat) team," he said.
It was learnt that the chemical designation code is UN3133 that states "Danger When Wet".
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VIDEO: FIREFIGHTERS AVERT CHEMICAL CATASTROPHE AT SCHOOL (FROM THIS IS LOCAL LONDON)
http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/10917549.VIDEO__Firefighters_avert_chemical_catastrophe_at_school/
Tags: United_Kingdom, education, fire, response, pool_chemicals
Firefighters averted a chemical disaster after a school swimming pool complex was engulfed by 50ft flames on Friday night.
Just three metres away from the enormous blaze at the City of London Freemen's School, in Ashtead Park, there was a store containing gas cylinders and thousands of litres of a dangerous chemical used in the pool.
Firefighters used foam to cover the store, which contained sodium hypochlorite, preventing further damage to the school and people living nearby.
A fire investigation team is still looking into the cause of the blaze, which may have been an arson attack, according to a spokeswoman from Surrey Fire and Rescue.
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2 CHEMICAL FACTORIES GUTTED IN NALGONDA, MAHBUBNAGAR
http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra_pradesh/2-Chemical-Factories-Gutted-in-Nalgonda-Mahbubnagar/2014/01/07/article1987145.ece
Tags: India, industrial, explosion, response, methanol
Major fire broke out in two factories in Nalgonda and Mahabubnagar districts on Monday, leaving the employees and the people living in the vicinity on the edge. Fortunately, no one was injured in the two mishaps.
In Bibinagar in Nalgonda district, two hundred employees of the Sriram Labs Private Limited company at Bibinagar in Nalgonda district as well as several staff and students of some nearby schools had a providential escape on Monday when 12 chemical drums caught fire and led to the explosion of two reactors in the company.
According police, the company is engaged in manufacturing certain chemicals used in medicines. On Monday, while methanol was being unloaded from a tanker, a spark occurred which set afire 12 drums loaded with chemicals. This in turn blasted two reactors.
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In another similar mishap, the packing unit of Hetero Pharma in Polepally SEZ went up in flames reportedly due to electric short circuit.
All the 1,500 workers employed by the pharma unit ran for safety when they saw columns of smoke and flames rising in the sky. Luckily, no one was injured in the mishap. Three fire tenders brought the flames under control after battling with them for four hours.
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