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Table of Contents (14 articles)
SAN LEANDRO: WITNESSES DESCRIBE HORRIFIC INJURIES AFTER REPORTED EXPLOSION NEAR RAILROAD TRACKS
Tags: us_CA, public, explosion, injury, unknown_chemical
EXPLOSION AT CSU CHEMISTRY BUILDING INJURES 2
Tags: us_CO, laboratory, explosion, injury, unknown_chemical
WORKERS SICKENED BY CHEMICAL ODOR
Tags: us_CA, public, release, injury, adhesives
FIRE DAMAGES FREEMAN COMPANY; NO INJURIES
Tags: us_SD, industrial, fire, response, nitric_acid
TOXIC CHEMICAL REGULATION OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTED IN HOUSE VOTE
Tags: us_VT, industrial, follow-up, environmental, toxics
SMALL FIRE BURNS AT WYOMING GAS PLANT AFTER BLAST
Tags: us_WY, industrial, explosion, response, natural_gas
BATON‰??ROUGE, LA, BODY SHOP TECH INJURED IN EXPLOSION
Tags: us_LA, industrial, explosion, injury, gasoline
WORKER APPARENTLY INJURED IN PROPANE BLAST
Tags: us_NC, industrial, explosion, injury, propane
CHEMICAL TANKER CATCHES FIRE
Tags: Malaysia, transportation, fire, response, other_chemical
CHEMICAL SPILL EVACUATES SCHREIBER FOODS
Tags: us_UT, industrial, release, response, cleaners, hydrogen_peroxide
CHEMICAL REACTION SPARKS COSMETICS STORE FIRE, THREE HURT
Tags: India, industrial, fire, injury, unknown_chemical
HAZMAT CREWS CONTAIN SPILL IN LOGAN
Tags: us_UT, industrial, release, response, hydrogen_peroxide
TRUCK SPILLS CAUSTIC SODA IN DAVAO CITY, HAZMAT TEAM DEPLOYED
Tags: Philippines, transportation, release, response, cleaners, flammables, sodium_hydroxide, solvent
HASH OIL CAUSE OF EXPLOSION IN COLORADO HOME
Tags: us_CO, public, explosion, injury, other_chemical
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SAN LEANDRO: WITNESSES DESCRIBE HORRIFIC INJURIES AFTER REPORTED EXPLOSION NEAR RAILROAD TRACKS
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_25665048/san-leandro-explosion-reported-railroad-tracks-two-burned
Tags: us_CA, public, explosion, injury, unknown_chemical
SAN LEANDRO -- Witnesses described a horrific scene after a reported explosion near a homeless encampment Tuesday evening, with a pair of badly burned people rushing to a neighboring home for help before being taken to the hospital in critical condition.
Alameda County fire spokeswoman Aisha Knowles said crews were called to the area near the railroad tracks at Hesperian Boulevard and Springlake Drive on reports of an explosion around 9:30 p.m. They discovered two people had been badly injured and summoned a hazardous materials team to the area to look for what caused their injuries, she said.
"There were two adults who ran from the encampment to a nearby apartment to ask for water," Knowles said. "They were in a lot of pain and felt like they were on fire."
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EXPLOSION AT CSU CHEMISTRY BUILDING INJURES 2
http://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/local/2014/04/29/possible-explosion-at-csu-chemistry-building-causes-injuries/8479115/
Tags: us_CO, laboratory, explosion, injury, unknown_chemical
A CSU student suffered cuts to his face Tuesday afternoon after a chemical reaction caused a glass container to explode.
The unidentified young man was washing out a glass container in the Chemistry Building on the Fort Collins campus when a chemical in the container reacted to the water and caused the container to explode at about 3:30 p.m., according to CSU spokeswoman Dell Rae Ciaravola. Blood was visible on his face when he was wheeled out of the building on a stretcher and loaded into an ambulance.
He was taken to the hospital for treatment of cuts on his face. Another student who was nearby had a minor cut on his hand.
There was no damage to the building, nor was there an evacuation, Ciaravola said. Minutes after the man was put in the ambulance, students in the building's lobby resumed quizzing each other, heads bowed over chemistry books.
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WORKERS SICKENED BY CHEMICAL ODOR
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Possible-Chemical-Leak-Causes-Injuries-Evacuations-in-Pomona-257240711.html
Tags: us_CA, public, release, injury, adhesives
Five people were hospitalized after coming in contact with a chemical at an office building in Pomona on Tuesday, fire officials said.
The chemical was apparently released at the five-story Verizon building in the 200 block of South Locust Street, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. People were complaining of minor eye irritation, rashes and coughing, officials said.
Workers at the building told NBC4 that the odor caused some people to vomit.
After evacuating 300 people from the building, investigators determined that the odor stemmed from an adhesive remover in a construction area on the building's third floor.
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FIRE DAMAGES FREEMAN COMPANY; NO INJURIES
http://www.yankton.net/community/article_fd5c9456-d019-11e3-a5c7-0019bb2963f4.html
Tags: us_SD, industrial, fire, response, nitric_acid
The Freeman Company will be open for business today (Wednesday) despite a chemical fire that damaged a room of the complex and forced workers to evacuate around 1:49 p.m. Tuesday.
Yankton deputy fire chief Larry Nickles said the fire was contained to a room used to de-rust metal parts that contained nitric acid.
At first, employees tried to put out the fire, he said.
‰??They noticed fire coming out of the top of the door of the room,‰?? Nickles said. ‰??A couple employees grabbed extinguishers and tried to knock down the fire until smoke pushed them outside. The building was completely evacuated and the fire department was called.‰??
Nickles said no injuries were reported and that the fire was contained to the room. However, smoke filled the rest of the building and took some time to clear out.
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TOXIC CHEMICAL REGULATION OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTED IN HOUSE VOTE
http://vtdigger.org/2014/04/29/toxic-chemical-regulation-clears-house-114-27/
Tags: us_VT, industrial, follow-up, environmental, toxics
In one of the most decisive votes of the session the Vermont House supported the regulation of toxic chemicals found in children‰??s products. The vote was 114-27.
The bill, S.239, gives the Vermont Department of Health the authority to require manufacturers to label or remove toxic chemicals from products sold in the state.
‰??One of the problems that we face with this whole situation is the immense growth of new chemicals coming into the marketplace without testing,‰?? said Rep. David Deen, D-Putney, the chair of the Fish, Wildlife and Water Resources Committee who worked to draft the House version of the bill.
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SMALL FIRE BURNS AT WYOMING GAS PLANT AFTER BLAST
http://fuelfix.com/blog/2014/04/29/small-fire-burns-at-wyoming-gas-plant-after-blast/?shared=email&msg=fail
Tags: us_WY, industrial, explosion, response, natural_gas
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) ‰?? A small fire burned at a western Wyoming natural gas processing plant Monday, five days after an explosion forced the evacuation of a nearby town and shut down the facility.
The fire has shrunk considerably since the blast and workers at the Tulsa, Oklahoma-based Williams Partners facility were allowing the blaze to burn to consume remaining gases, according to a company spokesman.
‰??It‰??s completely under our control. It‰??s not damaging any equipment,‰?? said the spokesman, George Angerbauer. ‰??We have personnel on site who are assessing the rest of the facility to determine operability and what it will take to get us back up and running.‰??
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BATON‰??ROUGE, LA, BODY SHOP TECH INJURED IN EXPLOSION
http://www.autobodynews.com/news/regional-news/southwestern-news/item/8233-baton-rouge-la-body-shop-tech-injured-in-explosion.html
Tags: us_LA, industrial, explosion, injury, gasoline
A man is in stable condition following a gas can explosion at an auto body shop in North Baton Rouge, LA, on March 22, 2014.
Curt Monte, spokesman for the Baton Rouge Fire Department, said the man was cutting on a car with a torch at Stampley‰??s Auto Body on Scenic Highway, near Walnut Street, shortly before noon when a gas can exploded.
Fire investigators say they think slag from the victim cutting on the car struck the can, causing the explosion, Monte said. The victim told firefighters that he tried putting the fire out with a fire extinguisher, but the can exploded before he could get the fire out, Monte said. The explosion damaged the car he was working on as well as three other cars in the shop.
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WORKER APPARENTLY INJURED IN PROPANE BLAST
http://www.hpe.com/news/x1505313605/Worker-apparently-injured-in-propane-blast
Tags: us_NC, industrial, explosion, injury, propane
HIGH POINT ‰??
One person was injured after a propane tank exploded at a High Point business early this morning.
The explosion happened at the Carolina Container plant on Prospect Street at 12:33 a.m. A High Point Fire Department inspector remained at the scene in south High Point this morning, a city police and emergency services dispatcher told The High Point Enterprise
Investigators said the victim was injured while working with liquid propane. Residents who live nearby heard the explosion and called the Fire Department.
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CHEMICAL TANKER CATCHES FIRE
http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/chemical-tanker-catches-fire-1.581878
Tags: Malaysia, transportation, fire, response, other_chemical
PORT KLANG: An Indonesian-based chemical tanker, carrying some 200,000 litres of marine fuel, caught fire about two nautical miles off Northport here at noon yesterday.
No injuries were reported.
All 11 crew members on board the tanker were rescued by marine policemen.
Port Klang marine police commanding officer Deputy Superintendent Norzaid Muhammad Said said MT Nur Eye 1's engine room, open bridge and the stern were destroyed in the fire.
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CHEMICAL SPILL EVACUATES SCHREIBER FOODS
http://www.cachevalleydaily.com/news/local/article_7403683c-cf02-11e3-b5ce-001a4bcf6878.html
Tags: us_UT, industrial, release, response, cleaners, hydrogen_peroxide
LOGAN ‰?? Approximately 200 employees were evacuated from a part of Schreiber Foods after a cleaning chemical spilled Monday morning.
Logan City Fire Marshal Craig Humphreys said an employee called 911 around 8:30 a.m. to report the spill in a part of the plant, near 885 North 600 West.
When fire and Haz Mat crews arrived on the scene, they learned an employee had transferred a chemical from one tote container to another. For unknown reasons, pressure began to build in the tote, eventually causing it to burst. A fork lift and drop-down-door were damaged but none of the employees were injured.
Humphreys said crews worked as partners with Schreiber Foods facility Haz Mat team to respond to the spill. The chemical was contained within the facility.
There was an odor reported in the vicinity from the facilities ventilation system. There was no danger to residents or the community.
Humphreys said the chemical is used to sanitize and clean equipment and contained a mixture including hydrogen peroxide.
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CHEMICAL REACTION SPARKS COSMETICS STORE FIRE, THREE HURT
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/402924/chemical-reaction-sparks-cosmetics-store.html
Tags: India, industrial, fire, injury, unknown_chemical
Three persons were badly injured when a fire broke out at a cosmetic shop in south Delhi‰??s Malviya Nagar on Monday afternoon. The injured have been admitted to Safdarjung Hospital for treatment.
The cosmetics store which was engulfed by fire is located at Nand Enclave near Khirki Village. A fire department official said that the cause of the fire is believed to be a chemical reaction in the perfumes kept in a drum.
The store workers who were injured have been identified as Kalicharan, Surinder and Praveen.
They were busy separating some goods that had recently arrived at the store when the fire broke out in the drum kept nearby. ‰??The flames spread so quickly that the trio were unable to escape immediately,‰?? said an official.
The three victims suffered between 50 and 70 percent burns and were immediately rushed to Safdarjung Hospital by the locals.
By the time the fire tenders arrived at the spot, the entire floor containing the store was caught in flames. Four fire tenders took about half-an-hour to douse the flames, the official added.
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HAZMAT CREWS CONTAIN SPILL IN LOGAN
http://www.kutv.com/news/top-stories/stories/vid_10915.shtml
Tags: us_UT, industrial, release, response, hydrogen_peroxide
UPDATE: The conditions have been cleared.
(KUTV) HazMat crews are working to contain a spill at 885 N. 600 W. in Logan. Officials say the Shreiber Foods Dairy Facility had a hydrogen peroxide leak that required crews to be called in.
According to Logan City Fire no injuries have been reported and crews are working with facility representatives to contain the spill.
Officials say the scene is stable.
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TRUCK SPILLS CAUSTIC SODA IN DAVAO CITY, HAZMAT TEAM DEPLOYED
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/358741/news/regions/truck-spills-caustic-soda-in-davao-city-hazmat-team-deployed
Tags: Philippines, transportation, release, response, cleaners, flammables, sodium_hydroxide, solvent
Traffic in a part of Davao City was snarled Monday evening after a truck loaded with caustic soda figured in an accident there.
No one was initially reported hurt in the accident at Buhangin Diversion Road, the Davao City government said on its Facebook page.
It said the truck was carrying caustic soda, a "toxic non-flammable material that causes injury upon contact with skin and inhalation."
The Bureau of Fire Protection Hazardous Materials (HazMat) team responded to the accident.
According to the US National Library of Medicine, caustic soda, or sodium hydroxide, is a very strong chemical used in industrial solvents and cleaners.
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HASH OIL CAUSE OF EXPLOSION IN COLORADO HOME
http://www.hngn.com/articles/29844/20140428/hash-oil-cause-of-explosion-in-colorado-home.htm
Tags: us_CO, public, explosion, injury, other_chemical
An explosion occurred in in Littleton, Colorado, while a couple produced hash oil with two children in the home, according to The Denver Post.
Authorities say the man was hospitalized after he and his girlfriend caused the explosion, the Post reported. The man's condition has not been released.
According to Mark Techmeyer with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, the man was rushed to the hospital but is expected to survive and the investigation is still ongoing, the Post reported. There may be possible arson and child abuse charges depending on what the investigation uncovers.
"They were cooking hash oil. We haven't been able to interview them yet," Techmeyer said, according to the Post.
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