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FEDERAL AGENCIES BEGIN CLEANING UP HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AT ABANDONED KNOXVILLE COLLEGE LAB BUILDING
Tags: us_TN, laboratory, discovery, response, corrosives, flammables, mercury, radiation, waste, wastes
THREE HURT IN E CHINA CHEMICAL PLANT EXPLOSION
Tags: China, industrial, explosion, injury, acetic_acid, methanol
UPDATE: BIG RIG TRUCK SPILL PROMPTS HIGHWAY 126 CLOSURE NEAR I-5
Tags: us_CA, transportation, release, response, other_chemical
THE MARIETTA DAILY JOURNAL
Tags: us_GA, industrial, follow-up, environmental, runoff
ANOTHER COAL-RELATED CHEMICAL SPILL IN CENTRAL APPALACHIA
Tags: us_KY, public, release, environmental, runoff
NEW YORK DUNKIN' DONUTS CUSTOMER SOUNDS CARBON MONOXIDE ALARM
Tags: us_NY, public, release, response, carbon_monoxide
7 HOSPITALIZED AFTER CO EXPOSURE IN CHARLOTTE
Tags: us_NC, industrial, release, injury, carbon_monoxide
FIRE OFFICIALS RESPOND TO CHEMICAL LEAK IN THE RUBBERTOWN AREA
Tags: us_KY, industrial, release, response, other_chemical
SPILLED CHEMICAL ON BSU RESULTS IN EVACUATION
Tags: us_ID, laboratory, release, injury, acetic_acid, nitric_acid
EXPLOSIVE END FOR JAPAN'S SECOND WORLD WAR CHEMICAL WEAPONS
Tags: China, public, discovery, environmental, bomb, explosives, mustard_gas, phosgene, sulphur
BFD: EXPLOSION, FIRE IN NEW NORTH END
Tags: us_VT, industrial, explosion, injury, solvent
NEWSDAILY: AMMONIA LEAK FORCES EVACUATION AT WICHITA PLANT
Tags: us_KS, industrial, release, injury, ammonia
TEMPORARY COVER PUT OVER BLAZE AT PASCO LANDFILL
Tags: us_WA, industrial, fire, response, oxygen
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FEDERAL AGENCIES BEGIN CLEANING UP HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AT ABANDONED KNOXVILLE COLLEGE LAB BUILDING
Tags: us_TN, laboratory, discovery, response, corrosives, flammables, mercury, radiation, waste, wastes
KNOXVILLE (WATE) - Federal environmental agencies have begun cleanup work at an abandoned laboratory facility on the Knoxville College campus.
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 Emergency Response and Removal Branch with assistance from the Superfund Technical Assistance Response Team (START) and Emergency and Rapid Removal Services (ERRS) Contractors responded to a request for help from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation.
TDEC performed an initial evaluation on June 5 and found multiple leaking and damaged containers of hazardous substances and hazardous wastes throughout the three-story building.
TDEC also noted many instances of incompatible and improper storage. The facility was unsecured and there were noticeable signs of trespassing and scrapping. Many windows were broken and exterior doors were not locked. The building is directly adjacent to residential neighborhoods.
EPA crews discovered thousands of chemical bottles ranging in size from five gallons to milliliter volumes. In all, 39 rooms and labs contained various amounts of hazardous substances, many of which were damaged, leaking, unlabeled or otherwise compromised.
Many of the materials are flammable, combustible, oxidizing, toxic, air reactive, corrosive or radioactive.
Crews also found elevated mercury levels throughout the building. EPA crews, however, monitored air outside the building and did not detect any radiation levels, mercury levels or other hazardous substance levels.
EPA then requested additional equipment, supplies and specialized personnel. Crews began cleaning up the site on Monday. The process is expected to take three to four weeks.
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THREE HURT IN E CHINA CHEMICAL PLANT EXPLOSION
Tags: China, industrial, explosion, injury, acetic_acid, methanol
HANGZHOU, June 10 (Xinhua) -- Three people were hurt in a chemical plant blast in east China's Zhejiang Province on Tuesday night, local firefighters said.
The accident happened at 7:49 p.m., when a tank containing methanol and acetic acid exploded at Huayi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd in Fotang County, Yiwu City, triggering a fire. By 9 p.m., fire had spread to an area covering 400 square meters.
The company has 22 such tanks, according to firefighters.
Pictures on Sina Weibo, China's Twitter, showed the plant on fire with thick smoke.
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UPDATE: BIG RIG TRUCK SPILL PROMPTS HIGHWAY 126 CLOSURE NEAR I-5
Tags: us_CA, transportation, release, response, other_chemical
HazMat officials with the Los Angeles County Fire Department are working on getting the road clear, and the closures are expected to remain in effect until 5 p.m. Tuesday, according to a CHP press release.
Three deputies with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station are being evaluated for any potential health effects from fume inhalation as a precautionary measure due to the hazardous nature of the chemical that spilled onto the roadway. As of 1:30 p.m., officials are still working to turn over the truck, which was left on its side in the crash.
Officials on scene noted the presence of a strong chemical odor and are advising area businesses, such as SkyHigh Sports, a CalTrans yard and Higher Vision Church, to keep doors and windows closed until the area is cleared. No evacuations have been ordered.
The crash took place when a big rig truck carrying two 2,000-gallon tanks of sodium hydrosulfide, which is also known as clay acid or mud acid, tipped over as it attempted to take to exit Interstate 5 and enter Highway 126 heading westbound at too great a speed, according to preliminary reports.
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THE MARIETTA DAILY JOURNAL
Tags: us_GA, industrial, follow-up, environmental, runoff
A report from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources says an estimated 9,590 fish, worth a total of $4,796, were killed in Sope Creek following a May 23 chemical plant fire.
The report said water runoff from suppression of the fire at AmRep entered a private pond on Sope Creek, where the dead fish were found. Dead fish were also found in the creek itself, directly below the pond.
The AmRep manufacturing center is on Industrial Park Road near Cobb Parkway and Allgood Road in Marietta. The plant, which makes professional-grade chemical products, broke out in a two-alarm fire, engulfing the entire warehouse and burning a building to the ground.
Days after the fire, Cobb residents called Marietta Power and Water to report dead and dying fish in the creek, which runs a about 2 miles south of the plant in east Cobb.
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ANOTHER COAL-RELATED CHEMICAL SPILL IN CENTRAL APPALACHIA
Tags: us_KY, public, release, environmental, runoff
On Friday, May 30, another coal-related chemical spill into a public waterway happened in Central Appalachia, killing hundreds of fish and alarming local residents.
The chemical spill happened at a Cumberland Coal Company prep plant in Harlan County, Ky. This time, the spill was not of coal slurry or a coal-washing chemical, but of a flocculant ? a type of compound usually used to control other substances in sediment ponds built to control runoff or clean up spilled material in creeks.
Reminiscent of the slurry spill from the Patriot prep plant in February, this spill began when a pipe carrying slurry between the prep plant and an impoundment failed. This time, however, the slurry was contained by the facility?s sediment ponds. Due to concerns about the slurry entering the river, a flocculent called Praestol A6291 was used to help settle the spilled material and prevent it from leaving the pond.
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NEW YORK DUNKIN' DONUTS CUSTOMER SOUNDS CARBON MONOXIDE ALARM
Tags: us_NY, public, release, response, carbon_monoxide
CARLE PLACE, N.Y. ? A Dunkin' Donuts customer looking for a morning cup of coffee was in the right place at the right time with the right equipment.
Authorities say an ambulance technician wearing a carbon monoxide detector entered the store in Carle Place, New York, at around 4 a.m. Friday.
The tech's detector went off, indicating high levels of the poisonous gas.
The technician hustled the employees out of the fast-food joint and notified authorities. An investigation found a vent in one of the ovens was the problem.
Carbon monoxide is odorless and colorless, and prolonged exposure can be fatal.
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7 HOSPITALIZED AFTER CO EXPOSURE IN CHARLOTTE
Tags: us_NC, industrial, release, injury, carbon_monoxide
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- One patient has been hospitalized with potentially life threatening injuries, and another 10 patients are being evaluated after being exposed to carbon monoxide at a warehouse in Charlotte.
The Charlotte Fire Department's HazMat team responded to a warehouse belonging to Wikoff Color on reports of an unknown odor in the 2800 block of Interstate Street in Charlotte Monday afternoon.
MEDIC says one person has been taken CMC Main with potentially life threatening injuries, while the Charlotte Fire Department says 10 more patients were evaluated on the scene. Six of those 10 patients were taken to the hospital; the extent of their injuries is not yet known.
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FIRE OFFICIALS RESPOND TO CHEMICAL LEAK IN THE RUBBERTOWN AREA
Tags: us_KY, industrial, release, response, other_chemical
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Fire officials responded to a chemical leak in the Rubbertown area Monday morning, according to Metrosafe dispatchers.
We're told the leak took place at American Synthetic Rubber, at 4500 Campground Road, near Ralph Avenue, and involved the chemical butadiene. The Lake Dreamland Fire Department was on the scene, and declared a Level 2 hazmat situation, according to dispatchers.
Shortly after 11:15, fire officials say they were able to stop the leak.
No evacuations were ordered, according to Metrosafe.
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SPILLED CHEMICAL ON BSU RESULTS IN EVACUATION
Tags: us_ID, laboratory, release, injury, acetic_acid, nitric_acid
The Boise Fire HAZMAT team was called out to Boise State after a report of a chemical spill.
When firefighters arrived at 3:53 on June 9th, 2014, they found one-tenth of a quart of an acid mixture containing nitric and acetic acid had caused a holding vessel to fail.
A woman in her 20?s was nearby when the spill occurred and was placed in a decontamination shower on the campus. She was taken to a local hospital for evaluation.
As a precaution, the Micron Engineering building was evacuated. About 10 to 15 people were inside the building at the time.
Firefighters will neutralize the mixture using other chemicals or water, then vacuum it up, making the room safe.
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EXPLOSIVE END FOR JAPAN'S SECOND WORLD WAR CHEMICAL WEAPONS
Tags: China, public, discovery, environmental, bomb, explosives, mustard_gas, phosgene, sulphur
Nearly 70 years ago tens of thousands of chemical weapons were abandoned in China by retreating Japanese troops at the close of the second world war. Now progress is finally being made rounding up and destroying all these deadly weapons that are still maiming and even killing Chinese people today.
More than 50,000 projectiles, mortars, aerial bombs, liquid-filled drums and gas-filled pots containing chemical agents such as sulfur mustards, lewisite and phosgene have been found scattered over 90 sites in China so far. Many of the discoveries were made during construction work. Chemical weapons have been found dumped in densely populated areas, in nature reserves and in rivers and lakes, as well as off shore. Due to their age, these munitions are rusty, damaged and often leaking. Some also contain explosives. Unsurprisingly, they have reportedly caused 2000 injuries and even a few fatalities.
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BFD: EXPLOSION, FIRE IN NEW NORTH END
Tags: us_VT, industrial, explosion, injury, solvent
BURLINGTON, Vt. - A man was hospitalized with burns on his arms and upper body after a fire and explosion at a condo complex in the New North End.
Fire officials received multiple calls just before noon Sunday about an explosion and a man on fire at the Laundromat at the Little Eagle Bay. The man was reportedly pouring lacquer thinner on a varnished floor when a dryer may have sparked the explosion.
"The investigation is still in progress. We'll list it as an undetermined fire for now simply because the investigation is not complete yet. There are no suspicious circumstances in this incident. There was minimal damage and the property can be reoccupied," said Burlington Fire Dept Deputy Chief David Roberts.
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NEWSDAILY: AMMONIA LEAK FORCES EVACUATION AT WICHITA PLANT
Tags: us_KS, industrial, release, injury, ammonia
Kan. (AP) ? An ammonia leak at a southwest Wichita Farmland plant has left three people hurt, including one seriously injured by the fumes.
KAKE-TV (http://bit.ly/1jaFxzJ">http://bit.ly/1jaFxzJ ) reports the incident happened around 3 p.m. Saturday, forcing all 101 employees working at the plant to evacuate.
Two people who sustained inhalation injuries refused treatment while a third was transported to a hospital in serious condition.
Hazmat crews from Wichita and Sedgwick County that responded to the scene believe the leak has been shut down and windy weather conditions were helping to dissipate the gas.
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TEMPORARY COVER PUT OVER BLAZE AT PASCO LANDFILL
Tags: us_WA, industrial, fire, response, oxygen
A temporary engineered cover and 12 more inches of soil have been placed over a fire burning underground at the closed Pasco Sanitary Landfill.
The cover is part of a three-part plan the state Department of Ecology approved after requiring that the fire be put out promptly. It has burned since November.
It could take several weeks to completely extinguish the fire, said Brook Beeler, spokeswoman for the Department of Ecology.
The parties potentially liable for cleanup of the landfill submitted two plans to the state this spring and the state is requiring the more aggressive of the plans to be implemented.
The engineered cap, which includes a heavy plastic layer covered with dirt, should reduce the possibility of oxygen getting through cracks in the ground to feed the fire.
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