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Table of Contents (23 articles)
RAILROAD REOPENS, CHEMICAL SPILL CONTAINED AFTER DERAILMENT
Tags: us_TX, transportation, release, response, flammables
10 YEARS LATER, TEXAS CITY EXPLOSION SERVES AS BENCHMARK
Tags: us_TX, industrial, follow-up, death, petroleum
HAZMAT TEAM DEALING WITH METHANOL LEAK AFTER TEXAS TRAIN DERAILMENT ‰?? RT USA
Tags: us_TX, transportation, release, response, methanol
WIKIPEDIA CHEMICAL STRUCTURE EXPLORER: SUBSTRUCTURE AND SIMILARITY SEARCHING OF MOLECULES FROM WIKIPEDIA
Tags: education, discovery, environmental
CHEMICAL SPILL CLEANUP UNDERWAY IN VAIL VILLAGE
Tags: us_CO, public, fire, response, antifreeze
KRONOS CHEMICAL LEAK PUTS ACID CLOUD OVER VARENNES, QUE.
Tags: Canada, industrial, release, injury, titanium_tetrachloride
N.H. MAN KILLED IN FIRE WAS SMOKING, USING OXYGEN
Tags: us_NH, public, fire, death, oxygen
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL UNLOADED AT GUELPH WASTE RESOURCE CENTRE
Tags: Canada, industrial, release, response, ethanol, waste
HAZARDOUS WORK TAKES TOLL ON LATINOS
Tags: us_TX, industrial, discovery, environmental
FRACKING: US TIGHTENS RULES FOR CHEMICAL DISCLOSURE
Tags: industrial, discovery, environmental
FIRE EXTINGUISHER FACTORY DESTROYED IN MASSIVE BLAZE
Tags: us_IL, industrial, fire, response, fire_extinguisher
CDC COMMITMENT TO SAFETY 'INCONSISTENT AND INSUFFICIENT,' REPORT FINDS
Tags: laboratory, follow-up, response
WHY ‰??HYPOALLERGENIC‰?? ISN‰??T A THING (VIDEO)
Tags: industrial, discovery, environmental
ST. PAUL FIREFIGHTERS SUFFERED CHEMICAL BURNS IN WASTEWATER PLANT BLAZE
Tags: us_MN, public, follow-up, injury, water_treatment
COLFAX MOBILE HOME FIRE, CHEMICAL TANK FEARS PROMPT EVACUATIONS
Tags: us_CA, transportation, fire, response, chlorine, diesel, propane
LOUISIANA IS STRUGGLING TO DISPOSE OF 15 MILLION POUNDS OF EXPLOSIVE PROPELLANT
Tags: us_LA, industrial, discovery, response, explosives, wastes
SUBSTANCE THAT CAUSED HAZMAT SITUATION NOT IDENTIFIED
Tags: us_NC, public, release, injury, sodium_hydroxide
SAFETY EXPERTS SLAM LAX SAFETY PRACTICES AT CDC LABS
Tags: laboratory, follow-up, environmental, unknown_chemical
LAB CREWS AT BACKUS HOSPITAL BRIEFLY EVACUATED BECAUSE OF CHEMICAL REACTION
Tags: us_CT, laboratory, release, response, bleach, methanol, waste
CHEMICAL ODOR SICKENS SEVERAL IN MITCHELL, IL PLANT
Tags: us_IL, industrial, release, injury, unknown_chemical
OFFICIALS MAKE DECISION ON PAULSBORO HIGH SCHOOL OPENING AFTER CHEMICAL LEAK AT PBF REFINERY
Tags: us_NJ, education, follow-up, environmental, carbon_dioxide
OFFICIALS THINK BOARD FOOT FIRE WAS ‰??SPONTANEOUS‰??
Tags: us_KS, public, fire, response, unknown_chemical
CHEMICAL SICKENS 12 AT LOCAL WAREHOUSE HAZMAT TEAM CALLED IN TO IDENTIFY SOURCE OF BREATHING PROBLEMS
Tags: us_IL, industrial, release, response, unknown_chemical
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RAILROAD REOPENS, CHEMICAL SPILL CONTAINED AFTER DERAILMENT
Tags: us_TX, transportation, release, response, flammables
The section of track damaged by a 13-car derailment near Valley Mills on Saturday was scheduled to be reopened Sunday morning, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway spokesman Joe Faust said.
He said a flammable chemical spill from one of the cars had been contained, although crews were still working on the cleanup. The four families evacuated from their homes in a 1,000-foot radius of the accident were allowed to return to their homes Saturday. Early reports had said 10 families had been evacuated.
The 40-car train had been headed from Houston to Illinois when 13 cars left the track and overturned late Saturday afternoon. The cause of the derailment has not been reported.
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10 YEARS LATER, TEXAS CITY EXPLOSION SERVES AS BENCHMARK
Tags: us_TX, industrial, follow-up, death, petroleum
Ten years ago Monday, a hydrocarbon vapor cloud explosion tore through the Texas City oil refinery, killing 15 workers and injuring more than 100 others. Today, those affected have played a role in changing the way safety is viewed in the petroleum industry, an industry brimming with Aggies.
Texas A&M Regent Anthony Buzbee represented 165 clients who were injured in the explosion in cases against British Petroleum, the company that owned the refinery at the time.
‰??I think the industry learned a lot from the explosion,‰?? Buzbee said. ‰??I know from my involvement in other refinery accidents that the BP 2005 explosion has been studied by its competitors and those in the industry in an effort to learn from the disaster.‰??
Buzbee said he has seen change in the industry over the last decade, but said he still has doubts as to whether BP itself learned a lesson. He said BP admitted fault right away, but continued to challenge the severity of the workers‰?? injuries.
He said the explosion can be used as a lesson for all.
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HAZMAT TEAM DEALING WITH METHANOL LEAK AFTER TEXAS TRAIN DERAILMENT ‰?? RT USA
Tags: us_TX, transportation, release, response, methanol
About a dozen cars, several of which had been carrying methanol, have overturned in a train derailment north of Valley Mills, TX. People in the surrounding area have been evacuated by a hazmat team which is dealing with the chemical leak at the scene.
Five of the derailed cars were carrying methanol, Department of Public Safety spokesman Trooper D.L. Wilson said, reported AP. Two of the methanol-hauling tanks have started leaking.
No injuries were reported as a result of the incident but as a precaution, Wilson confirmed, ten homes in the area were evacuated.
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WIKIPEDIA CHEMICAL STRUCTURE EXPLORER: SUBSTRUCTURE AND SIMILARITY SEARCHING OF MOLECULES FROM WIKIPEDIA
Tags: education, discovery, environmental
Wikipedia, the world‰??s largest and most popular encyclopedia is an indispensable source of chemistry information. It contains among others also entries for over 15,000 chemicals including metabolites, drugs, agrochemicals and industrial chemicals. To provide an easy access to this wealth of information we decided to develop a substructure and similarity search tool for chemical structures referenced in Wikipedia. Results We extracted chemical structures from entries in Wikipedia and implemented a web system allowing structure and similarity searching on these data.
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CHEMICAL SPILL CLEANUP UNDERWAY IN VAIL VILLAGE
Tags: us_CO, public, fire, response, antifreeze
VAIL ‰?? Vail fire and work crews quickly corralled a small glycol spill Friday afternoon.
At about 4 p.m. Friday, crews responded to a call reporting a leak in Vail‰??s snowmelt system. A 17-year-old pipe developed a leak on East Meadow Drive near the pedestrian entry to the Vail Village parking garage, across from the Covered Bridge.
Between 250 and 500 gallons of propylene glycol spilled. Fire Chief Mark Novak says an unknown quantity entered a nearby storm drain that empties into Gore Creek.
Crews worked with responders from Vail‰??s public works department to create a containment area. The leak was isolated by 4:30 p.m.
Propylene glycol is a minimally hazardous antifreeze used to prevent the snowmelt system from freezing.
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KRONOS CHEMICAL LEAK PUTS ACID CLOUD OVER VARENNES, QUE.
Tags: Canada, industrial, release, injury, titanium_tetrachloride
Health and security officials have stopped the leak of titanium tetrachloride at the Kronos chemical plant in Varennes, just outside of Montreal.
Kronos produces pigments and chemicals at its Varennes, Que., facility. (Radio-Canada)
Varennes fire Chief Alain Pharland said employees inside the plant have diverted the contents of a leaking reservoir to another container.
Officials first learned of the leak at 10:15 a.m. ET on Saturday.
Homes within 400 metres of the plant on Marie-Victorin Road have been evacuated, and a confinement order is in effect for people living between C̫te Bissonnette Road and Mont̩e de la Baronnie.
5 people being treated
Five people were being treated for injuries after the leak.
Three of the five were workers at a nearby factory and have been transported to the Pierre-Boucher Hospital for treatment. Their condition is unknown.
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N.H. MAN KILLED IN FIRE WAS SMOKING, USING OXYGEN
Tags: us_NH, public, fire, death, oxygen
March 21--A 59-year-old man who died in a one-alarm fire Thursday night at a Depot Pond Road residence had been smoking while using oxygen, according to the New Hampshire State Fire Marshal's Office.
The cause and manner of death of Anthony Disciscio is pending laboratory test results being conducted by the state Medical Examiner's Office, according to District Chief Stacey Dubois of the Fire Marshal's Office.
The fire at 23 Depot Pond Road was reported just after 9 p.m. by a neighbor who heard the smoke alarm and reported that a person was inside.
Firefighters extinguished the blaze, which was in the kitchen, in about 20 minutes.
Disciscio died in the blaze. His body was found on the kitchen floor, officials said.
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HAZARDOUS MATERIAL UNLOADED AT GUELPH WASTE RESOURCE CENTRE
Tags: Canada, industrial, release, response, ethanol, waste
GUELPH ‰?? At about 8 a.m. Friday morning eight, 18-litre pails of ethanol were unloaded at the transfer station of the Waste Resource Innovation Centre on Dunlop Street in Guelph.
It is believed that the party responsible was an industrial, commercial, institutional (ICI) user of the product. The ethanol was inside plastic containers that were then placed in garbage bags.
"That is not a substance that we are allowed to receive, but it allegedly came in sealed black garbage bags," said Dean Wyman, general manger of solid waste resources for the city. "Six of them spilled open, and two of them remained intact. When it spilled open it caused fumes."
Guelph Fire Services responded with a hazmat team because the substance causing the fumes was unknown at the time, Wyman said. The Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change was also alerted.
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HAZARDOUS WORK TAKES TOLL ON LATINOS
Tags: us_TX, industrial, discovery, environmental
In 2004, Katherine Rodriguez's father, Ray Gonzalez, was performing maintenance with two other workers on a super-heated water line at the BP refinery in Texas City. As work continued, the pipe burst, spraying and scalding him with 500-degree water. He survived numerous operations over several weeks until his body eventually failed and he had to be taken off life support at the age of 54.
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FRACKING: US TIGHTENS RULES FOR CHEMICAL DISCLOSURE
Tags: industrial, discovery, environmental
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration said Friday it is requiring companies that drill for oil and natural gas on federal lands to disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations, a controversial drilling technique that has sparked an ongoing boom in natural gas production across the country.
A rule to take effect in June also updates requirements for well construction and disposal of water and other fluids used in fracking, as the drilling method is more commonly known.
The rule has been under consideration for more than three years, drawing criticism from the oil and gas industry and environmental groups alike. The industry fears federal regulation could duplicate efforts by states and hinder the drilling boom, while some environmental groups worry that lenient rules could allow unsafe drilling techniques to pollute groundwater.
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FIRE EXTINGUISHER FACTORY DESTROYED IN MASSIVE BLAZE
Tags: us_IL, industrial, fire, response, fire_extinguisher
A Chicago factory that makes chemicals for use in fire extinguishers was destroyed in a massive blaze Thursday night.
The extra-alarm fire broke out in the Archer Heights section of the city just after 9 p.m. at the industrial building on W. 38th Street, according to MyFoxChicago.com.
Within 30 minutes, the building, which housed several businesses in addition to the chemical factory, was completely engulfed in flames.
More than 150 firefighters responded to the scene and it took them nearly three hours to extinguish the fire. The crews had difficulty getting enough water to the building because of a lack of hydrants and had to perform an "inline operation," in which six trucks were spaced out over a mile and connected by hoses to pipe water, the Chicago Tribune reported.
High flames from the blaze could be spotted from miles away and thick black smoke choked a nearby highway.
The fire caused the roof to collapse and the building was damaged beyond repair. No one was injured and authorities are investigating the cause of the blaze.
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CDC COMMITMENT TO SAFETY 'INCONSISTENT AND INSUFFICIENT,' REPORT FINDS
Tags: laboratory, follow-up, response
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the federal agency dealing with Ebola, anthrax, measles, avian flu, and other issues involving public health, has come under fire for what a panel of experts says are inadequate lab safety practices and procedures.
The independent panel was named last year after a series of safety lapses at CDC facilities, including the accidental exposure of 80 unprotected workers to pathogenic anthrax at CDC's Bioterrorism Rapid Response and Advanced Technology lab in June.
"Leadership commitment toward safety has been inconsistent and insufficient at multiple levels," the report states. "Safety, including lab safety, is viewed by many as something separate from and outside the primary missions of public health and research. Safety is not integrated into strategic planning and is not currently part of the CDC culture, enterprise-wide.‰??
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WHY ‰??HYPOALLERGENIC‰?? ISN‰??T A THING (VIDEO)
Tags: industrial, discovery, environmental
WASHINGTON, March 19, 2015 ‰?? It‰??s a simple claim made on thousands of personal care products for adults and kids: hypoallergenic. But what does that actually mean? Turns out, it can mean whatever manufacturers want it to mean, and that can leave you feeling itchy. Speaking of Chemistry is back this week with Sophia Cai explaining why ‰??hypoallergenic‰?? isn‰??t really a thing. Check it out here: http://youtu.be/lXh8bnqMOZs">http://youtu.be/lXh8bnqMOZs.
Youtube ID: lXh8bnqMOZs
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ST. PAUL FIREFIGHTERS SUFFERED CHEMICAL BURNS IN WASTEWATER PLANT BLAZE
Tags: us_MN, public, follow-up, injury, water_treatment
Three St. Paul firefighters who responded to last week's blaze at the Metropolitan Wastewater Treatment Plant suffered chemical burns that were serious enough to keep them away from work, and their injuries led to discussion Friday between the fire department and firefighters union about what happened.
The fire occurred March 10 in one building at the large complex on the Mississippi River southeast of downtown St. Paul.
Later that day, eight firefighters reported symptoms apparently associated with the fire, Fire Chief Tim Butler said Friday. They went to the emergency room to be checked out, and three were found to have more serious burns while one had a minor rash, said Jeramiah Melquist, treasurer of the St. Paul International Association of Fire Fighters Local 21.
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COLFAX MOBILE HOME FIRE, CHEMICAL TANK FEARS PROMPT EVACUATIONS
Tags: us_CA, transportation, fire, response, chlorine, diesel, propane
A small structure fire threatened residents in a rural neighborhood in Colfax.
CalFire got a call about 12:30 p.m. about a fire on the 1300 block of Robbers Ravine Road. Fire fighters arrived on scene to a parked moving truck in the back of the property engulfed in flames.
They also immediately noticed several tanks of vegetable oil, chlorine, diesel, gas, and propane around the moving truck.
After the Hazmat team assessed the area, fire fighters continued to suppress the flames.
In the meantime, authorities evacuated 1/4 miles radius from the fire to ensure safety of the residents. This included 21 homes and 10 families.
Hazmat cleared the scene at around 2:30 p.m., and residents were told they could return to their homes.
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LOUISIANA IS STRUGGLING TO DISPOSE OF 15 MILLION POUNDS OF EXPLOSIVE PROPELLANT
Tags: us_LA, industrial, discovery, response, explosives, wastes
The largest stockpile of M6 artillery propellent in the country is sitting abandoned at an old military facility in Louisiana. The New York Times reports that the discarded propellent is slowly deteriorating, posing a potentially explosive problem to the facility's neighbors.
The solid propellent, an incredibly hazardous material, was accumulated by a now bankrupt military contractor named (appropriately) Explo. The company amassed over 15 million pounds of the explosive over the years, storing it in bunkers and open fields at Camp Minden. As the stockpile aged, it became too unstable to use.
Worried about an explosion, the EPA is trying to get rid of the propellent, which is expected to become an even greater risk after August of this year as it continues to destabilize. The typical way to get rid of M6 propellant is to burn it, but that would release harmful chemicals into the air, and given the huge amount of the stockpile (the EPA estimates it would take over a year to burn the entire thing), the people who live near the Camp aren't too thrilled with that solution.
Just this week, the EPA issued a memo approving six other methods as possible alternatives to burning in the open, including burning it in contained situations, like a kiln or tunnel furnace, using a microwave reactor, or using chemical reactions to neutralize the explosives. The EPA and the Louisiana National Guard are accepting bids from companies ready to use those methods to get rid of the propellents. They hope to make a decision as soon as possible.
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SUBSTANCE THAT CAUSED HAZMAT SITUATION NOT IDENTIFIED
Tags: us_NC, public, release, injury, sodium_hydroxide
MATTHEWS, N.C. ‰?? Investigators haven‰??t said if they‰??ve been able to identify a substance a woman said she was exposed to while inside a home in Indian Trail.
Police, fire and hazmat were called to Novant‰??s Matthews Medical Center in Matthews Thursday after the woman went to the emergency room and complained her eyes and skin were burning. Investigators said shortly after, two nurses who were treating the woman also developed similar symptoms. All three people were decontaminated.
IMAGES: Crews respond to hazmat situation at Novant Health in Matthews
The woman, who identified herself as a private inspector for a mortgage company, told investigators she was inside a house on Bridle Trail when she came in contact with the white powdery substance. The house is vacant and owned by a bank.
Police, fire and hazmat responded to the house. Investigators said they originally thought the substance was lye, a strongly alkaline solution used for washing or cleansing. Crews left after determining there was no threat to the public and a private hazmat team was called in to do further testing and cleaning.
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SAFETY EXPERTS SLAM LAX SAFETY PRACTICES AT CDC LABS
Tags: laboratory, follow-up, environmental, unknown_chemical
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which recently had lab mishaps involving some of the world's most dangerous pathogens, does "inadequate" training, lacks leadership commitment toward safety and has a significant percentage of staff who are afraid to report accidents, according to the agency's own safety advisers.
"We are very concerned that the CDC is on the way to losing credibility," wrote the group of external biosafety experts, appointed by the agency as advisers in the wake of high-profile accidents with anthrax and bird flu last year. "The CDC must not see itself as 'special'. The internal controls and rules that the rest of the world works under also apply to CDC."
The CDC quietly posted the experts' report on its website this week. It is dated Jan. 13 ‰?? six months after CDC Director Tom Frieden testified before Congress that he'd taken significant steps to address safety issues. The Atlanta-based agency's high-security labs do wide-ranging public health experiments, including work with the Ebola virus to help combat the ongoing outbreaks in Africa, studies of deadly strains of influenza to help make better vaccines and examinations of anthrax to create better detection methods for bioterror agents.
"CDC concurs with these recommendations, has made progress towards implementing them, and will soon report on that progress," according to text posted with the report on the webpage.
"It's critical that we continue to solicit feedback on how we can improve our operations, especially functions as critical as lab safety," CDC's chief operating officer Sherri Berger, said Wednesday, noting that many actions are already underway to address the committee's recommendations.
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LAB CREWS AT BACKUS HOSPITAL BRIEFLY EVACUATED BECAUSE OF CHEMICAL REACTION
Tags: us_CT, laboratory, release, response, bleach, methanol, waste
Norwich ‰?? Employees in a lab at The William W. Backus Hospital were briefly evacuated Thursday as fire crews responded to reports of bleach mixing with methanol and causing a chemical reaction.
Yantic Fire Chief Frank Blanchard said firefighters contained the mixed chemicals and packed them into a sealed drum. The drum was removed from the hospital for disposal by a contractor.
Hospital spokesman Shawn Mawhiney said there were no injuries and no impact on patients. The first-floor laboratory is not in a patient care area, he said. Employees were evacuated out of their work space and into other parts of the building, he said.
Employees were let back in about an hour later.
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CHEMICAL ODOR SICKENS SEVERAL IN MITCHELL, IL PLANT
Tags: us_IL, industrial, release, injury, unknown_chemical
MADISON COUNTY, IL (KTVI) ‰?? Hazmat crews are working in a chemical spill in Mitchell, Illinois. The incident occurred the Menasha Packaging Company. There are several patients being treated.
Assistant Chief Chris Modrusic of the Pontoon Beach Police department says that they are not sure what caused people to get sick. He thinks it could be from exhaust from a truck unloading pallets at the plant. The truck was carrying a load of laminate paper that was just printed. The ink had not been cured and was emitting a smell similar to ether. The truck is currently being inspected.
Three people were taken to the hospital. Two were taken to Gateway, one to Anderson. Five people refused treatment. Most patients were treated for asthma-like symptoms. Two had seizures. One of those people has a prior history of seizures.
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OFFICIALS MAKE DECISION ON PAULSBORO HIGH SCHOOL OPENING AFTER CHEMICAL LEAK AT PBF REFINERY
Tags: us_NJ, education, follow-up, environmental, carbon_dioxide
PAULSBORO -- Following Wednesday's chemical leak at the nearby PBF Refinery, Paulsboro High School will open for school at its regularly scheduled time on Thursday, fire Chief Alfonso Giampola said.
The chief said he, county HAZMAT crews, state Department of Environmental Protection and Environmental Protection Agency workers along with with refinery officials came to a consensus that that parts per million (ppm) readings at the school were at acceptable levels.
Readings on Wednesday showed 3 to 5 ppm readings on the 2nd and 3rd floor of the junior high school wing, which were "concerning levels," Giampola said.
Ventilation systems were run during the overnight hours to help clear out any remaining fumes inside the building, Giampola said, and nothing else of concern was found throughout the school.
Readings early Thursday had taken a sharp drop to around .03 to .05, Giampola said, adding that something as small a banana peel in a trash can will give you a reading due to the carbon dioxide coming off it.
Mark Wilgus, a spokesman for PBF Refinery, said the facility is planning for normal operations on Thursday, Tests were also done at the Billingsport and Loudenslager elementary schools, where test levels were "void of any readings," Wilgus said.
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OFFICIALS THINK BOARD FOOT FIRE WAS ‰??SPONTANEOUS‰??
Tags: us_KS, public, fire, response, unknown_chemical
A pile of chemical-soaked rags spontaneously combusted, causing a fire on the inside of a hardware shop on Main Street early Thursday morning, Hutchinson Fire Chief Kim Forbes said.
Hutchinson Fire Department Blue Crew, led by Battalion Chief Darin Gehring, responded to The Board Foot Hardwood and Hardware, 921 S. Main St., at 3:03 a.m. Thursday. Forbes said firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke bellowing from the rear of the business, but there were no visible flames.
Firefighters forced their way in through an overhead garage door, but Forbes said the cloud of dark smoke limited visibility. Firefighters then found a fire towards the middle of the building.
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CHEMICAL SICKENS 12 AT LOCAL WAREHOUSE HAZMAT TEAM CALLED IN TO IDENTIFY SOURCE OF BREATHING PROBLEMS
Tags: us_IL, industrial, release, response, unknown_chemical
EDWARDSVILLE ‰?? A chemical sprayed on some mechanical parts in the back of a tractor trailer caused 12 people to require EMS services at an Edwardsville warehouse Thursday.
The Mitchell Fire Department was called to Menasha Packaging, 9 E. Gateway Commerce Center Drive in Edwardsville, at 9:17 a.m. Thursday for an individual having trouble breathing. Before a crew could be dispatched, though, Mitchell Fire Chief Eddie Lee said the warehouse called back and requested a pumper truck come out for a HAZMAT incident.
The respiratory issue was believed to have something to do with a skid unit unloaded at the warehouse shortly before the incident, but it was actually a chemical sprayed on some mechanical parts being transported in the same trailer that caused the issues, Lee said.
‰??They thought it was coming from that skid, but it was coming from another product which was in the truck,‰?? Lee said. ‰??The Madison County HAZMAT Team boarded the truck and determined that it was a chemical that they sprayed on some parts that they were transporting.‰??
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