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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Chemical Safety headlines from Google (5 articles)
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 07:04:16 -0500
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Chemical Safety Headlines From Google
Friday, November 20, 2015 at 7:03:58 AM
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Table of Contents (5 articles)
POLICE RESPONDED TO SMALL LAB EXPLOSION AT WESTERVILLE CENTRAL
Tags: us_OH, laboratory, explosion, injury, unknown_chemical
2-ALARM FIRE BURNS WOODLAND AUTO BUSINESS
Tags: us_WA, public, fire, injury, other_chemical, solvent
BLAST & FIRE REPORTED AT CHEMICAL FACTORY IN CHINA‰??S LIAONING PROVINCE ‰?? RT NEWS
Tags: China, industrial, explosion, response, unknown_chemical
HAZMAT CREWS CLEANING CHEMICAL SPILL ON COQUIHALLA HIGHWAY
Tags: Canada, transportation, release, response, sodium_hydroxide
FRACKING CHEMICALS LED TO LEETSDALE WAREHOUSE FIRE, EVACUATIONS; 4 HURT
Tags: us_PA, industrial, fire, response, other_chemical, oxidizer
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POLICE RESPONDED TO SMALL LAB EXPLOSION AT WESTERVILLE CENTRAL
Tags: us_OH, laboratory, explosion, injury, unknown_chemical
WESTERVILLE ‰?? Police responded to the report of a small explosion in a lab at Westerville Central High School.
Genoa Township police tell ABC 6 that the small explosion damaged property, the hood the students were working under in the lab.
Authorities tell ABC 6 that students were working on an experiment in a science lab classroom and there was a "chemical reaction" with a lot of smoke.
The scene was quickly contained.
ABC 6 reporter Mike Kilburn reports debris was across the room, and one of the Genoa Township police officers confirms it was an explosion.
Police tell ABC 6/FOX 28 that three students required minor on-site first aid.
Their parents were notified and they are back in class, according to Greg Viebranz.
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2-ALARM FIRE BURNS WOODLAND AUTO BUSINESS
Tags: us_WA, public, fire, injury, other_chemical, solvent
WOODLAND, Wash. ‰?? A two alarm fire at an automobile sales and repair business gutted the repair shop, and destroyed at least a dozen vehicles.
The fire at I & P Auto on Old Pacific Highway was called-in shortly after 3:30 a.m. About 50 firefighters from Woodland, Clark County Fire and Rescue and Vancouver kept the fire from spreading.
Solvents and other chemical solutions fed the fire and added to the challenge for fire crews, according to a battalion chief on scene, who added that no firefighters were hurt.
No damage amount was available Tuesday morning, as investigators tried to determine a cause for the blaze.
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BLAST & FIRE REPORTED AT CHEMICAL FACTORY IN CHINA‰??S LIAONING PROVINCE ‰?? RT NEWS
Tags: China, industrial, explosion, response, unknown_chemical
An explosion has been reported at a chemical factory in Fushun, Liaoning province, in northeast China. The cause of the blast is under investigation, CCTV reported.
The explosion caused a fire at the site, the factory's website said, as cited by TASS news agency.
Firefighters quickly arrived at the scene and the situation is reportedly under control.
No casualties have been reported.
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HAZMAT CREWS CLEANING CHEMICAL SPILL ON COQUIHALLA HIGHWAY
Tags: Canada, transportation, release, response, sodium_hydroxide
The Interior Health Authority (IHA) has confirmed the sodium hydroxide that spilled yesterday when a tractor trailer crashed on the Coquihalla Highway around Larson Hill has leaked into the Coldwater River.
IHA spokesperson Michaela Swan told the Herald the IHA and Ministry of Environment have been monitoring the situation, and the initial findings are that the risk to human health from this spill is low.
The Coquihalla Highway was closed in both directions on Monday following the accident.
A lane closure is still in effect for northbound traffic as hazmat crews are still on scene today (Nov.17) cleaning up a spill of the chemical from the crash.
The incident occurred in the northbound lane, but the resulting debris ended up blocking the Coquihalla Highway southbound as well.
‰??The truck itself completely blocked the road. There was nowhere to go,‰?? RCMP Cpl. Doug Hardy told the Herald.
He said the accident involved a single vehicle B-train style truck carry two bladders of the chemical, and resulted in minor injuries to the driver.
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FRACKING CHEMICALS LED TO LEETSDALE WAREHOUSE FIRE, EVACUATIONS; 4 HURT
Tags: us_PA, industrial, fire, response, other_chemical, oxidizer
LEETSDALE, Pa. ‰??A fire at the Leetsdale Industrial Park that reached three alarms and prompted a hazmat response and local evacuations Tuesday morning is now being reported as mostly under control.
"We were working with a chemical, an oxidizer, that had an adverse reaction," said plant manager Ed Michalowski. "We don't know the full details of it yet. We're still doing some investigation."
The fire just northwest of Pittsburgh was reported shortly after 10 a.m. Flames shot from the roof, and dark gray smoke could be seen for miles. The mobile unit from Allegheny County Emergency Services responded, along with a hazmat team.
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