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Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at 7:55:30 AM
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Table of Contents (9 articles)
TOXIC CHLORINE GAS LEAK IN JEFFERSON COUNTY
Tags: us_OH, public, release, response, chlorine
WRECK CAUSES TRACTOR TRAILER TO LEAK JET FUEL, CLOSES MULTIPLE ROADS
Tags: us_TX, transportation, release, injury, jet_fuel
GRAIN ELEVATOR FIRE IN MICHIGAN CAUSES HAZMAT SITUATION
Tags: us_MI, industrial, fire, response, pesticides
MASSIVE FIRE AT GODOWN IN DELHI‰??S MALVIYA NAGAR, BLAZE SPREADS TO SCHOOL AND GYM
Tags: India, industrial, fire, response, unknown_chemical
MUNITIONS FACTORY FIRE KILLS 2, INJURES 5
Tags: Republic_of_Korea, industrial, explosion, death, fireworks
LOWE'S TO PHASE OUT PAINT STRIPPING CHEMICAL BELIEVED TO CAUSE LOWCOUNTRY MAN'S DEATH
Tags: us_SC, public, discovery, environmental, methylene_chloride
25 EMPLOYEES TREATED FOR CHEMICAL EXPOSURE ON NE SIDE
Tags: us_TX, industrial, release, injury, unknown_chemical
SHELTER-IN-PLACE ORDER LIFTED AFTER MASSIVE HOUSTON WAREHOUSE...
Tags: us_TX, industrial, fire, response, unknown_chemical
SUPERIOR, WIS., RESIDENTS UNSETTLED A MONTH AFTER REFINERY EXPLOSION, FIRE
Tags: us_WI, industrial, follow-up, environmental, petroleum
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TOXIC CHLORINE GAS LEAK IN JEFFERSON COUNTY
http://wtov9.com/news/local/toxic-chlorine-gas-leak-in-jefferson-county
Tags: us_OH, public, release, response, chlorine
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ohio ‰?? A toxic chlorine gas leak happened Tuesday morning along Bantam Ridge Road in Wintersville. The hazmat team quickly got the situation under control.
According to the Jefferson County 911 Director Rob Herrington, one of the tank's alarms sounded when employees were working to change them out at the water and sewage plant.
This called for immediate evacuation of the area for the employee's safety.
The county hazmat team went in and took care of the situation by shutting off the tank.
The area near Evergreen Terrace Road is blocked off but the situation is completely under control now.
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WRECK CAUSES TRACTOR TRAILER TO LEAK JET FUEL, CLOSES MULTIPLE ROADS
http://www.kwtx.com/content/news/Wreck-causes-tractor-trailer-to-leak-jet-fuel-closes-multiple-roads---483962151.html
Tags: us_TX, transportation, release, injury, jet_fuel
A collision between a tractor trailer and a car Tuesday left two injured and caused the big rig to leak jet fuel.
The crash occurred just after 10:45 a.m. near the intersection of South 2nd Street and West Hallmark Avenue in Killeen.
Killeen police said the two people in the car were taken to Metroplex Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The department‰??s Hazmat team responded to the crash and closed several area streets including, Hallmark Avenue around 2nd Street and Florence Road south of Hallmark.
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GRAIN ELEVATOR FIRE IN MICHIGAN CAUSES HAZMAT SITUATION
http://www.powderbulksolids.com/news/Grain-Elevator-Fire-in-Michigan-Causes-HazMat-Situation-05-29-2018
Tags: us_MI, industrial, fire, response, pesticides
Crews from several area fire departments responded to a fire at a Fowlerville, MI grain elevator this Memorial Day and ordered residents near the facility to evacuate their homes due to hazardous materials (HazMat) present at the site, several local news organizations reported.
Arriving at the Fowlerville Farm Services elevator at about 2 p.m., firefighters declared a HazMat situation when it was determined the facility had pesticides present. A storage building was destroyed in the fire, along with a cart inside the structure.
‰??The building is gone, the cart is destroyed‰?|an adjacent grain dryer [was] very heavily damaged, probably destroyed,‰?? Fowlerville Area Fire Department Deputy Chief Robert Feig told Lansing, MI-based Fox News affiliate WSYM.
Residents were allowed to return to their homes within an hour and the fire was under control by 3:15 p.m., Fowlerville Fire Chief John Wright said in coverage by the Livingston County Daily Press & Argus.
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MASSIVE FIRE AT GODOWN IN DELHI‰??S MALVIYA NAGAR, BLAZE SPREADS TO SCHOOL AND GYM
https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/fire-at-rubber-factory-in-delhi-s-malviya-nagar/story-pfzZLkiw3o0PDn6Kyygm1N.html
Tags: India, industrial, fire, response, unknown_chemical
A massive blaze broke out at a godown in south Delhi‰??s Malviya Nagar on Tuesday evening, the latest in a series of factory fires this year.
No casualty was reported but chief fire officer of the Delhi fire services, Atul Garg, fell unconscious during the firefighting operations. The fire also partially engulfed a school building and a gymnasium, fire officials said.
Fire officers said fire was of the ‰??highest magnitude‰?? this season. Plastic and raw material stored at the factory fuelled the fire.
Delhi Police personnel, Delhi Disaster Management Authority staff and firefighters reached the spot. At least 35 fire tenders were rushed to the spot to contain the blaze. Aam Aadmi Party legislator Somnath Bharti also visited the spot.
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MUNITIONS FACTORY FIRE KILLS 2, INJURES 5
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud 180529000940
Tags: Republic_of_Korea, industrial, explosion, death, fireworks
An explosion at a munitions factory sparked a fire that killed at least two people and injured five others.
The accident happened at the Hanwha factory in the central city of Daejeon at 4:17 p.m.
Two workers were killed, and five others were taken to a hospital, three of them seriously injured with burns all over their bodies and the two others with burns to their hands and faces, according to company officials and firefighters.
A total of 29 fire trucks and 55 firefighters were mobilized to put out the fire.
The impact from the explosion also damaged a door and a wall of the building, they added.
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LOWE'S TO PHASE OUT PAINT STRIPPING CHEMICAL BELIEVED TO CAUSE LOWCOUNTRY MAN'S DEATH
http://www.counton2.com/news/national-news/lowes-to-phase-out-paint-stripping-chemical-believed-to-cause-lowcountry-man-s-death/1205937942
Tags: us_SC, public, discovery, environmental, methylene_chloride
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCBD) ‰?? A home improvement store announced it will phase out a paint stripping chemical, believed to cause the death of a Lowcountry man in 2017, by the end of 2018.
Lowe‰??s announced on Tuesday, May 29, it will phase out paint removal products with the chemicals methylene chloride and NMP from its global product selection by the end of the year.
‰??We care deeply about the health and safety of our customers, and great progress is being made in the development of safer and more effective alternatives,‰?? said Mike McDermott, Lowe‰??s chief customer officer. ‰??As a home improvement leader, we recognize the need for viable paint removal products and remain committed to working closely with suppliers to further innovate in this category.‰??
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25 EMPLOYEES TREATED FOR CHEMICAL EXPOSURE ON NE SIDE
https://www.ksat.com/news/at-least-three-people-exposed-to-chemical-on-ne-side
Tags: us_TX, industrial, release, injury, unknown_chemical
SAN ANTONIO - A chemical exposure incident at an industrial building Monday morning on the city's Northeast Side left 25 employees in need of medical attention.
San Antonio Fire Department spokesman Woody Woodward said employees were treated for nausea and headaches and didn't require hospitalization.
Woodward said 12 people were treated at the Texas Med Clinic in the 7400 block of Interstate 35 and 13 others were treated at the business, Industrial Container Services, in the 6900 block of Northeast Loop 410. The business cleans industrial containers.
Woodward said some chemicals were mixed, but officials don't "know exactly what happened."
He said the building "is secure and safe" and there isn't a danger to the public.
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SHELTER-IN-PLACE ORDER LIFTED AFTER MASSIVE HOUSTON WAREHOUSE...
https://www.click2houston.com/news/smoke-rises-from-large-fire-in-southern-houston
Tags: us_TX, industrial, fire, response, unknown_chemical
HOUSTON - A shelter-in-place order that was issued Monday for people within a 1-mile radius of a massive fire at a warehouse in southern Houston has been lifted.
The four-alarm fire was reported about 6:30 a.m. at a business called National Container Group at 13131 Almeda Road, near Almeda-Genoa Road.
Nearly 150 firefighters battled the warehouse fire.
The firm cleans chemical containers for reuse.
The square containers and other plastic drums come to the facility empty by industry standards, according to Houston Fire Chief Sam Pena, but there are some residual chemicals that remain inside before they're cleaned and recycled.
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SUPERIOR, WIS., RESIDENTS UNSETTLED A MONTH AFTER REFINERY EXPLOSION, FIRE
http://www.startribune.com/superior-wis-residents-unsettled-a-month-after-refinery-explosion-and-fire/483897081/
Tags: us_WI, industrial, follow-up, environmental, petroleum
SUPERIOR, WIS. ‰?? It‰??s usually the summer practice of Mary McConnell to donate some of her vegetable crops to neighbors or sell a portion at the local farmers market to pay for gardening supplies.
This year, after an explosion and fire at the Husky Energy oil refinery north of her house, she‰??s nervous that toxic fallout from the fire contaminated the soil she‰??s carefully tended for years at the homestead she shares with her husband.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the city of Superior have said there‰??s no pollution threat, but McConnell said she could smell the fire that day, saw a plume of oily, black smoke billowing in the sky above her home, and has heard warnings from a local chemistry professor not to plant crops this year.
‰??It‰??s very confusing for the people here who are really, really worried,‰?? she said.
A month after the April 26 explosion and fire, locals are getting back to their lives, but with new questions about the accident and its aftermath.
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