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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Chemical Safety headlines (8 articles)
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2018 07:00:43 -0600
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Chemical Safety Headlines From Google
Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at 7:00:32 AM
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Table of Contents (8 articles)
FUEL TANKER AT CLEVELAND AIRPORT SPILLS 5,500 GALLONS OF JET FUEL
Tags: us_oh, industral, release, response, jet_fuel
STUDENTS AND STAFF AT CENTENNIAL PUBLIC SCHOOL SAFE AFTER REPORTED CHLORINE LEAK
Tags: canada, education, release, response, chlorine
MAN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH DOWNTOWN BREMERTON EXPLOSION
Tags: us_wa, public, explosion, follow-up, unknown_chemical
SIOUX FALLS ACID SPILL ON PURPOSE
Tags: us_SD, public, release, response, hcl
UF STUDENT INJURED WITH MINOR CHEMICAL BURNS AFTER SPILL IN SCIENCE BUILDING
Tags: us_FL, laboratory, release, injury, unknown_chemical
EMPLOYEE SUFFERS BURNS AFTER EXPLOSION AT PANDA EXPRESS
Tags: us_HI, public, explosion, injury, natural_gas
BIRD E-SCOOTER EXPLODES IN MESA APARTMENT AS IT WAS BEING CHARGED
Tags: us_AZ, public, explosion, response, batteries
CHEMICAL BLAST AT THANE FACTORY SPURS PANIC
Tags: India, industrial, explosion, response, solvent
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FUEL TANKER AT CLEVELAND AIRPORT SPILLS 5,500 GALLONS OF JET FUEL
https://www.foxnews.com/travel/fuel-tanker-at-cleveland-airport-spills-5g-gallons-of-jet-fuel
Tags: us_oh, industral, release, response, jet_fuel
Representatives for the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport say no one was injured ‰?? and no schedules were impacted ‰?? after a fuel tanker spilled what was reported to be thousands of gallons of fuel near an airport hangar on Tuesday morning.
The Cleveland Fire Department responded to calls of a fuel spill shortly after 5:30 a.m., Fox 8 Cleveland reported. The leak had been stopped by shortly after 6 a.m., the department confirmed on Twitter.
Cleveland Fire had initially reported that 10,000 gallons of fuel were spilled on the tarmac, but later clarified that only about 5,500 gallons were lost.
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STUDENTS AND STAFF AT CENTENNIAL PUBLIC SCHOOL SAFE AFTER REPORTED CHLORINE LEAK
https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/students-and-staff-at-centennial-public-school-safe-after-reported-chlorine-leak-1.4165268
Tags: canada, education, release, response, chlorine
Ottawa Fire says hazmat teams are managing the scene of a reported chlorine leak at Centennial Public School on Gloucester St..
The school says chlorine fumes were detected shortly after 9:00 a.m. Tuesday and students and staff evacuated to the nearby Bronson centre.
School officials say they will not be able to return to classes Tuesday. Students are being sent home. Parents can pick up their kids at the Bronson Centre.
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MAN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH DOWNTOWN BREMERTON EXPLOSION
https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/local/code-911/2018/11/05/man-arrested-connection-downtown-bremerton-explosion/1893727002/
Tags: us_wa, public, explosion, follow-up, unknown_chemical
Police have arrested a 33-year-old man in connection with an "explosive device" that went off in downtown Bremerton on Oct. 31.
Bremerton police arrested the man on suspicion of "malicious explosion of a substance" and reckless endangerment, according to a Kitsap County courthouse notice. He is being held on $50,000 bail.
At about 1:45 p.m. Oct. 31, Bremerton police were called to an alleyway between Fifth and Sixth streets after reports of an explosion. No one was injured.
Washington State Patrol's Bomb Squad and the FBI were assisting BPD with the investigation. Police said last week that the final determination of the type of explosive would be determined by a laboratory, but reported evidence was consistent with "low explosive powder."
Part of the device dented an unoccupied vehicle nearby; other parts of the device traveled more than 100 feet and landed on a sidewalk on Sixth Street. The explosion set off car alarms and appeared to leave a mark on the pavement. Police reported it also caused a two-inch by two-inch chip in a nearby wall.
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SIOUX FALLS ACID SPILL ON PURPOSE
https://kelo.com/news/articles/2018/nov/05/sioux-falls-acid-spill-on-purpose/
Tags: us_SD, public, release, response, hcl
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Dangerous hydrocholric acid was spilled - on purpose - on the floor of the Harvester Building on East Sixth in Sioux Falls.
Police Spokesman Sam Clemens says it was definitely intentional.
Firefighters in Hazmat suits had to clean it up.
No one was hurt.
Police are trying to find out who did it.
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UF STUDENT INJURED WITH MINOR CHEMICAL BURNS AFTER SPILL IN SCIENCE BUILDING
https://www.alligator.org/news/uf-student-injured-with-minor-chemical-burns-after-spill-in/article_5e68c6de-e154-11e8-89c6-2b1d4ebd1213.html
Tags: us_FL, laboratory, release, injury, unknown_chemical
A UF student got minor chemical burns after a chemical spill in a UF science building Monday afternoon.
The student was handling chemicals under a fume hood, a ventilation device that limits exposure to toxic gas, at the Biomedical Sciences Building, at 1275 Center Drive, when some of the chemicals spilled, said Gainesville Fire Rescue District Chief Joseph Shawn Hillhouse.
The student was taken to a hospital, and he is being treated for chemical burns, Hillhouse said. There were no other injuries.
University Police does not have any further information on the student‰??s condition other than his minor injuries, said Sgt. Tim Peck.
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EMPLOYEE SUFFERS BURNS AFTER EXPLOSION AT PANDA EXPRESS
http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2018/11/05/hawaii-news/employee-suffers-burns-after-explosion-at-panda-express/
Tags: us_HI, public, explosion, injury, natural_gas
KAILUA-KONA ‰?? A Panda Express employee was taken to the hospital for burn injuries after a suspected gas explosion around lunchtime Monday at Kona Commons.
Several businesses in the Kona Commons area were evacuated because of the explosion. Employees and business patrons were waiting in the parking lot as they watched personnel from the Hawaii Fire and Hawaii Police departments respond to the scene.
Police arrived on scene at 11:38 a.m. Fire crews were already on scene. Officer Travis Bumgardner said an employee told responders she smelled gas after a rice cooker dropped on the floor in the restaurant‰??s kitchen area. When she bent down to pick it up, the explosion occurred, burning her hands and arms.
She was taken to Kona Community Hospital for treatment. Hawaii Fire Department Battalion Chief John Whitman said a second person was also injured and treated.
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BIRD E-SCOOTER EXPLODES IN MESA APARTMENT AS IT WAS BEING CHARGED
http://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/arizona-news/bird-e-scooter-explodes-in-mesa-apartment-as-it-was-being-charged
Tags: us_AZ, public, explosion, response, batteries
MESA, Ariz. (KSAZ) -- A woman who was charging a Bird e-scooter said the scooter exploded in a Mesa apartment over the weekend.
People may have seen the popular rental scooters around the Valley, and Brittany Harb said she charges the scooters to make extra money to pay for college, and to pay for her upcoming wedding. Harb said she never thought her side job would end up like this.
Harb said the incident happened at around 7:00 a.m., and Mesa Fire officials said it happened on November 4th. The e-scooter can be seen, still smoldering, after he was brought outside of the apartment.
"There was a big bang," said Harb. "I thought something had just fallen over, so I didn't get up immediately. I did walk out about 10 minutes later, and walked out to a smoke-filled apartment."
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CHEMICAL BLAST AT THANE FACTORY SPURS PANIC
https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-chemical-blast-at-thane-factory-spurs-panic-2683115
Tags: India, industrial, explosion, response, solvent
A chemical blast occured in an Ambernath factory in Morivali, MIDC area, on November 5 at around 2pm. There were 13 workers in the factory who were rescued and there were no injuries. As per the Thane district disaster management cell, the fire took place at around 2pm. "There was a blast in the reactor of Persia chemical company," says the official on conditions of anonymity. "Eight fire brigade vehicles from Ambernath municipal council, Ulhasnagar and Kalyan Dombivli reached the spot and the fire has been brought under control," he added.
There were 13 workers inside the company who quickly rushed out and were saved. As the chemical company is near the railway track, train services were delayed in the afternoon. "There were many boilers and solvents inside the company so it took us time to bring the fire under control," says an official from KDMC (Kalyan Dombivli municipal corporation) fire brigade. "The cooling work is on and it will take us two to three hours more," he said.
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