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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Chemical Safety headlines (6 articles)
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2020 08:08:08 -0400
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Chemical Safety Headlines From Google
Monday, April 6, 2020 at 8:07:55 AM
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Table of Contents (6 articles)
FIRE NEAR AIRPORT BURNS 3,500 RENTAL CARS
Tags: us_fl, explosion, industrial, response, gasoline
AMMONIA LEAK PROMPTS HAZMAT RESPONSE AT LUBBOCK‰??S LLANO LOGISTICS
Tags: us_tx, industrial, release, response, ammonia
THREE PEOPLE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AFTER CHEMICAL FIRE INSIDE PLUM MANUFACTURING FACILITY
Tags: india, fire, industrial, injuries, unknown_chemical
FIRE CREWS CALLED TO CHEMICAL BLAZE AT HADLEIGH FACTORY
Tags: uk, fire, industrial, response, unknown_chemical
HAZMAT RESPONDING TO CHEMICAL SPILL IN BETHEL HEIGHTS
Tags: us_ar, public, release, response, other_chemical
US EPA SHOULD TELL PEOPLE ABOUT ETHYLENE OXIDE RISKS PROMPTLY, INTERNAL WATCHDOG SAYS
Tags: us, public, discovery, environmental, ethylene_oxide
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FIRE NEAR AIRPORT BURNS 3,500 RENTAL CARS
https://cbs12.com/news/local/fire-near-airport-burns-3500-rental-cars
Tags: us_fl, explosion, industrial, response, gasoline
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) ‰?? More than 3,500 rental cars were damaged or destroyed in a fire that burned near a Florida airport before being contained late Friday night.
The Fort Myers News-Press reports the cars were in a grassy area used as an overflow lot by car rental companies that service Southwest Florida International Airport. The vehicles weren‰??t occupied.
Witnesses said they heard multiple small explosions and flames leaping high into the air as the flames spread across the area. Another 3,850 vehicles were undamaged, according to airport spokeswoman Vicki Moreland.
Investigators are trying to determine the cause of the fire.
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AMMONIA LEAK PROMPTS HAZMAT RESPONSE AT LUBBOCK‰??S LLANO LOGISTICS
https://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20200404/ammonia-leak-prompts-hazmat-response-at-lubbocks-llano-logistics
Tags: us_tx, industrial, release, response, ammonia
Llano Logistics was back in operation late Saturday afternoon after an ammonia leak prompted a brief evacuation and hazmat crew response at the grocery logistics facility in southeast Lubbock..
A Lubbock Fire Rescue hazmat crew responded to the reported leak about 2:50 p.m. at the facility in the 5800 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, according to a statement from LFR.
Upon arrival, crews entered the building and were able to secure the leak about 3:30 p.m.
According to a statement from the United Family, at 2:40 p.m. the alarm monitoring systems at Llano Logistics alerted management to an ammonia leak in an isolated refrigeration room at the facility.
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THREE PEOPLE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AFTER CHEMICAL FIRE INSIDE PLUM MANUFACTURING FACILITY
https://www.wtae.com/article/three-people-taken-to-hospital-after-chemical-fire-inside-plum-business/32041349#
Tags: india, fire, industrial, injuries, unknown_chemical
A major fire broke out at a manufacturing unit in Manesar‰??s Sector 8 Saturday evening. Three firemen suffered minor burn injuries while dousing the flames. No other casualties were reported.
According to fire department officials, the call came at 6.08pm from the security guards of the company where the blaze took place. A total of nine fire tenders were used to douse the flames in nearly four hours.
Fire department officials identified the company as Vulcan Cold Forge Pvt Ltd, which manufactures nut bolts.
Assistant divisional fire safety officer IS Kashyap, said that due to the 21-day national lockdown, enforced by the Central government to combat the spread of Covid-19, the establishment was locked from the outside and no employees were present in the building, barring two guards.
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FIRE CREWS CALLED TO CHEMICAL BLAZE AT HADLEIGH FACTORY
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/suffolk-fire-crews-called-to-hadleigh-industrial-estate-blaze-1-6594283
Tags: uk, fire, industrial, response, unknown_chemical
The Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service was called to the fire at Primo Manufacturing in Lady Lane shortly after 7pm Saturday, April 4.
The firm produces household and automotive cleaning materials for a number of leading brands.
Crews from Ipswich East, Woodbridge, Princes Street, Holbrook, Needham Market, Hadleigh and Haverhill were called to the blaze due to fears over the chemicals, but the company‰??s executive chairman Graham Burchell confirmed however one crew from Hadleigh was the only to battle the minor fire.
A fire service spokesman said a police cordon was put in place as a precaution due to the hazardous materials inside.
Mr Burchell added: ‰??I received a call and myself and a small team went to assess the site. Although eight crews were called, Hadeligh was the only one on site.
‰??The fire was in a bunded chemical store that we use to store a small amount of waste chemicals.
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HAZMAT RESPONDING TO CHEMICAL SPILL IN BETHEL HEIGHTS
https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/hazmat-responding-to-chemical-spill-in-bethel-heights/527-110525f4-527b-4e87-8047-a090dd9f5c12
Tags: us_ar, public, release, response, other_chemical
ROGERS, Ark. ‰?? Hazmat and emergency crews are responding to a chemical spill at ABC Supplies Co. in Bethel Heights.
According to Rogers Fire Chief Tom Jenkins, there was a chemical spill in a creek, but they aren't sure what plant it came from.
An officer at the scene told 5NEWS it was latex polymer that spilled.
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US EPA SHOULD TELL PEOPLE ABOUT ETHYLENE OXIDE RISKS PROMPTLY, INTERNAL WATCHDOG SAYS
https://cen.acs.org/environment/pollution/US-EPA-should-tell-people/98/web/2020/04
Tags: us, public, discovery, environmental, ethylene_oxide
The US Environmental Protection Agency needs to tell people who live near facilities with significant ethylene oxide emissions that they likely have a higher risk of cancer, the EPA‰??s internal watchdog says.
These include communities around 14 chemical manufacturing plants, most in Louisiana and Texas, the EPA Office of Inspector General (OIG) says in a March 31 report.
Ethylene oxide, a flammable and colorless gas used as a basic chemical building block, is a carcinogen if inhaled.
The OIG report finds that the EPA has conducted outreach to communities near ethylene oxide‰??emitting chemical plants in Missouri and South Carolina. The agency had plans to engage with communities near 2 plants in West Virginia and 1 in Delaware during the first half of this year. But the EPA had no plans for outreach to neighborhoods around 5 chemical facilities in Louisiana, 3 in Texas, and 1 in Wisconsin, the internal watchdog says.
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