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Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 8:02:28 AM
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Table of Contents (9 articles)
HIGHWAY 151 CLOSED NEAR PLATTEVILLE AFTER CRASH, HAZMAT CREW AT SCENE
Tags: us_WI, transportation, release, response, corrosives
RESIDENTS COMPLAINING ABOUT ACTIONS TAKEN BY HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION TO PREVENT CORONAVIRUS TRANSMISSION
Tags: us_FL, public, release, injury, other_chemical
FIREFIGHTERS TACKLE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY CHEMICAL FIRE IN KILMINGTON
Tags: United_Kingdom, industrial, fire, response, unknown_chemical
NGO SUES US EPA OVER HFC LEAK RULE
Tags: public, follow-up, environmental, hvac_chemicals
FACTORY BEHIND INDIA GAS LEAK OPERATED ILLEGALLY UNTIL 2019
Tags: India, industrial, follow-up, death, styrene
FIRE CHIEFS HIGHLIGHT IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY AFTER WEEKEND FIRE IN HELENA VALLEY
Tags: us_MT, industrial, fire, injury, other_chemical
NORTHWEST FIRE, GOLDER RANCH FIRE CREWS SECURE FREON LEAK ON NORTH SIDE
Tags: us_AZ, public, release, response, freon
HOVERBOARD STARTS FIRE INSIDE KINGSTON HOME
Tags: us_MA, public, fire, response, batteries
FIRE AT BOREALIS‰?? STENUNGSUND, SWEDEN CRACKER EXTINGUISHED, RETURN TO OPERATIONS UNCLEAR
Tags: Sweden, industrial, fire, response, ag_chems
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HIGHWAY 151 CLOSED NEAR PLATTEVILLE AFTER CRASH, HAZMAT CREW AT SCENE
http://fox47.com/news/local/highway-151-closed-near-platteville-after-crash-hazmat-crew-at-scene
Tags: us_WI, transportation, release, response, corrosives
GRANT COUNTY, Wis. ‰?? One lane in each direction of Highway 151 from County Road O to Airport Road is back open after a Tuesday morning crash.
Personnel are still at the scene, according to the Grant County Sheriff‰??s Office.
The Grant County Emergency Operations Center says the initial call came in just before 3:30 a.m. of a car fire, and while emergency crews were responding to that scene, a crash involving two semis occurred.
Investigators say a semi-truck carrying vegetables was approaching the scene and was slowing down when it was hit from behind by a second semi-truck carrying a tanker of corrosive material.
Officials say that crash caused the corrosive material to leak. Authorities say the material is not lethal, but will cause irritation if inhaled. They are working to clean the spill, which could take a couple of hours.
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RESIDENTS COMPLAINING ABOUT ACTIONS TAKEN BY HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION TO PREVENT CORONAVIRUS TRANSMISSION
https://www.local10.com/news/local/2020/05/12/residents-complaining-about-actions-taken-by-homeowners-association-to-prevent-coronavirus-transmission/
Tags: us_FL, public, release, injury, other_chemical
BRICKELL KEY, Fla. ‰?? A South Florida community is trying to be proactive in keeping people safe from the COVID-19 pandemic, but instead, residents are complaining that what's being done is toxic and causing more harm than good.
Brickell Key resident Priscilla Colon often takes waterfront walks, but recently she began to notice migraine headaches occurring; and then her dog, Astro, got sick.
Colon said since mid-March, people in hazmat suits have been driving around the community's open spaces in golf carts. They are spraying a chemical on the community's Baywalk that some photos show to be harming even the grass.
In an email obtained by Local 10 News, Brickell Key Master Association said they started a daily 5 a.m. sanitation program, using Virex Plus, which is being applied, they said, in according to the product's direction.
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FIREFIGHTERS TACKLE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY CHEMICAL FIRE IN KILMINGTON
https://www.midweekherald.co.uk/news/kilmington-commercial-property-chemical-fire-1-6650348
Tags: United_Kingdom, industrial, fire, response, unknown_chemical
Fire engines from Colyton, Axminster and an environmental protection unit from Taunton were called out to an incident in Whitford Road at around 4pm on Tuesday (May 12).
Firefighters said two chemicals combines and ignited within a commercial property.
Wearing breathing apparatus, firefighters used a hose reel jet, a covering jet and a safety jet to extinguish the fire.
They also used thermal imaging cameras a drag fork and gas detection equipment to ensure the areas was safe.
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NGO SUES US EPA OVER HFC LEAK RULE
https://chemicalwatch.com/116131/ngo-sues-us-epa-over-hfc-leak-rule#overlay-strip
Tags: public, follow-up, environmental, hvac_chemicals
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has sued the US EPA over its decision to roll back leak prevention and repair requirements for appliances that use hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).
The petition for court review, filed in the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, relates to a March final rule, ‰??Protection of stratospheric ozone: Revisions to the refrigerant management program's extension to substitutes'. The rule reversed an Obama-era policy to extend the requirements that had previously applied only to refrigerants containing an ozone-depleting substance to substitute refrigerants, such as HFCs.
In March, the EPA said it was withdrawing them after it concluded "the 2016 rule's extension of the leak repair requirements to non-exempt substitute refrigerants exceeded the EPA's statutory authority under [the Clean Air Act] section 608."
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FACTORY BEHIND INDIA GAS LEAK OPERATED ILLEGALLY UNTIL 2019
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/11/indian-chemical-factory-behind-deadly-gas-leak-was-operating-illegally?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Tags: India, industrial, follow-up, death, styrene
The chemical factory that leaked gas into a coastal Indian city on Thursday morning, killing at least 12 people and putting hundreds in hospital, was operating illegally until at least the middle of 2019, documents show.
In an affidavit [pdf] filed by LG Polymers in May 2019, as part of its application to expand the plastic plant‰??s operations, the South Korean multinational admitted it was operating its polystyrene plant without the mandatory environmental clearance from the Indian government.
‰??As on this date our industry does not have a valid environmental clearance substantiating the produced quantity, issued by the competent authority, for continuing operations,‰?? the company said.
In the early hours of Thursday, toxic styrene fumes began leaking from the LG plant in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh state, as preparations were underway to restart production after a nationwide lockdown. The gas enveloped residents as they slept, causing people to collapse in the streets as they fled their homes. About 1,000 people were exposed to the gas, which causes neurological symptoms including headaches and nausea, as well as burning eyes. Twelve residents, including two children, died.
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FIRE CHIEFS HIGHLIGHT IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY AFTER WEEKEND FIRE IN HELENA VALLEY
https://www.ktvh.com/news/helena-news/fire-chiefs-highlight-importance-of-safety-after-weekend-fire-in-helena-valley
Tags: us_MT, industrial, fire, injury, other_chemical
HELENA ‰?? Local fire chiefs say a weekend structure fire in the Helena Valley showed the importance of safety precautions, after one firefighter received minor burns.
On Sunday, the West Valley and Lewis and Clark County Volunteer Fire Departments responded to an outbuilding on fire. West Valley Chief Jerry Shepherd said the fire started in a chicken coop before spreading to the building, which was used as a shop.
Shepherd said, while firefighters were putting out hot spots, one kicked a large barrel, which turned out to be full of oil. The oil splashed onto the firefighter and caught fire.
‰??It just ignited,‰?? said Shepherd. ‰??Thank god it was just for a second.‰??
Lewis and Clark County Chief Wally Jester said he spoke to the firefighter Monday and found he received only minor burns.
‰??Because he was fully turned out, right down to the breathing apparatus ‰?? he‰??s in the hot zone, we require them to wear them ‰?? so he was protected,‰?? he said.
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NORTHWEST FIRE, GOLDER RANCH FIRE CREWS SECURE FREON LEAK ON NORTH SIDE
https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/northwest-fire-golder-ranch-fire-crews-secure-freon-leak-on-north-side
Tags: us_AZ, public, release, response, freon
TUCSON, Ariz. ‰?? Northwest Fire and Golder Ranch Fire crews responded to an unknown odor on the northside Sunday.
NWF says fire crews responded to 7110 N Oracle Road just off of Ina and Oracle roads.
Upon arrival, hazmat teams found a freon leak, which was secured, according to NWF.
There were no injuries reported.
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HOVERBOARD STARTS FIRE INSIDE KINGSTON HOME
https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/plymouth-county/hoverboard-starts-fire-inside-kingston-home/F4RAHWFVYVBZHFLL7X7AO2MHXI/
Tags: us_MA, public, fire, response, batteries
KINGSTON, Mass. ‰?? A hoverboard sparked a fire inside a home in Kingston Sunday evening, Deputy Fire Chief Adam Hatch told Boston 25 News.
Firefighters were called to the home on Country Club Way around 7:30 p.m.
The homeowner was able to extinguish the majority of fire after calling 911, Hatch said.
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The fire extended to nearby furniture, but no one was hurt.
Firefighters were ventilating the home and wrapping up at the scene as of 8 p.m.
Hoverboards run on lithium-ion batteries that can overheat. They‰??ve been linked to dozens of fires nationwide since they first became popular in 2016.
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FIRE AT BOREALIS‰?? STENUNGSUND, SWEDEN CRACKER EXTINGUISHED, RETURN TO OPERATIONS UNCLEAR
https://www.icis.com/explore/resources/news/2020/05/10/10506093/fire-at-borealis-stenungsund-sweden-cracker-extinguished-return-to-operations-unclear
Tags: Sweden, industrial, fire, response, ag_chems
LONDON (ICIS)--A fire at Borealis‰?? steam cracker in Stenungsund, Sweden, which broke out yesterday had been extinguished by Sunday morning, the Austrian polyolefins and fertilizers major said.
The fire occurred at the cracker‰??s compressor at 20:45 local time on Saturday (9 May) and caused no injuries.
Flaring at the site is still expected on Sunday; flaring is the practise of burning off gas released during shutdowns or restarts.
The company is providing updates for local residents on this website (in Swedish).
Borealis‰?? Stenungsund cracker has production capacities of 625,000 tonnes/year for ethylene and 200,000 tonne/year of propylene.
Local emergency services triggered an alarm at 21.55, recommending residents in the area to stay indoors; the alarm was lifted at 05.15 on Sunday.
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