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Friday, May 15, 2020 at 8:37:59 AM
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Table of Contents (6 articles)
HAZMAT TEAM RESPONDING TO DUNKIN DONUTS IN SOUTHWICK
Tags: us_MA, public, release, injury, unknown_chemical
AVARA FIRE HEIGHTENS CHEMICAL CONCERNS AT SITE POST EXPECTED CLOSURE ‰?? THE CLARE ECHO NEWS
Tags: Ireland, industrial, fire, response, pharmaceutical
EMERGENCY CREWS RESPOND TO HAZMAT SITUATION IN NORTH READING ‰?? BOSTON NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS
Tags: us_MA, transportation, release, response, unknown_chemical
DOW CHEMICAL FACES $54,000 IN OSHA FINES FOR LOUISIANA BLAST (1)
Tags: us_LA, industrial, follow-up, environmental, ethylene_oxide, sulfuric_acid
CHEMICAL FIRE CLOSES PORTION OF I-95
Tags: us_NC, transportation, fire, response, unknown_chemical
THOUSAND OAKS: PACKAGE PROMPTS HAZMAT RESPONSE AT AMAZON WAREHOUSE ‰?? ONSCENE.TV
Tags: us_CA, industrial, fire, response, chlorine
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HAZMAT TEAM RESPONDING TO DUNKIN DONUTS IN SOUTHWICK
https://www.westernmassnews.com/news/hazmat-team-responding-to-dunkin-donuts-in-southwick/article_b32c1348-9610-11ea-a497-935e7d9a8ed1.html
Tags: us_MA, public, release, injury, unknown_chemical
SOUTHWICK, MA (WGGB/WSHM) ‰?? Three people have been hospitalized following an incident at a Southwick restaurant.
Southwick Fire Chief Russ Anderson told Western Mass News that a maintenance person was working at Dunkin‰?? Donuts on the corner of Congamond Road and College Highway when a chemical was poured down a drain.
Three people were overcome by fumes and were taken to Baystate Noble Hospital in Westfield as a precautionary measure.
Anderson added that a hazardous materials team is being brought in to assess the situation.
It‰??s not immediately known what kind of chemicals were poured in the drain.
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AVARA FIRE HEIGHTENS CHEMICAL CONCERNS AT SITE POST EXPECTED CLOSURE ‰?? THE CLARE ECHO NEWS
https://www.clareecho.ie/avara-fire-heightens-chemical-concerns-at-site-post-expected-closure/
Tags: Ireland, industrial, fire, response, pharmaceutical
Seven units from Ennis and Shannon Fire Brigades attended an incident at the grounds of Avara Pharmaceuticals in the Shannon Industrial Estate on Sunday morning.
It is understood that the incident occured after 06:13 on Sunday morning with Shannon Fire Brigade ordered to the site at 07:02 following reports of smoke on the ground floor of a building. Ennis Fire Brigade were also mobilised to the incident as backup.
‰??On attendance, they met with Avara personnel, and a search of the particular building was then carried out by Fire Service personnel wearing Breathing Apparatus. It was determined that there may have been an equipment fault earlier, and the building was then declared safe by the Fire Service,‰?? a spokesperson for Clare County Council told The Clare Echo.
The Clare Echo understands that the fire occurred due to poorly maintained equipment overheating which subsequently filled a production area with smoke, then setting off the main site evacuation alarm.
It is listed by the HSA as a notified Seveso lower tier establishment. ‰??Major industrial accidents involving dangerous substances pose a significant threat to humans and the environment, such accidents can give rise to serious injury to people or serious damage to the environment, both on and off the site of the accident. In Europe, a catastrophic accident in the Italian town of Seveso in 1976 prompted the adoption of legislation on the prevention and control of such accidents,‰?? a statement on the HSA‰??s website reads
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EMERGENCY CREWS RESPOND TO HAZMAT SITUATION IN NORTH READING ‰?? BOSTON NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS
https://whdh.com/news/emergency-crews-respond-to-hazmat-situation-in-north-reading/
Tags: us_MA, transportation, release, response, unknown_chemical
NORTH READING, MASS. (WHDH) - Emergency crews responded to a hazmat situation in North Reading on Wednesday night.
Firefighters, police officers, and a hazmat team were called to the U.S. Postal Service facility on Park Street after receiving reports of a strange odor emanating from a tractor-trailer, according to Fire Chief Donald W. Stats Jr.
The person who reported smelling the odor is said to be fine and refused treatment.
Crews are working to identify and clean the substance.
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DOW CHEMICAL FACES $54,000 IN OSHA FINES FOR LOUISIANA BLAST (1)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/product-liability-and-toxics-law/dow-chemical-faces-54-000-in-osha-fines-for-louisiana-explosion
Tags: us_LA, industrial, follow-up, environmental, ethylene_oxide, sulfuric_acid
An explosion at a Dow Chemical Co. plant has led to $53,976 in proposed fines from federal workplace safety regulators.
The fines covering four alleged serious violations of safety rules for chemical processing were issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration after an inspection of the plant in Plaquemine, La.
Dow Chemical spokeswoman Ashley Mendoza on Wednesday said the company ‰??cooperated completely with OSHA during its inspection‰?? and is appealing the citations.
The explosion occurred Nov. 3 when a tank containing water and low levels of ethylene oxide and sulfuric acid burst open, news reports immediately after the accident...
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CHEMICAL FIRE CLOSES PORTION OF I-95
https://www.robesonian.com/news/134546/chemical-fire-closes-portion-of-i-95
Tags: us_NC, transportation, fire, response, unknown_chemical
FAIRMONT ‰?? A chemical fire that erupted in a tractor-trailer rig has closed a portion of northbound Interstate 95 near mile marker 10, according to the North Carolina Department of Transportation.
The rig pulled onto the highway‰??s shoulder at about 1:10 p.m. today and caught fire, according to the NCDOT. The State Highway Patrol, the Fayetteville HAZMAT unit, local firefighters and DOT personnel were on the scene as of mid-afternoon to put out the fire and to clear the incident scene.
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THOUSAND OAKS: PACKAGE PROMPTS HAZMAT RESPONSE AT AMAZON WAREHOUSE ‰?? ONSCENE.TV
https://onscene.tv/thousand-oaks-package-prompts-hazmat-response-at-amazon-warehouse/
Tags: us_CA, industrial, fire, response, chlorine
THOUSAND OAKS ‰?? A package containing chlorine prompted a hazmat response at a Amazon warehouse, Monday night.
Authorities responded to reports of a chemical fire at the Amazon warehouse located in the 2400 block of Conejo Spectrum Street around 10:58 PM.
Crews arriving on scene learned that a package containing chlorine and another substance had caught fire and self-extinguished.
The package was removed from the building and isolated while hazmat teams ensured the facility was safe.
No injuries were reported.
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