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Wednesday, September 15, 2021 at 6:06:53 AM
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Table of Contents (13 articles)
TAMPA HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TEAM RESPONDS TO PUNCTURED GAS LINE
Tags: us_FL, public, release, response, methane
AUTHORITIES REPORT NO INJURIES AS THE RESULT OF SMALL HAZMAT FIRE SATURDAY
Tags: us_NC, industrial, fire, response, waste, pool_chemicals
GAS LEAK REPORTED AT ZEELAND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, SCENE CLEARED
Tags: us_MI, public, release, response, methane
TWO RESIDENTS FAINT, OVER 30 EVACUATED FROM VILLAGE AFTER CHEMICAL SPILL IN JOHOR
Tags: Malaysia, public, release, injury, methanol
MAN DIES AFTER BARRICADING IN ANAHEIM APARTMENT FOLLOWING EXPLOSION
Tags: us_CA, public, explosion, death, unknown_chemical
EPA ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF HAZARDOUS WASTE CLEANUP AT FORMER STAMINA MILLS OFFICE
Tags: us_RI, public, discovery, environmental, asbestos, waste
FIVE HOSPITALIZED FOLLOWING CHEMICAL SPILL IN VOLUSIA COUNTY
Tags: us_FL, transportation, release, injury, waste
FEDEX FREIGHT EMPLOYEES WANT CHANGE AFTER THREE CHEMICAL SPILLS
Tags: us_IA, transportation, release, response, other_chemical
1 DEAD AFTER CRASH IN STOKESDALE INVOLVING TANKER TRUCK; HAZMAT CREWS STOP SMALL LEAK
Tags: us_NC, transportation, release, death, unknown_chemical
‰??THE LABEL IS THE LAW‰??: REMEMBER PESTICIDE, CHEMICAL SAFETY PROTOCOLS ‰?? AGRINEWS
Tags: us_IN, public, discovery, environmental, ag_chems, pesticides
PITTSBURGH POLICE: SUSPECTED METH LAB FOUND IN SQUIRREL HILL HOME
Tags: us_PA, laboratory, discovery, response, drugs
2 WORKERS DEAD AFTER HAZMAT INCIDENT AT VALLEY PROTEINS IN FAYETTEVILLE
Tags: us_NC, industrial, release, death, unknown_chemical
MILDENHALL HUB GYM EVACUATED AFTER CHEMICAL SPILLAGE
Tags: United_Kingdom, public, release, response, unknown_chemical
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TAMPA HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TEAM RESPONDS TO PUNCTURED GAS LINE
https://patch.com/florida/southtampa/tampa-hazardous-materials-team-responds-punctured-gas-line
Tags: us_FL, public, release, response, methane
TAMPA, FL ‰?? For the second day in a row, the Tampa Fire Rescue's hazardous incidents team has been called out to avert a catastrophe.
At 6:22 a.m. Tuesday, the team responded to a punctured buried gas line in the 3000 block of South Dale Mabry Highway.
The puncture was caused by a fence installation crew that unintentionally damaged the line.
The problem was remedied with no one sustaining any injuries.
On Tuesday, a gas leak at a Hyde Park business forced the evacuation of a shopping plaza.
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AUTHORITIES REPORT NO INJURIES AS THE RESULT OF SMALL HAZMAT FIRE SATURDAY
https://www.robesonian.com/news/149830/authorities-report-no-injuries-as-the-result-of-small-hazmat-fire-saturday
Tags: us_NC, industrial, fire, response, waste, pool_chemicals
UMBERTON ‰?? No one was injured, but the Lumberton Fire Department is sending off gear to be cleaned after firefighters dealt with a fire that caused a ‰??small-scale‰?? hazardous material release on Saturday, according to interim Fire Chief Chris West.
The fire department was dispatched about 1:03 a.m. Saturday to a fire at 2300 N. Cedar St. in Lumberton, West said. Crews encountered ‰??heavy smoke‰?? caused by the breakdown of residential pool tablets stored at the warehouse in a cardboard box that caught fire.
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Residents in apartments on Godwin Avenue were located more than 300 feet away, so no evacuations or isolations were necessary, he said. If the event was a larger fire or if the fire had occurred in a more residential area evacuations would have been ordered.
The fire department is sending off eight sets of structural turnout gear to D&S Textiles in Fayetteville to be inspected and cleaned after exposure to the chemicals, West said.
Firefighters wore air packs to protect them from toxic fumes, and the hazmat group also used respirators to protect themselves, he said. Eight air packs will be sent back to the manufacturers or distributors to be inspected.
The building is owned by Hazmat Emergency Response and Remediation, or HERR, which cleared the scene of hazardous materials, West said.
The company will pay for the disposal of the material, which has been neutralized and is not a threat to the environment, according to the interim chief.
No fees or charges resulted from the Saturday fire.
The tablets that caused the fire were left over from other materials once stored in the warehouse, he said. There were about three to four pallets and empty barrels in the location at the time of the fire.
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GAS LEAK REPORTED AT ZEELAND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, SCENE CLEARED
https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/gas-leak-reported-at-zeeland-community-hospital/69-9ec87e36-f84a-4325-8b49-6f485e029842
Tags: us_MI, public, release, response, methane
ZEELAND, Mich. ‰?? Zeeland Township Fire Department responded to a report of a gas leak at Spectrum Health Zeeland Community Hospital on Tuesday night.
At 4:45 p.m., Spectrum says contractors were performing routine testing of medical air levels when a testing instrument falsely detected levels of methane gas.
Police say multiple units rushed to the scene. Hazmat units and Semco Energy were also onsite.
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TWO RESIDENTS FAINT, OVER 30 EVACUATED FROM VILLAGE AFTER CHEMICAL SPILL IN JOHOR
https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2021/09/15/two-residents-faint-over-30-evacuated-from-village-after-chemical-spill-in/2005667
Tags: Malaysia, public, release, injury, methanol
JOHOR BARU, Sept 15 ‰?? More than 30 residents from Kampung Baru Sri Aman in Seelong near here were evacuated after two residents fell unconscious from inhaling pungent chemical fumes from a nearby river late last night.
It was learnt that the incident occurred at about 10.15pm after two women from the village had trouble breathing and fainted due to the strong odour.
Following that, many other residents noticed the pungent chemical odour and immediately contacted the Fire and Rescue Department for assistance.
Johor Fire and Rescue Department‰??s Hazardous Materials Unit (Hazmat) chief Saiful Bahri Safar confirmed receiving a distress call at 10.22pm and said a team was immediately despatched to the location.
He said the first team arrived at Kampung Sri Aman within 15 minutes.
‰??Two female victims in their 20s and 40s were rushed to the Sultanah Aminah Hospital and Sultan Ismail Hospital by the department‰??s Emergency Medical Response Service team after they had difficulty breathing.
Saiful Bahri said the Hazmat team then detected the suspected source of fumes at the nearby river.
‰??The personnel isolated and used damping technique in the river after they found spillage of a solid liquid upstream,‰?? he said.
A total of 24 firemen and five fire engines from the Kempas, Larkin and Johor Jaya fire stations have been dispatched to the village.
Saiful Bahri suspects the chemical liquid to be methyl alcohol based on initial tests.
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MAN DIES AFTER BARRICADING IN ANAHEIM APARTMENT FOLLOWING EXPLOSION
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/anaheim-man-dies-after-barricading-inside-apartment-following-apparent-explosion/
Tags: us_CA, public, explosion, death, unknown_chemical
A 31-year-old man died at a hospital one day after barricading inside his Anaheim apartment following an apparent explosion, police said Monday.
The incident unfolded around 6:15 p.m. Sunday, when fire authorities got a call about a possible explosion at an apartment in the 2600 block of W. Lincoln Avenue, the Anaheim Police Department said in a news release.
They arrived to find a home damaged by an apparent explosion, where they were told there was a man armed and barricaded inside.
The man, later identified as Larry Carter Jr., was confirmed to be in the apartment‰??s bathroom, armed with a knife, police said.
A SWAT team and negotiators were called to the scene.
‰??Negotiators worked to achieve Carter‰??s peaceful surrender but he refused to comply,‰?? police said. ‰??SWAT personnel used Chemical agents to encourage Carter‰??s surrender but he continued to resist officers‰?? efforts.‰??
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EPA ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF HAZARDOUS WASTE CLEANUP AT FORMER STAMINA MILLS OFFICE
https://nrinow.news/2021/09/14/epa-announces-completion-of-hazardous-waste-cleanup-at-former-stamina-mills-office/
Tags: us_RI, public, discovery, environmental, asbestos, waste
NORTH SMITHFIELD ‰?? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has completed a hazardous waste cleanup at the former Stamina Mills office site on School Street, according to a recent release from the agency.
The parcel is one piece of the Stamina Mills Superfund Site, which has undergone a larger ongoing cleanup and redevelopment project.
The focus of the completed clean-up was an area holding a structure that once served as the mill‰??s office, known to have asbestos containing material, in a state of disrepair and previously deemed unsafe to enter. After part of the roof collapsed into the building, there was an increased likelihood that asbestos fibers could be released into the environment, according to the EPA.
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FIVE HOSPITALIZED FOLLOWING CHEMICAL SPILL IN VOLUSIA COUNTY
https://www.wesh.com/article/wisconsin-officer-pulls-man-from-burning-home/37601136
Tags: us_FL, transportation, release, injury, waste
DELAND, Fla. ‰??
Five people were taken to the hospital after being exposed to a chemical substance at the West Volusia Solid Waste Transfer Station in DeLand.
Officials say the substance, since determined to be a mixture of household chemicals, got dumped onto the tipping floor and mixed into the transfer truck trailer.
The truck was authorized by Hazmat to be pulled from a building and stored outside.
Five people, including four transfer station employees and a customer, were hospitalized.
Officials say those involved complained of respiratory issues and eye and throat irritation.
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FEDEX FREIGHT EMPLOYEES WANT CHANGE AFTER THREE CHEMICAL SPILLS
https://www.kcci.com/article/des-moines-fedex-freight-employees-want-change-after-three-chemical-spills/37600693
Tags: us_IA, transportation, release, response, other_chemical
DES MOINES, Iowa ‰??
Some employees at a FedEx Freight facility in Des Moines say they are fed up after three chemical spills in about two months. In one spill, several employees went to the emergency room.
Employees say the first, and perhaps most serious spill happened at the facility July 7 in the 5800 block of NE 22 Street in Des Moines. Employees say a worker inadvertently punctured a bulk container of formic acid. Formic acid, according to its safety data sheet, can cause difficulty breathing, nausea, coughing and more depending on the mixture of the chemical.
"It was pretty obvious there was a spill," said Cody Coenen, who was working on the facility's dock that night. "As you go into it, you just had to cough."
Coenen says the spill happened during the busiest shift.
"Nobody in the higher-ups told us at first that there was a spill," he said. "They didn't acknowledge what it was, that it was even hazardous, or that it was potentially a poison."
Coenen said he and other employees were offered facemasks, but kept working around the hazardous chemical.
"A handful of employees had to be sent to the emergency room," he said.
KCCI was able to speak with and independently confirm one of those employees who went to the emergency room.
"The whole dock was flooded with toxic vapors," said Alex Patch, a FedEx Freight worker. "They didn't tell anyone. They didn't tell them what it was, or what the hazards were. They told them to get back to work.
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1 DEAD AFTER CRASH IN STOKESDALE INVOLVING TANKER TRUCK; HAZMAT CREWS STOP SMALL LEAK
https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/piedmont-triad/area-around-lester-road-belews-creek-road-in-stokesdale-closed-due-to-hazmat-incident-crash/
Tags: us_NC, transportation, release, death, unknown_chemical
STOKESDALE, N.C. (WGHP) ‰?? NC troopers are investigating a fatal crash involving the driver of a tanker truck along Belews Creek Road in Guilford County on Monday evening.
The road is currently closed to traffic at its intersection with Newberry Street stretching at least a few hundred yards west of the intersection.
Trooper C. Allison with the Highway Patrol says the tanker, the only vehicle involved in the crash, is loaded with 6,000 gallons of a known product.
Authorities are not releasing the name of that product at this time.
Authorities say it is expected to be a lengthy cleanup process and cannot give an estimate of when the incident will be cleared.
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‰??THE LABEL IS THE LAW‰??: REMEMBER PESTICIDE, CHEMICAL SAFETY PROTOCOLS ‰?? AGRINEWS
https://www.agrinews-pubs.com/news/science/2021/09/14/the-label-is-the-law-remember-pesticide-chemical-safety-protocols/
Tags: us_IN, public, discovery, environmental, ag_chems, pesticides
Muncie, Ind. ‰?? It‰??s crucial to read labels on pesticides before each application.
Mark Carter, Purdue Extension educator in Delaware County, asked farmers to be cautious each time they apply chemicals, when speaking at the Davis Purdue Ag Center field day.
‰??Read the label,‰?? he said. ‰??It gives direct information about toxicity, active ingredients, mixing, personal protective equipment, first aid treatment, registration number and special instructions for use. The label is the law.‰??
According to Environmental Protection Agency, reading the label not only prevents accidents, but it saves money.
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PITTSBURGH POLICE: SUSPECTED METH LAB FOUND IN SQUIRREL HILL HOME
https://www.wtae.com/article/nebraska-911-memorial-climb-generation-first-responders-fallen-heroes/37567941
Tags: us_PA, laboratory, discovery, response, drugs
PITTSBURGH ‰??
Pittsburgh police made an arrest in connection with what officials said appeared to be a meth lab in a home in Squirrel Hill Sunday morning.
Officers were called to a home in the 6300 block of Darlington Road, near Shady Avenue, for a burglary in progress just after 1 a.m.
When police arrived on the scene, officials said officers escorted everyone out of the home and found the suspected meth lab in a room upstairs.
Police arrested a man who now faces several changes. They are looking for another suspect and continuing to investigate.
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2 WORKERS DEAD AFTER HAZMAT INCIDENT AT VALLEY PROTEINS IN FAYETTEVILLE
https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/2-workers-dead-after-hazmat-incident-at-valley-proteins-in-fayetteville/
Tags: us_NC, industrial, release, death, unknown_chemical
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) ‰?? Two workers at a plant in Cumberland County died after they were found unresponsive during a hazmat incident Sunday afternoon, officials say.
The incident was reported just after 1:30 p.m. at Valley Proteins at 1309 Industrial Drive, according to a statement from the Cumberland County Sheriff‰??s Office.
A hazmat team responded to the scene and two workers were found unresponsive, the statement said.
The workers later died, according to a news release from deputies. The building was evacuated soon after hazmat teams responded.
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MILDENHALL HUB GYM EVACUATED AFTER CHEMICAL SPILLAGE
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/mildenhall-hub-evacuated-after-chemical-spillage-8316400
Tags: United_Kingdom, public, release, response, unknown_chemical
A leisure centre in Mildenhall was evacuated following a chemical spillage in its plant room.
Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service received a callout to Mildenhall Hub, in Sheldrick Way, at 10.30am on Sunday.
A spokesman for the fire service confirmed five engines were at the scene of the spillage, while a further six appliances are on standby.
However, a stop was called shortly after 2pm after the spillage was contained.
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