Archive for HazMat
Two Injured, 5000 Gallons of Fuel Spilled in Wisconsin Train Derailment – WPRO
Two Injured, 5000 Gallons of Fuel Spilled in Wisconsin Train DerailmentWPROThe evacuated residents were allowed to return to their homes later Monday morning. Washington County Hazmat was on the scene and began the cleanup phase of the response on Monday. Hanke said that officials were not sure what caused the accident, ... Read more [...]
Crews Clean Up Hazardous Materials Spill at Roanoke County Plant – WSET
WDBJ7Crews Clean Up Hazardous Materials Spill at Roanoke County PlantWSETRoanoke County, VA - Crews were on the scene Monday of a hazardous materials incident at the Ardagh Metal Packaging Plant. Roanoke County Fire and Rescue said a chemical storage tank was hit by a fork lift around 2:30 Monday afternoon at the facility ...Chemical leak causes Roanoke County plant to be evacuatedWDBJ7Roanoke County Fire & Rescue Crews on scene of chemical spill at packaging ...WSLSChemical spill at Roanoke Read more [...]
Chemical leak causes Roanoke County plant to be evacuated – WDBJ7
Chemical leak causes Roanoke County plant to be evacuatedWDBJ7Crews are still on the scene of a Hazardous Material spill at Ardagh Metal Packaging plant. When crews arrived, they learned that a fork lift operator backed into a 275 gallon capacity tote filled with about 85 gallons pf a chemical, causing it to leak.and more » Read more [...]
Tractor trailer crash spills paint on I-81 in Wytheville – Southwest Times
Tractor trailer crash spills paint on I-81 in WythevilleSouthwest TimesWythe County Emergency Management Officials said the wrecked cargo included paint, which spilled onto the roadway. Virginia HAZMAT officials arrived to assist the containment effort, due to the fact that paint is flammable and harmful to the ... Read more [...]
Injured train crew members released from hospital – WKOW
Injured train crew members released from hospitalWKOWSlinger Fire Chief, Rick Hanke said multiple fire departments in area along with county HAZMAT teams have come to help with the clean up. "There's flammability involved, there's contamination in the soil and what have you, and it gives off a pungent ... Read more [...]
Conditions of two injured train crew members improving; derailment clean-up … – WMTV
Conditions of two injured train crew members improving; derailment clean-up ...WMTVHe says hazmat crews have dikes and booms in place. A spokesman for Canadian National Railway Co. says preliminary reports indicate one of the company's trains was headed south and struck cars on another train. The Red Cross was assisting evacuees ... Read more [...]
4: 2 Injured in Washington County Train Derailment – WBAY
4: 2 Injured in Washington County Train DerailmentWBAYHazmat crews believe they have the spill under control. First responders say the derailment happened ... The fire chief says crews have a long clean up effort ahead of them that will take several more days. "There's, uh, lumber on the ground from a ... Read more [...]
Exide's future still up in the air – Muncie Star Press
Exide's future still up in the airMuncie Star PressLast year, Exide closed its Frisco, Texas, recycling plant — where an environmental cleanup is under way — and idled its Reading, Pa., recycling facility, the source of numerous environmental violations over the years. A ground water cleanup is ...and more » Read more [...]
Museum seeks donations for church repairs – Bismarck Tribune
Museum seeks donations for church repairsBismarck Tribune"It's basically become a hazmat situation that is going to take a very thorough cleaning and sealing of the boards," Nelson-Henin said. "It's going to cost quite a bit of money to do that." She said a bio-hazard service company gave the museum board a ... Read more [...]
UPDATED: Massive Bonduelle fire extinguished, estimated damage between … – Windsor Star (blog)
Chatham Daily NewsUPDATED: Massive Bonduelle fire extinguished, estimated damage between ...Windsor Star (blog)Roads in the vicinity of the plant and leading into the town were blocked. Hospitals in the region were put on standby. The province's Ministry of the Environment and Ministry of Health were notified, as well as the Ontario Fire Marshal's office ...Evacuation lifted after fire, chemical leak at Ont. food-processing plantDetroit Free PressSafety specialists in Chatham-Kent react to plant Read more [...]
HazMat crews clean up after crash, 60 gallon fuel spill – KPRC Houston
HazMat crews clean up after crash, 60 gallon fuel spillKPRC HoustonHazMat crews cleaned up for hours Saturday after a crash and fuel spill in northwest Harris County. It happened on Fry Road near Mountain Forest Drive around 2 a.m.. According to Harris County deputies, a man speeding north on Fry in a Camaro slammed ... Read more [...]
All lanes back open on I-35 – KXXV News Channel 25
KSAT San AntonioAll lanes back open on I-35KXXV News Channel 25Traffic was diverted onto the service road at exit 315 southbound and 314 northbound for hazmat cleanup. The left travel lane on the southbound side was closed while workers replaced the concrete barriers damaged in the crash. The shut down lasted ...18-wheeler accidents close Interstate 35Killeen Daily Heraldall 30 news articles » Read more [...]
Emergency training exercise held at fairgrounds – Sturgis Journal
Emergency training exercise held at fairgroundsSturgis JournalAs the scenario unfolded, Centreville identified the possible bio-hazard and called in Sturgis Fire Department's HazMat team, which then alerted the civil support team. Mapping of the area followed, along with testing for contamination, danger to the ... Read more [...]
Derailment investigation continues – Moose Jaw Times-Herald
Derailment investigation continuesMoose Jaw Times-HeraldThirty-two members of the fire department's staff have completed a hazmat course, which allows them to work at identifying hazardous materials, securing a scene and assisting with decontamination if necessary. That training was put into practice at the ...and more » Read more [...]
Action taken on Dacar Plant – WTOV Steubenville
WTOV SteubenvilleAction taken on Dacar PlantWTOV Steubenville... officials are now involved in urging the owners of the Dacar Plant to begin a work plan that includes cleaning up the chemicals. Meanwhile, the people who live near the plant remain concerned about safety. Days ago, the plant was surrounding by a ... Read more [...]
AristaTek, Inc. Offers Complimentary Report Detailing the Consequences of a … – JEMS.com
AristaTek, Inc. Offers Complimentary Report Detailing the Consequences of a ...JEMS.comThe company will make this brief available at no cost to Hazmat teams, fire departments/fire marshals, law enforcement officials or any other public safety/health professionals to assist in their preparation and response to this type of terrorist event ... Read more [...]
Crews Still Cleaning Oil From Lackawanna River – wnep.com
wnep.comCrews Still Cleaning Oil From Lackawanna Riverwnep.comA HAZMAT company in Dunmore is now in the next phase of cleaning up thousands of gallons of fuel oil that leaked into the Lackawanna almost a week ago. Using a canoe and a machete, crews will cut down dirty knotweed plants along a mile stretch of the ...and more » Read more [...]
Honey Oil Production Explodes in Mendicino – Willits News
Honey Oil Production Explodes in MendicinoWillits NewsBriley heads the Redwood Empire Hazardous Incident Team (REHIT), a county level organization tasked with hazardous material clean up and as a result he's had ample opportunity to see the dangerous side of BHO production, commonly called honey oil. In ... Read more [...]
Sludge leak in Dartmouth: Hazardous material oozing from drum – TheChronicleHerald.ca
TheChronicleHerald.caSludge leak in Dartmouth: Hazardous material oozing from drumTheChronicleHerald.caHalifax regional firefighters are on the scene of a leaking drum of hazardous material in Dartmouth. The material, believed to be aluminum sludge, is oozing from a 45-gallon drum in the back of a truck on Neptune Crescent near Research Drive ...and more » Read more [...]
Semi-fire shuts down I-80 near Wyoming state line, man in critical condition – KUTV 2News
KUTV 2NewsSemi-fire shuts down I-80 near Wyoming state line, man in critical conditionKUTV 2NewsHazmat crews arrived on scene to check on the cargo of one of the trucks. "One semi was carrying about 500 batteries and 440 gallons of acid magic which is a cleaning substance," said Rowser. However, "that did not cause any problems to any of the ...and more » Read more [...]
Clean up continues following train derailment near Caron – Globalnews.ca
Globalnews.caClean up continues following train derailment near CaronGlobalnews.ca“We have a number of trained hazmat technicians on our department, so part of our job is to go back and evaluate the scene. First we make sure the scene is secure and then slowly try and determine whether we have any hazardous materials leaking from ...and more » Read more [...]
Solving oil pollution in parking lots, garages and job sites – HazMat Management Magazine (subscription)
Solving oil pollution in parking lots, garages and job sitesHazMat Management Magazine (subscription)This article is designed to provide readers with a clear understanding of the breadth and depth of the problem, its devastating effects on the environment, the legal situation and the options available to us for cleaning up the mess at home and at work. Read more [...]
Nearly 100 sickened by chemical leak near Thailand's eastern seaport – Fox News
Fox NewsNearly 100 sickened by chemical leak near Thailand's eastern seaportFox NewsThai doctors and nurses treat school children at a hospital after they were sickened by a chemical leak from a Hong Kong ship near their school in Laem Chabang industrial seaport in Chonburi province, southeastern Thailand Thursday, July 17, 2014.Thai port chemical leak sickens scoresAljazeera.comChemical Fumes Sicken 139 People Near Thai SeaportABC NewsLeaky ship sickens dozens in ThailandCBS NewsThe Maritime Executive -Times Read more [...]
Hazmat Crews On Scene Following Knights Road Explosion
Philadelphia Hazmat crews are working to control the scene of an explosion causes by a Freon leak.
Boston natural gas trucking firm XNG prepares for national expansion
Xpress, or XNG as it’s known, is embarking on a national expansion plan, one that the three founders hope could take them into new markets by the end of the year.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Feds relax regs for trucks hauling explosives
The new rules could also save the industry more than $16 million each year.
'Extensive corrosion': As tanks come down, CSB says leaking started before Jan. 9 – Charleston Gazette
'Extensive corrosion': As tanks come down, CSB says leaking started before Jan. 9Charleston GazetteBanks discussed the board's concerned about the extent of time the tank could have been leaking as part of a CSB public meeting held to release a report on a Hancock County industrial fire that killed three workers and to provide Kanawha Valley ... Read more [...]
Protecting horses from farm hazards – Horsetalk
HorsetalkProtecting horses from farm hazardsHorsetalkShe recommends that horse and facility owners become educated in both prevention and safety in order to identify any possible hazards and take the appropriate action beforehand to help offset an emergency visit from a veterinarian or even worse, having ... Read more [...]
Probe of tarred dogs leads to hazmat discovery – WTAE Pittsburgh
Probe of tarred dogs leads to hazmat discoveryWTAE PittsburghHazmat cleanup will continue there in the days ahead. "Once we found potential hazardous material, we could not allow anybody else on-site. So we will have to have the material cleanup proceeding before we would ask the police to come in to see if they ...and more » Read more [...]
Safe rail transport of hazardous materials is critical – Chicago Tribune
Safe rail transport of hazardous materials is criticalChicago TribuneKudos to the Chicago Tribune for the investigative feature story about the number of Bakken crude oil trains running through our region on a weekly basis ("40 crude oil trains a week; Documents show rolling pipelines of flammable liquid often traverse ... Read more [...]
Feds: Holes in tank likely factor in W.Va. leak – seattlepi.com
Feds: Holes in tank likely factor in W.Va. leakseattlepi.comHoles in a tank's floor and roof likely helped cause a January chemical spill that contaminated West Virginia's biggest drinking water supply for days, federal investigators said. ... They have said it will about a year total to release a full report ...and more » Read more [...]
Live updates: More details expected from CSB on chemical leak – Charleston Daily Mail (blog)
Charleston Daily Mail (blog)Live updates: More details expected from CSB on chemical leakCharleston Daily Mail (blog)The chemical leak case is the third investigation for the CSB in the Kanawha Valley since 2008, following fatal incidents at the Bayer CropScience facility in Institute and the DuPont facility in Belle. Those recommendations, which include creating a ...Freedom Leak Probe Update Coming WednesdayWCHSall 7 news articles » Read more [...]
Scanner Reports 7-16-14 – Santa Barbara Edhat
Scanner Reports 7-16-14Santa Barbara EdhatFire Alarms 1300 Block of Patos. No fires either places. A 6 foot tall jerk with curly brown hair grabbed an item out of an employee's hand and shoved her in the 100 Block of North Milpas. SBSO went on a Foot Pursuit on a man who was carrying a big ... Read more [...]
Positive Results for Combination Ricin, Anthrax Vaccine
Soligenix, Inc. last week announced positive results for the combination of RiVax and VeloThrax to induce protective immunity to both ricin and anthrax.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Crews testing pipes on truck for radioactivity off I-25 in Northglenn
Hazmat teams from the North Metro Fire Rescue District and Colorado State Patrol are investigating a truck on an Interstate 25 off-ramp in Northglenn that could potentially be carryingSee it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Cause of Strange Odor in Montco Revealed
Officials have revealed the cause of a strange odor that forced over 100 people out of their homes in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
N.Y. will disclose when, where trains ship oil
New York will soon disclose the routes and schedules of freight trains hauling tanker cars filled with Bakken crude oil as they pass through New York on their way to coastal refineries.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Federal agency to give update on leak investigation – Charleston Daily Mail
Federal agency to give update on leak investigationCharleston Daily MailNational regulators will present more information today about their ongoing investigation into the Freedom Industries chemical leak. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board is hosting a public meeting at noon in the ballroom of the Four Points Sheraton hotel in ... Read more [...]
