Archive for Chemical Release
Pa. Crews Tackle Blast, Fire at Chemical Plant – Firehouse.com
Pa. Crews Tackle Blast, Fire at Chemical PlantFirehouse.comNo one was injured in the 10:05 p.m. explosion at the 103 Demi Road plant. But the chemical fire and continuing gas leak forced emergency officials to dispatch several fire companies and the Lehigh County Haz-Mat Team. Voltaix officials advised ...Explosion, chemical fire at Voltaix in Upper Mount Bethel Township, emergency ...The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.comExplosion, fire at Voltaix started in chemical tankAllentown Morning Read more [...]
Upper Mount Bethel Township fire at Voltaix was in waste collection tank … – The Express Times – LehighValleyLive.com
Upper Mount Bethel Township fire at Voltaix was in waste collection tank ...The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com... company CEO Pete Smith said this morning. "The waste collection tank caught fire at approximately 10 p.m. ... and burned for about 2.5 hours," Smith said in an email from Northampton County Emergency Management Services. ... The solvent is a ...Pa. Crews Tackle Blast, Fire at Chemical PlantFirehouse.comall 7 news articles »
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Explosion, chemical fire at Voltaix in Upper Mount Bethel Township, emergency … – The Express Times – LehighValleyLive.com
Explosion, chemical fire at Voltaix in Upper Mount Bethel Township, emergency ...The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.comEmergency crews are responding to an explosion and chemical fire at Voltaix in Upper Mount Bethel Township, according to emergency radio reports. Calls for the ... The scene was chaotic at the chemical plant and smoke was rising in the area ...
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Chemical leak at Prestonpans swimming pool – Scotsman (blog)
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Chemical leak at Prestonpans swimming poolScotsman (blog)Chemical leak at Prestonpans swimming pool. Firefighters dealt with the leak at Prestonpans swimming pool. Picture: Kate Chandler. Published on 28/06/2013 14:29. A CHEMICALS leak has resulted in the temporary closure of a Lothians swimming pool after ...
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Eight fire engines called to chemical leak at Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport – South Wales Argus
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Eight fire engines called to chemical leak at Royal Gwent Hospital, NewportSouth Wales ArgusEIGHT fire engines attended an incident at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport early today involving a chemical leak. Appliances from Maindee, Duffryn, Cwmbran, New Inn and Abercarn stations were among those answering a call at around 1.30am.
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Chemical leak at Takata seat belt plant, building evacuated – WOAI
Chemical leak at Takata seat belt plant, building evacuatedWOAISAN ANTONIO -- Workers at a Northwest Side manufacturing plant had you be evacuated due to a chemical leak Wednesday morning. Emergency crews were called to the Takata seat belt plant in the 4600 block of Wiseman around 10:00 a.m. A ...
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Geismar eplosion and fire released more than 62000 pounds of toxic chemicals … – NOLA.com
Geismar eplosion and fire released more than 62000 pounds of toxic chemicals ...NOLA.comThe fire caused significant damage at the chemical plant, which was undergoing a $400 million expansion. When the plant expansion is complete, it will be able to manufacture 1.95 billion pounds of chemicals a year. In a news release issued Monday, the ...and more »
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Carver Recreation Center Evacuates after Chemical Leak – NBC 29 News
Carver Recreation Center Evacuates after Chemical LeakNBC 29 NewsThe Carver Recreation Center at the Jefferson School City Center is closed for the rest of the day, after a non-hazardous chemical leak forced the evacuation of the building Tuesday morning. The Charlottesville Fire Department is working to clean up ...
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Fire at chemical waste disposal site – WOOD-TV
Fire at chemical waste disposal siteWOOD-TVThe plant's owner and employees told the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality that they were using chemicals to neutralize some acid-based compounds, which is a process that can generate a tremendous amount of heat, which the fire started. The ...and more »
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Fire at Chemtura plant in Mapleton now contained; access to area restored – Peoria Journal Star
Fire at Chemtura plant in Mapleton now contained; access to area restoredPeoria Journal Star"We're still not out of the woods as far as a chemical fire is concerned, but the fire is contained," said David Tuttle, the emergency dispatch director and chief of the Logan-Trivoli Fire Department, about 10 a.m. from dispatch headquarters in Peoria ...and more »
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HazMat team called to chemical leak, fire in northeast Houston – abc13.com
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HazMat team called to chemical leak, fire in northeast Houstonabc13.comHazMat team called to chemical leak, fire in northeast Houston. Updated at 06:05 AM today. Tags: local. Comment Now; Email · Print · Report a typo. ShareThis via email, AIM, social bookmarking and networking sites, etc. HOUSTON (KTRK) -- HazMat crews ...
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Knowledge, planning keys to emergency response – The Daily Citizen
Knowledge, planning keys to emergency responseThe Daily CitizenIf synthetic materials have changed the way house fires are fought, the chemicals and processes used to create those synthetics present an even greater challenge for firefighters and other emergency responders. And in few places are those challenges ...
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Texas A&M Construction Accident Leaves Four Workers Injured – Huffington Post
Texas A&M Construction Accident Leaves Four Workers InjuredHuffington PostCollege Station and Bryan fire departments, campus police and Texas A&M emergency medical personnel all responded to the accident, which happened shortly before 11 a.m. Saturday. The accident ... Their names and further details on their conditions were ...and more »
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West blast brings scrutiny to chemical hazards – Waco Tribune-Herald
West blast brings scrutiny to chemical hazardsWaco Tribune-Herald“If it's an extremely hazardous substance, we know there's a reason it's on the list,” said Frank Patterson, director of the Waco-McLennan County Office of Emergency Management. “At the ... Once released from pressure, the liquid becomes a ground ...
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LEPC: The anatomy of an explosion – Pryor Daily Times
LEPC: The anatomy of an explosionPryor Daily TimesMark Stafford, Pryor Chemical Plant Health and Safety director, broke the event down and lent his expertise to a discussion of the investigation. After showing before and after pictures highlighting the devastation, ... including emergency responders ...
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Chemicals pose deadly risk to SC – Greenville News
Chemicals pose deadly risk to SCGreenville NewsChemical plants, fertilizer warehouses and other businesses that use toxic materials sit perilously close to neighborhoods in many parts of South Carolina, often without anyone knowing the potential risk posed by the facilities. At least 178 of these ...and more »
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City Of West Sues Fertilizer Plant, Manufacturer – KWTX
City Of West Sues Fertilizer Plant, ManufacturerKWTXThe explosion did about $17 million in damage primarily to West's water and sewer systems, but the owners of the fertilizer plant carried only $1 million in liability insurance, and last week the Federal Emergency Management Agency said it won't ...and more »
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Danville Chemical Leak Under Control – WAND
Danville Chemical Leak Under ControlWANDDANVILLE - Officials say a chemical leak that caused over 100 people to evacuate was under control by 3 p.m.. Around 11 a.m. Thursday morning, crews were called to the Chem-Cast plant on Lynch Rd. after a mixture of chemicals were leaking from a 300 ...Chemical leak forces evacuation of day careDanville Commercial Newsall 5 news articles »
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Heroes of the meltdown – Cadtle Hills News
Heroes of the meltdownCadtle Hills NewsThe earthquake had already knocked out power to the nuclear plant, triggering the automatic shutdown of Fukushima Dai-ichi's only functioning reactors - 1, 2 and 3. But the plant's emergency defences appeared to be working. Thirteen diesel generators ...and more »
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Guest opinion: 'Frack' and tax to prosperity – Daily Camera
Guest opinion: 'Frack' and tax to prosperityDaily CameraEven a new steel plant in Youngstown, Ohio (my place of birth), built to fabricate pipe used for natural gas drilling in the Marcellus and Utica Shale basins, will provide far fewer manufacturing jobs than originally anticipated due to automation. So ...
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One dead, scores injured in Louisiana chemical plant explosion – NBCNews.com
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One dead, scores injured in Louisiana chemical plant explosionNBCNews.comAn explosion and fire at a Louisiana chemical plant Thursday morning killed one person and injured 73 more, Gov. Bobby Jindal said. The explosion took place at Williams Olefins chemical plant in Ascension Parish, between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, ...Blast, fire hit Williams chemical plant in LouisianaDaily News & AnalysisExplosion, fire at chemical plant in Louisiana7Online.comOne Confirmed Dead In Read more [...]
Crews on scene of chemical leak – WAND
Crews on scene of chemical leakWANDDanville – Fire crews are on the scene of a chemical leak in Danville. Firefighters are trying to stop a leak at Chem-Cast Limited in the 1000 block of Lynch Road. That is near Second Church of Christ, where about 100 kids had to be evacuated and moved ...
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Chemical leak forces evacuation of day care – Danville Commercial News
Chemical leak forces evacuation of day careDanville Commercial NewsDANVILLE — Homes and a church were evacuated Thursday as a result of a chemical leak at a Danville company. Danville Fire Department's Hazardous Materials Unit was called to Chem-Cast, 1009 Lynch Road, around mid-morning Thursday regarding a ...Danville Chemical Leak Under ControlWANDall 5 news articles »
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National Guard trains for major disaster at HAMMER in Richland – TheNewsTribune.com
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National Guard trains for major disaster at HAMMER in RichlandTheNewsTribune.comThe exercise, called Operation Evergreen Ember, focused on rescuing victims of a mock chemical plant explosion. ... 0 comments. Members of the Washington National Guard decontaminate a patient during an emergency response training operation at the ...and more »
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Virgin Active fined over toxic chemical leak at Edinburgh club – BBC News
Virgin Active fined over toxic chemical leak at Edinburgh clubBBC NewsVirgin Active fined over toxic chemical leak at Edinburgh club. Omni Centre, Edinburgh The incident took place in the Omni Centre site in February 2010. Virgin Active has been fined £20,000 for releasing a toxic mix of chemicals at an Edinburgh fitness ...and more »
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OSHA Investigating Second Chemical Plant Explosion In Louisiana – ThinkProgress
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OSHA Investigating Second Chemical Plant Explosion In LouisianaThinkProgressThe explosion occurred in a section of the plant that had been shut down for maintenance when workers are thought to have pumped too much nitrogen into a vessel, causing it to rupture. The company has said that there was no fire or chemical release and ...Three industrial accidents in past week cause safety concernsWWLGeismar, LA Olefin Plant ExplosionAgWebExplosion reminds La. that plants not always Read more [...]
Chemical release suit releases fury on Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) – GSPInsider
Chemical release suit releases fury on Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM)GSPInsiderOn Tuesday, an attorney for residents who are suing Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) over the chemical release that occurred last June, at its North Baton Rouge plant said that the Standard Heights community's residents have reached their breaking ...
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Walmart Evacuated after Chemical Leak – Abccolumbia.com
Walmart Evacuated after Chemical LeakAbccolumbia.comWalmart Evacuated after Chemical Leak. Tools. 0 Comments; Email this article. Tweet · Digg · Print this article. By Rob Dew. Story Created: Jun 18, 2013 at 3:07 PM EDT. Story Updated: Jun 18, 2013 at 10:48 PM EDT. LEXINGTON, S.C. (WOLO) - Authorities ...and more »
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Residents sue ExxonMobil over 2012 chemical leak – The Advocate
Residents sue ExxonMobil over 2012 chemical leakThe AdvocateAn attorney for residents suing ExxonMobil Corp. over last June's chemical release at the company's north Baton Rouge plant said Tuesday the residents of the Standard Heights community have “had enough.” “I know the residents are sick of it. It's been ...
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A Simulated Chemical Leak Provides Training for Tulsa Area Emergency … – Public Radio Tulsa
A Simulated Chemical Leak Provides Training for Tulsa Area Emergency ...Public Radio TulsaFirefighters in haz-mat suits surround a smoking rail car at the Port of Catoosa. Nearby, people are being hosed down in a decontamination area. It looks like a real chemical spill, but it's actually a training simulation. Lead exercise controller Sean ...and more »
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Chemical Leak at Lexington Wal-Mart – Abccolumbia.com
Chemical Leak at Lexington Wal-MartAbccolumbia.comChemical Leak at Lexington Wal-Mart. Tools. 0 Comments; Email this article. Tweet · Digg · Print this article. By Rob Dew. Story Created: Jun 18, 2013 at 3:07 PM EDT. Story Updated: Jun 18, 2013 at 3:07 PM EDT. Lexington, SC (WOLO)--Police and fire ...
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Texas explosion has roots in government: Column – USA TODAY
Texas explosion has roots in government: ColumnUSA TODAYGovernment used fertilizer chemical to make bombs during World War II. ... Citizens of West, Texas, struggling to rebuild lives shattered by a massive April explosion at a local fertilizer plant, were dealt another devastating blow last week as the ...
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Investigation continues into Donaldsonville chemical blast – NOLA.com
Investigation continues into Donaldsonville chemical blastNOLA.comInitial investigation showed that a small vessel was ruptured as nitrogen was being offloaded from a truck, Richard Webre, director of Ascension Parish's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, said Monday. There was no fire or chemical ...Plant worker known for hard work, loyaltyThe AdvocateOne killed, 8 injured in nitrogen blast in LouisianaKETKCF Industries Confirms Incident at Donaldsonville, LA, Nitrogen ComplexThe Read more [...]
Louisiana rocked by week's second chemical plant blast – RT
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Louisiana rocked by week's second chemical plant blastRTA chemical plant has exploded in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, less than two days after a deadly blast in the nearby town of Geismar. At least one person was killed Friday evening, and some seven injured. Sheriff Jeff Wiley told The Baton Rougue Advocate ...Explosions remind La. that plants not always safe - WREX.com – Rockford's ...WREX-TVExplosion Rocks Louisiana Chemical PlantWall Street JournalFatal explosion hits US chemical blastAljazeera.comNOLA Read more [...]
Second La. Chemical Blast Kills One, Injures Seven – Firehouse.com
Second La. Chemical Blast Kills One, Injures SevenFirehouse.com"There was no fire or chemical release nor is there any threat or hazard posed to the community." CF Industries manufactures ammonia and other nitrogen fertilizers at its Donaldsonville plant. "Our focus is on our number one priority — the health and ...
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Police: OSHA to join investigation of 2nd La. plant explosion; 1 person killed … – Washington Post
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Police: OSHA to join investigation of 2nd La. plant explosion; 1 person killed ...Washington PostCF officials said there was no fire or chemical release and everything was secure at the plant. Frey said the vessel was in a section of the plant that had been shut down for maintenance. “Our focus is on our number one priority — the health and ...Police: 1 dead, 7 others injured in 2nd Louisiana chemical plant explosion in ...Minneapolis Star TribuneOne dead, several Read more [...]
Police: Several injured in 2nd La. chemical plant explosion in 2 days – The Republic
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Police: Several injured in 2nd La. chemical plant explosion in 2 daysThe Republic"There was no fire or chemical release nor is there any threat or hazard posed to the community." CF Industries manufactures ammonia and other nitrogen fertilizers at its Donaldsonville plant. "Our focus is on our number one priority — the health and ...One dead, several hurt in second Louisiana plant blast: policeYahoo! NewsOne person killed in second plant incident in two days in Louisiana parishNBCNews.com Read more [...]
Another Chemical Plant “Pressure Explosion” Kills One, Several Injured – WGNO
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Another Chemical Plant “Pressure Explosion” Kills One, Several InjuredWGNOThey say there was never a fire or chemical release because it was an explosion of pressure, described as a balloon popping. State Police and Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office as well as hazmat crews and company personnel are trying to figure out what ...One dead, several hurt in second Louisiana plant blast: policeYahoo! NewsPolice: 1 dead, 7 hurt in 2nd La. plant blastKIMTall 640 news articles »
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One dead, several hurt in second Louisiana plant blast: police – Reuters
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One dead, several hurt in second Louisiana plant blast: policeReutersCF Industries said there was no fire or chemical release and the incident posed no threat or hazard to the community. "An investigation into the root cause of the incident is under way," the company said. "We are deeply saddened by the loss of one of ...One person killed in second plant incident in two days in Louisiana parishNBCNews.com (blog)Police: 1 dead, others hurt in 2nd La. plant blastKansas.comall Read more [...]
One person killed in second plant incident in two days in Louisiana parish – NBCNews.com (blog)
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One person killed in second plant incident in two days in Louisiana parishNBCNews.com (blog)"There was no fire or chemical release nor is there any threat or hazard posed to the community," it said. Ascension Parish Sheriff Jeff Wiley and plant manager Lou Frey said at a news conference Friday night that the rupture — which initially was ...Police: 1 dead, others hurt in 2nd La. plant blastKansas.comall 609 news articles »
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