Archive for Chemical Release
Texas paramedic denies explosives charge – CBC.ca
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Texas paramedic denies explosives chargeCBC.caA Texas paramedic arrested on charges of possessing bomb-making material will plead not guilty and had no connection to a fertilizer plant explosion that killed 14 people last month, his defence lawyer says. ... Reed was a first responder, but two days ...Texas first responder to plead not guilty to pipe bomb chargeCNNFormer West paramedic faces federal charges of possessing bomb componentsFort Worth Star TelegramCriminal probe started into Read more [...]
Texas first responder to plead not guilty to pipe bomb charge – CNN
New York Daily News
Texas first responder to plead not guilty to pipe bomb chargeCNN(CNN) -- An emergency responder to last month's deadly Texas fertilizer plant explosion will plead not guilty to the charge of having possessed materials for a pipe bomb, his lawyer told CNN Saturday. Bryce Reed will enter that plea on ... "At this ...Officials Aren't Linking Man's Arrest To Texas ExplosionNPR (blog)EMT at Fertilizer Plant Blast Faces Charge of Possessing Bomb PartsNew York TimesPolice launch Read more [...]
Chemical leak forces evacuation of LA Fitness in St. Louis Park – Minneapolis Star Tribune
Chemical leak forces evacuation of LA Fitness in St. Louis ParkMinneapolis Star TribuneA fitness center in St. Louis Park was evacuated Friday morning because of a suspected chemical leak, a city official said. About two dozen patrons along with staff members of Lifetime Fitness near Hwy. 100 were evacuated as authorities try to ...and more »
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News 8 investigates Ellis County emergency readiness after 2011 plant fire – WFAA
News 8 investigates Ellis County emergency readiness after 2011 plant fireWFAAStewart later provided News 8 with a Tier II report from the chemical plant and said he's working on putting an LEPC together. He said in the meantime, he has organized all of the county fire chiefs and has made sure all emergency response plans are ...
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Lubbock, Texas Chemical Leak: Hundreds Evacuated Near Bayer Plant – Huffington Post
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Lubbock, Texas Chemical Leak: Hundreds Evacuated Near Bayer PlantHuffington PostSAN ANTONIO, May 9 (Reuters) - Several hundred people have been evacuated from a section of Lubbock, Texas, after a leaking tank released a chemical that could turn into highly corrosive hydrochloric acid, the city's Fire Department said on Thursday ...Hazmat Evacuation Lifted for Northeast Lubbock Residents - KlbkEverythingLubbock.comall 19 news articles »
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Families allowed to go home after chemical leak – Businessweek
San Francisco Chronicle
Families allowed to go home after chemical leakBusinessweekLUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Residents are being allowed to return home after officials began draining a caustic chemical from a leaking tank in West Texas. About 100 families began returning home Thursday afternoon, one day after they were forced out by a ...West Texas chemical leak continuesHouston ChronicleChemical Leak Forces 100 Texas Families From Homes - KWTX.comKWTXDEVELOPING: Chemical leak prompts NE Lubbock Read more [...]
People who live in this area are being told to evacuate. (Source: Lubbock Fire … – WBXH
People who live in this area are being told to evacuate. (Source: Lubbock Fire ...WBXHAn area in north Lubbock was evacuated Wednesday night in response to a chemical leak at Bayer CropScience at 103 Erskine near Interstate 27. An estimated 100 families live in the neighborhood affected by the leak. Residents were warned by Reverse ...
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Part of Texas city evacuated due to leak at Bayer chemical plant – Reuters AlertNet
San Francisco Chronicle
Part of Texas city evacuated due to leak at Bayer chemical plantReuters AlertNetSAN ANTONIO, May 9 (Reuters) - Several hundred people have been evacuated from a section of Lubbock, Texas, after a leaking tank released a chemical that could turn into highly corrosive hydrochloric acid, the city's Fire Department said on Thursday ...Hazmat Evacuation Lifted for Northeast Lubbock Residents - KlbkEverythingLubbock.comall 15 news articles »
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Kanawha County Showing Off Its New Emergency Sirens – WCHS
Kanawha County Showing Off Its New Emergency SirensWCHSThe sirens, on display at the Public Safety Expo taking place at the Charleston Civic Center, aren't the old chemical plant sirens that residents are used to hearing. Kanawha County Emergency Management Director Dale Petry says the mod sirens talk ...
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West Fertilizer"s Inadequate Coverage Penalizes All Texas Citizens – Legal Examiner
Dallas Morning News
West Fertilizer"s Inadequate Coverage Penalizes All Texas CitizensLegal ExaminerFirewalls and a protective berm were never built; there was no fire suppression system. The company had previously been fined for not having a proper emergency plan although the company said that there was no danger of fire. Lack of responsibility and ...If no one tells the feds, then are we responsible for disasters such as West's?Your Houston Newsall 19 news articles »
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Hazmat Evacuation Lifted for Northeast Lubbock Residents – Klbk – EverythingLubbock.com
Hazmat Evacuation Lifted for Northeast Lubbock Residents - KlbkEverythingLubbock.comHazmat crews with the Lubbock Fire Department were called to the Bayer Crop Sciences plant on Erskine near I-27 around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. When crews arrived on scene, they found hydrochloric acid leaking from a trailer. Thousands of gallons of the ...and more »
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Families can't go home amid Texas chemical leak – Houston Chronicle
Families can't go home amid Texas chemical leakHouston ChronicleLUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — A chemical leak in West Texas continued unabated for a second straight day on Thursday, and nearby residents were being kept away from their homes as a precaution. Hazardous materials experts were working to stop the leak of ...
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Acid Leak Forces Residents From Homes in Northeast Lubbock – Permianbasin360
Acid Leak Forces Residents From Homes in Northeast LubbockPermianbasin360Hazmat crews with the Lubbock Fire Department were called to the Bayer Crop Sciences plant on Erskine near I-27 around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. When crews arrived on scene, ... The leak prompted emergency crews to evacuate residents in part of the ...and more »
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Chemical leak in Lubbock sends dozens from homes – KHOU
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Chemical leak in Lubbock sends dozens from homesKHOULUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — A chemical leak at an agricultural company in West Texas has forced about 100 families from their homes but nobody has been hurt. Lubbock police say the evacuation continues Thursday in a zone extending several blocks.BREAKING: Chemical leak prompts NE Lubbock evacuationMYfoxLUBBOCK.COMPeople who live in this area are being told to evacuate. (Source: Lubbock Fire ...WBXHChemical leak in Lubbock leads to emergency Read more [...]
BREAKING: Chemical leak prompts NE Lubbock evacuation – MYfoxLUBBOCK.COM
BREAKING: Chemical leak prompts NE Lubbock evacuationMYfoxLUBBOCK.COMA chemical leak in northeast Lubbock has prompted an evacuation. The leak is at the Bayer Crop Science facility at 103 Erskine. Residents from North Ash & Erskine to Avenue L & Marsha Sharp Freeway to Mackenzie Park have been evacuated. The reverse ...and more »
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Saginaw between Salzburg, Mark Putnam closed due to hazardous material … – Midland Daily News
Saginaw between Salzburg, Mark Putnam closed due to hazardous material ...Midland Daily NewsA chemical leak from Dow Corning's Midland plant caused the closure of Saginaw Road on Tuesday night. "This evening just before 9 p.m., there was a minor chemical vapor release (ammonium chloride) at Dow Corning's Midland manufacturing site," a Dow ...and more »
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Dow Corning Investigating Minor Midland Chemical Release – WSGW
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Dow Corning Investigating Minor Midland Chemical ReleaseWSGWDow Corning officials are investigating what's described as a minor chemical vapor release of ammonium chloride that occurred just before Nine Wednesday night at the company's Midland manufacturing site on South Saginaw Road. Authorities blocked part ...
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Orica worker suffers chemical burns – Newcastle Herald
Orica worker suffers chemical burnsNewcastle HeraldEmergency services were called to the Kooragang Island chemical factory just before 9pm after a Maitland man sustained burns to the face from ammonia vapour. The 38-year-old worker was reportedly conducting routine works when a plate between two ...
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Swift County: Cleanup continues after train/semi collision causes chemical leak – Pioneer Press
Swift County: Cleanup continues after train/semi collision causes chemical leakPioneer PressSwift County: Cleanup continues after train/semi collision causes chemical leak. Associated Press Associated Press. Posted: 05/07/2013 12:01:00 AM CDT. May 8, 2013 2:43 AM GMTUpdated: 05/07/2013 09:43:17 PM CDT. This photo provided by The Swift ...and more »
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In the Wake of West, Texas: 1000 Toxic Chemical Accidents You Have Not … – Truth-Out
In the Wake of West, Texas: 1000 Toxic Chemical Accidents You Have Not ...Truth-Out(Photo: Michael Stravato / The New York Times) The April 17 explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, that killed 15 people and injured 200 was perhaps one of the most severe chemical accidents of its kind in recent memory, but it was by no means ...
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Hwy 12 between Murdock and DeGraff remains closed, possibly until Sunday – Swift County Monitor
Swift County Monitor
Hwy 12 between Murdock and DeGraff remains closed, possibly until SundaySwift County Monitor“This closing could be for another four days due to the careful process to ensure all personnel's safety in this matter,” the Swift County Sheriff's Office stated in a news release shortly after 11 a.m. Wednesday. Meanwhile ... In addition the sheriff ...School evacuated after truck hauling anhydrous ammonia hits trainJamestown Sunall 31 news articles »
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3 Texas Workers Hospitalized and 4 Others Treated and Released Due to a … – WorkersCompensation.com (press release)
3 Texas Workers Hospitalized and 4 Others Treated and Released Due to a ...WorkersCompensation.com (press release)3 Texas Workers Hospitalized and 4 Others Treated and Released Due to a December 2012 Fire ... The Conroe plant inspection was expanded to include the national emphasis program on Process Safety Management Covered Chemical Facilities. ... The serious ...
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Morning Brief — May 8, 2013 – iPolitics.ca (subscription)
Morning Brief — May 8, 2013iPolitics.ca (subscription)MPs held an emergency debate on Syria last night, but Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird is making it clear Canadian Forces won't get involved in the country's conflict just yet. He stressed the urgency of determining whether Syria is using chemical ...
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On Ammonium Nitrate, Big Coal Is Guilty, Too | The Nation – The Nation. (blog)
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On Ammonium Nitrate, Big Coal Is Guilty, Too | The NationThe Nation. (blog)The chemical, which was stored in large amounts at the West Fertilizer Co., is used to make fertilizer. It's also used by ... GRITtv was in Central Appalachia the week after the Boston Marathon bombing and the West, Texas, fire. While terrorism of ...
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Who keeps tabs on region's dangerous chemicals? – Beaumont Enterprise
Montreal Gazette
Who keeps tabs on region's dangerous chemicals?Beaumont EnterpriseHowever, an ingredient of ammonium nitrate is anhydrous ammonia and there are local plants that make that chemical. There are railroad tank cars laden with the hazardous material and those cars are marked with required placards. How do first responders ...Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion Caused By Store Of Ammonium NitrateFox News LatinoAmmonium nitrate was explosive in West plant blastKENS 5 TVRecent editorials Read more [...]
New tech saves time, money for first responders – Springfield News Sun
New tech saves time, money for first respondersSpringfield News SunThat, officials said, will help emergency workers better understand what they're dealing with, like what might be in a manufacturing facility, and know what equipment, like the length of fire hose they'll need before they get to the scene, which ...
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Reporter's Notebook – Board of Supes, May 7: West Nile Virus; Firefighter … – A News Cafe
A News Cafe
Reporter's Notebook – Board of Supes, May 7: West Nile Virus; Firefighter ...A News Cafe... around drainage and other water sources; distribution of mosquito fish that eat mosquitos and can live in ponds, waste water treatment plants, stock ponds, water troughs and other water features; and use of chemical controls including larvicides ...
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Berwyn first responder receives mass casualty training – Main Line
Berwyn first responder receives mass casualty trainingMain LineTo that end, the Berwyn Fire Company EMS captain spent four days in mid-April undergoing intensive training at the federal Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston, Ala. Griesser, 30, of ... The other classes were: Hospital Emergency Response ...
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Chemical leak prompts Seattle community center evacuation – MyNorthwest.com
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Chemical leak prompts Seattle community center evacuationMyNorthwest.comFirefighters were called to the SW Community Center at 2801 SW Thistle St after a a 300 gallon tank of sodium hypochlorite sprung a leak, according to spokesman Kyle Moore. "We evacuated the pool, a southwest teen life center and also a neighborhood ...Chemical leak evacuates Southwest Pool/Teen Life Center; no one hurt; will ...West Seattle Blog (blog)all 4 news articles »
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Chemical leak evacuates Southwest Pool/Teen Life Center; blocks traffic; no … – West Seattle Blog (blog)
Chemical leak evacuates Southwest Pool/Teen Life Center; blocks traffic; no ...West Seattle Blog (blog)5:03 PM: Seattle Fire crews have evacuated Southwest Pool and Teen Life Center because of what was dispatched as a hazardous-materials situation. 5:08 PM UPDATE: It's described on the scanner as a suspected chlorine leak. Traffic is also blocked off in ...and more »
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Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion Caused By Store Of Ammonium Nitrate – Fox News Latino
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Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion Caused By Store Of Ammonium NitrateFox News LatinoAccording to Rachel Moreno, spokeswoman for the Texas State Fire Marshal's Office, a spot where the ammonium nitrate was stored is now a 90-foot-wide crater. So far, the ignition source for the explosive chemical remains a mystery. Findings on the ...Ammonium Nitrate Was Explosive In West Fertilizer Plant Blast - Huffington PostHuffington PostAmmonium nitrate was explosive in West, Texas, plant blastal.comAmmonium Read more [...]
Ammonium Nitrate Was Explosive In West Fertilizer Plant Blast – Huffington Post – Huffington Post
Ammonium Nitrate Was Explosive In West Fertilizer Plant Blast - Huffington PostHuffington PostThe finding was expected, and officials had said they were focusing their investigation on the explosive chemical used in many fertilizers, said Rachel Moreno, spokeswoman for the Texas State Fire Marshal's Office. A spot where the ammonium nitrate was ...
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Ammonium nitrate was what exploded at Texas plant: fire marshal – CTV News
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Ammonium nitrate was what exploded at Texas plant: fire marshalCTV News... plant is what exploded on April 17, killing 14 people and injuring hundreds. The finding was expected, and officials had said they were focusing their investigation on the explosive chemical used in many fertilizers, said Rachel Moreno, spokeswoman ...Ammonium nitrate was explosive in West plant blastSTLtoday.comall 14 news articles »
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Keystone XL Oil Refineries Would Produce 'Extra Dose' Of Pollution, Activist Warns – Huffington Post
Keystone XL Oil Refineries Would Produce 'Extra Dose' Of Pollution, Activist WarnsHuffington PostWherever this unconventional variety is refined, Kelley and other advocates worry, local residents will endure increased day-to-day emissions, emergency flaring, toxic byproducts such as petroleum coke, and risks of explosions like the one that rocked ...and more »
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OF RISK AND REWARD – Great Bend Tribune – Great Bend Tribune
OF RISK AND REWARD - Great Bend TribuneGreat Bend TribuneThe nagging question as the ATF sifts through the rubble is what exactly happened the evening of April 17 at the West Chemical and Fertilizer Company. ... Prior to SARA, emergency planners only looked at weather, fire and traffic disasters, Miller said.and more »
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Representatives call for CFATS review – Fierce Homeland Security
Representatives call for CFATS reviewFierce Homeland SecurityTwo representatives are urging the White House to appoint a Blue Ribbon Commission to examine the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program, including the possibility that CFATS should expand in scope to cover facility safety. In a May 2 ...
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Ammonium nitrate was explosive in West plant blast – Fort Worth Star Telegram
Ammonium nitrate was explosive in West plant blastFort Worth Star TelegramAmmonium nitrate was explosive in West plant blast. Posted Monday, May. 06, 2013 Updated 0 comments Print ... But State Fire Marshal's Office spokeswoman Rachel Moreno says it's still undetermined what touched off the explosive chemical used in many ...and more »
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Fertilizer plant blast: How lax security hints at regulatory gaps in Texas – Yahoo! News
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Fertilizer plant blast: How lax security hints at regulatory gaps in TexasYahoo! News“The reality is there's plenty of chemical plants out in the open that terrorists can strike if they really want to do this,” says Erik Loomis, a historian at the University of Rhode Island who has followed the aftermath in West. ... Texas regulations ...Texas plant that blew up carried $1M policyPalm Beach Postall 72 news articles »
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Many Texas plants lack safety inspections despite risks, data shows – Dallas Morning News
Many Texas plants lack safety inspections despite risks, data showsDallas Morning NewsTwenty-two percent of plants in Texas that regulators say pose a risk of explosion or toxic release have never have been inspected for emergency preparedness, federal data shows. Another 10 ... Dallas assistant fire chief Ted Padgett, who oversees ...
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From Washington to West, system failed to protect Texas town from tragedy – Dallas Morning News
Dallas Morning News
From Washington to West, system failed to protect Texas town from tragedyDallas Morning News... Fertilizer Co. plant. Few details have emerged about what triggered the April 17 fire and subsequent explosion of what was apparently ammonium nitrate fertilizer. ... “I cannot rest until we get to the bottom of what caused the disaster in West ...Texas plant that blew up carried $1M policyPalm Beach PostI-Team: Were Safety Guidelines For Chemical Followed In West?CBS 11all Read more [...]
