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RADIOACTIVE ROCKS FOUND IN MAN'S ATTIC
Tags: us_IN, public, discovery, response, radiation

AMMONIA LEAKS ONTO ROOF OF NORTH SIDE FOODS IN ARNOLD
Tags: us_PA, industrial, release, response, ammonia

EXTREME HEAT RESULTS IN AMMONIA LEAK
Tags: us_NY, industrial, release, response, ammonia

CREWS CONTAIN OIL AND SLUDGE SPILLED INTO DEEP RIVER IN FRANKLINVILLE
Tags: us_NC, industrial, release, environmental, oils

TRUCK CRASH CLOSES EASTBOUND I-84 AT MULTNOMAH FALLS
Tags: us_OR, transportation, release, response, gasoline

FIRE IN TWO FACTORIES IN HOWRAH, IBN LIVE NEWS
Tags: India, industrial, fire, response, paints

GAS TANKER CRASH CREATES ROUTE 1 INFERNO
Tags: us_MA, transportation, explosion, death, gasoline

UPDATE: WARREN DUNES BACK OPEN TO SWIMMERS AFTER HAZMAT EXPLOSION
Tags: us_MI, transportation, explosion, environmental, corrosives

CREWS CONTINUE TO CLEAN UP WASTE FROM TANKER EXPLOSION
Tags: us_IN, transportation, explosion, environmental, waste

WORKERS HOSPITALIZED AFTER HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INCIDENT AT GOVERNMENT 
BUILDING
Tags: Canada, industrial, release, injury, unknown_chemical

VENTING PROPANE TANK OUTSIDE ROBINSON GYM LEADS TO HAZMAT INCIDENT AT KU 
/ LJWORLD.COM
Tags: us_KS, education, release, response, propane

SURPRISE DISCOVERY FOR POLICE IN SOUTH COLUMBUS
Tags: us_OH, public, discovery, response, meth_lab

HAZMAT LEAK CAPPED IN DOWNTOWN FRESNO
Tags: us_CA, transportation, release, response, hydrochloric_acid

THREE HOSPITALIZED IN SMAST HAZ-MAT INCIDENT
Tags: us_MA, laboratory, explosion, injury, acetic_acid, sodium_azide

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RADIOACTIVE ROCKS FOUND IN MAN'S ATTIC

http://www.indystar.com/article/20110724/LOCAL/107240389/Radioactive-rocks
-found-man-s-attic?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CIndyStar.com
Tags: us_IN, public, discovery, response, radiation

Two sisters cleaning out their elderly father's house about noon 
Saturday could have used a hand from Superman when they came across a 
box of apparently radioactive rocks.

However, the Indianapolis Fire Department's hazardous materials team 
saved the day, and no one was injured.

The sisters, Anita Cohee, 56, and Diane Serban, 58, were going through 
some of their father's things in the attic of his home in the 5500 block 
of Skyridge Drive when they found a small box labeled "radioactive ore," 
according to a news release from IFD spokeswoman Rita Burris.

The box also included the notation "Uranium Thorium/Detection 
Corporation North Hollywood California." Inside the box, the sisters 
found nine plastic-wrapped rocks in layers of cotton.

They closed the box, got everyone out of the house and called 911.

Firefighters and HazMat Team 13 arrived and got a positive reading for 
radiation. A second reading with a different kind of meter gave them a 
reading of 13 microrems. The HazMat team said that was a small amount of 
radioactive material -- about 1/100,000th of one rem, Burris said.

Still, they packed the rocks into an official yellow drum and removed 
them from the Northeastside house. The drum will be turned over to the 
Marion County Health Department for proper disposal.

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AMMONIA LEAKS ONTO ROOF OF NORTH SIDE FOODS IN ARNOLD

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/westmoreland/s_748235.
html
Tags: us_PA, industrial, release, response, ammonia

Hazardous materials crews descended on Arnold on Saturday afternoon when 
ammonia began leaking onto the roof of North Side Foods along Rivers 
Edge Drive.

John Tedorski, Arnold's director of emergency management, said two 
cooling towers used to maintain the pressure inside an ammonia storage 
tank lost power.

The rising temperature caused the pressure to climb from a stable 85 
pounds per square inch to nearly 125 ppi.

The excessive pressure caused a valve to blow about 1:30 p.m. and a 
small amount of ammonia leaked outside onto the sausage packing 
company's roof, Tedorski said.

The building was evacuated but no one was injured, Tedorski said.

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EXTREME HEAT RESULTS IN AMMONIA LEAK
http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2011/July/24/Ammonia_leak-24Jul11.htm
Tags: us_NY, industrial, release, response, ammonia

GREENPORT - Columbia and Greene County HazMat team members were called 
to the scene of a noxious gas leak at Yonder Farms' cold storage 
facility on Route 66 in Greenport on Saturday.

Some 20 pounds of ammonia had leaked from a valve there in an incident 
Greenport Fire Chief Gary Mazzacano later said was caused by the extreme 
heat. Temperatures in the region had hit the mid to upper 90s.

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CREWS CONTAIN OIL AND SLUDGE SPILLED INTO DEEP RIVER IN FRANKLINVILLE

http://www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-franklinville-oil-sludge-spill-deep-
cape-fear-river-110723,0,4066406.story
Tags: us_NC, industrial, release, environmental, oils

FRANKLINVILLE, N.C. (WGHP)=97 Hazmat crews spent Saturday afternoon 
cleaning up an oil spill in the Deep River in Randolph County.

A salvage company was reportedly cleaning out an abandoned building that 
once housed Franklinville Manufacturing when a tank containing about 50 
gallons of oil and sludge spilled into the Deep River, which feeds into 
the Cape Fear River.

Clean-up crews floated two barriers to keep the spill from spreading. 
Officials said the barriers are expected to collect all the spilled oil 
and sludge.

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TRUCK CRASH CLOSES EASTBOUND I-84 AT MULTNOMAH FALLS

http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/jul/24/truck-crash-closes-eastbound-i-8
4-multnomah-falls/
Tags: us_OR, transportation, release, response, gasoline

Oregon State Police (OSP) troopers, with assistance of Multnomah County 
Sheriff's Office deputies, are continuing the investigation into a 
commercial tanker truck and semi-trailer tanker rollover crash that 
closed the eastbound lanes of Interstate 84 about two miles east of 
Multnomah Falls. ODOT, fire and a hazardous materials response team are 
on scene assessing the damage, coordinating clean up efforts and working 
to re-open the eastbound lanes.

Updated information indicates on July 24, 2011 at approximately 5:00 
p.m. a tanker truck pulling a semi-tanker containing an estimated total 
of 3,000 gallons of unleaded gasonline was traveling eastbound on 
Interstate 84 near milepost 34. The truck traveled off the right 
shoulder and collided into a guardrail, damaging about 500 feet of 
railing as the truck and trailer rolled onto their right side. The truck 
came to rest blocking the eastbound lanes and the trailer came to rest 
overturned on the other side of the railing.

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FIRE IN TWO FACTORIES IN HOWRAH, IBN LIVE NEWS

http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/fire-in-two-factories-in-howrah
/763115.html
Tags: India, industrial, fire, response, paints

Howrah (WB), July 24 (PTI) Fire broke out in two factories - a paint 
factory at Shalimar and another in a chemical factory at Salkia area - 
in Howrah district today but there was no report of any casualty, Fire 
Brigade sources said. A fire broke out the in the three-storeyed 
Research and Development building of Berger paints at Swarnamoyee Road 
at around 6.10 am, company sources said. The company's security staff 
and other personnel tried to extinguish the flame with their own fire 
fighting equipment and also informed the local Fire Brigade. At least 12 
fire tenders were rushed to the spot and after fighting the blaze for 
five hours brought the fire under control, Fire Brigade sources said. 
There was no casualty in the fire, they said. Another fire was reported 
at a private chemical factory at Salkia area of the district. Five fire 
tenders were rushed to the spot who brought the blaze under control 
after three hours of fire fighting, Fire Brigade sources said adding 
that there was also no report of any casualty in the fire.

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GAS TANKER CRASH CREATES ROUTE 1 INFERNO

http://articles.boston.com/2011-07-24/news/29810313_1_gas-tanker-crash-fla
mes-shooting-greenhouse
Tags: us_MA, transportation, explosion, death, gasoline

SAUGUS - One man died and several people were injured early yesterday 
when a tanker carrying thousands of gallons of gasoline rolled over 
through a median on Route 1 and exploded in a towering fireball.

The driver of the tanker, Neal Michaud, 59, of Manchester, N.H., was 
trapped in the cab and died at the scene. He was driving a truck for PJ 
Murphy Transportation of Methuen about 2:15 a.m. when he lost control of 
the truck, which crashed and rolled across the guardrail and into the 
southbound lane of the divided highway, said David Procopio, a State 
Police spokesman.

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UPDATE: WARREN DUNES BACK OPEN TO SWIMMERS AFTER HAZMAT EXPLOSION

http://www.southbendtribune.com/wsbt-truck-stop-i94-ramp-closed-for-hazmat
-leak-20110721,0,902260.story
Tags: us_MI, transportation, explosion, environmental, corrosives

Swimming was briefly banned Friday afternoon at Warren Dunes State Park 
after a semi carrying hazardous materials exploded at a truck stop in 
Sawyer, Michigan on Thursday night.

Crews are on scene cleaning up the aftermath. Some of the materials 
leaked into a drainage ditch that empties about one mile south of Warren 
Dunes State Park, and water had tested positive for those chemicals. 
That's according to the Berrien County drain commissioner, who is there 
with conservation officers and the health department.

Based on hourly testing, the DNR has banned swimming at the dunes . They 
have since lifted the swimming restriction.

When we asked what kind of chemical was being carried by the semi, we 
were told it was some kind of corrosive.

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CREWS CONTINUE TO CLEAN UP WASTE FROM TANKER EXPLOSION

http://www.wndu.com/localnews/headlines/Crews_continue_to_clean_up_waste_f
rom_tanker_explosion_126027163.html
Tags: us_IN, transportation, explosion, environmental, waste

Crews are still trying to clean up the chemical waste that spilled after 
a tanker exploded in Sawyer, Mich. Thursday night.

A truck driver stopped at a TA Restaurant just off of I-94 and Sawyer 
Road, and when he came back out he noticed a leak.

Authorities say the leak continued, and when the truck stopped venting, 
it built up gas and exploded.

Everyone was evacuated and no injuries were reported.

There was no damage to the building, but power lines were knocked out.

Authorities at the scene said they are not yet sure what type of waste 
was in the truck.

Chikaming police said the road and business remain closed.

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WORKERS HOSPITALIZED AFTER HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INCIDENT AT GOVERNMENT 
BUILDING

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Three+injured+chemical+spill+Carling+A
venue+office/5144799/story.html
Tags: Canada, industrial, release, injury, unknown_chemical

Three people were taken to hospital Friday as a precaution after an 
incident involving an industrial spray being used at a Defence Research 
and Development Canada building on Carling Avenue.

The incident happened at 3701 Carling Ave., around noon on Friday, said 
DRDC spokeswoman Marie-Helene Brisson.

=93They were spraying materials as part of a construction project and 
five people were affected by the spraying of the material,=94 she said. 
=93The materials used were industrial compounds for cleaning and 
sealing.=94

Five construction workers and security guards were affected, with three 
of those being taken to hospital to be checked out, she said. As of 
press time one was still at hospital.

The small office building in Shirleys Bay was evacuated during the lunch 
hour.

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VENTING PROPANE TANK OUTSIDE ROBINSON GYM LEADS TO HAZMAT INCIDENT AT KU 
/ LJWORLD.COM

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2011/jul/22/leaking-propane-tank-robinson-gym
-leads-hazmat-inc/
Tags: us_KS, education, release, response, propane

A large propane tank outside Kansas University=92s Robinson Gymnasium 
vented gas into the air Friday morning, leading to a Hazmat call.

KU Public Safety Office Assistant Chief Chris Keary said a building 
security officer noticed a strange smell outside the building, 1301 
Sunnyside Ave., shortly after 7 a.m. and called authorities.

The tank was believed to belong to a contractor who was working on the 
building=92s roof.

Keary said the smell was particularly noticeable in a courtyard 
southeast of the building. Keary said there was no immediate danger 
inside the building, but the building was evacuated as a precaution.

Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical searched the building and did not 
find dangerous levels of gas, said Jill Jess, a KU spokeswoman.

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SURPRISE DISCOVERY FOR POLICE IN SOUTH COLUMBUS

http://www.abc6onyourside.com/shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wsyx_vid_
12313.shtml
Tags: us_OH, public, discovery, response, meth_lab

Surprise Discovery for Police in South Columbus
COLUMBUS -- A surprise discovery for police responding to a domestic 
violence call in South Columbus.

When officers were in the home on Bruck Street they spotted evidence 
that meth was being cooked there.

Sure enough, they say they found a meth lab inside.

The home was evacuated while the Hazardous Materials Team was called in.

HAZMAT crews in full body protection went in and spent the next three 
hours collecting evidence and disposing of the lab safely.

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HAZMAT LEAK CAPPED IN DOWNTOWN FRESNO
http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=8264508
Tags: us_CA, transportation, release, response, hydrochloric_acid

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Fire crews in Downtown Fresno have capped a 
leak from a train that was letting out hazardous chemicals.

Fire crews recieved the call Friday morning when a train worker noticed 
a strong odor coming from one of the cars. Fire crews immediately 
recognized the chemical as hydrochloric acid and knew then they had to 
act quickly.

Hazardous materials crews used a garbage bag and duct tape to cap the 
leak until the valve causing the leak can be replaced.

Firefighters say the leak is no longer a threat.

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THREE HOSPITALIZED IN SMAST HAZ-MAT INCIDENT

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110723/NEWS/
110729940
Tags: us_MA, laboratory, explosion, injury, acetic_acid, sodium_azide

NEW BEDFORD =97 A faculty member and two lab technicians were taken to 
the hospital Friday afternoon following an apparent chemical reaction at 
UMass Dartmouth's School for Marine Sciences and Technology, university 
and fire officials said.

All three were treated and released. The incident happened at about 3 
p.m. in a laboratory at the South End campus, and the building was 
evacuated, UMD spokesman John Hoey said.

A glass container shattered, apparently due to a chemical reaction, 
cutting one of the technicians on her arm. The faculty member may have 
inhaled some of the fumes. All three were taken to the hospital by their 
colleagues, Hoey said.

State hazardous materials personnel, police, and firefighters responded 
to the scene. The chemicals believed to be involved in the incident are 
vanadium penpoxide, sodium azide and acetic acid, according to the Fire 
Department.

The incident remains under investigation, Hoey said.

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