The fire department could smell the chemical w
hen it arrived at the scene and didn't go into the jewelry store. A Hazmat t
eam also responded but was sent away because the spill was small.
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POLICE: TEENS EXPLODE CHEMICAL BOMBS IN NEIGHBORHOO
D
Tags: us_NM, public, exp
losion, response, bomb
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Police said they caught kids making chem
ical bombs in a northeast Albuquerque neighborhood.
An explosion happened in the back of a home
, and the children actually made three bombs, according to police.No one answered the door a
t 3505 Glorieta Street in northeast Albuquerque on Monday, but pol
ice are investigating what a neighbor called 911 about. "There=E2=80=99s some kids a
cross the street from my house, making some kind of explosive noise, they ha
ve a white gallon container and something yellow,=" said a 911 caller
. "They're making loud popping noises with it.="
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HIGHWAY 38 CLOSED DUE TO FUEL SPILL
Tags: us_CA, transportation, rel
ease, environmental, petroleum
A tractor-trailer overturned Tuesday about two mile
s east of Angelus Oaks and spilled about 7,000 gallons of fuel onto Highway 3
8, forcing the closure of the mountain road and water-treatment plants in Re
dlands and Highland.
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CARBON MONOXIDE FORCES E
VAC OF SCHOOL
Tags: Canada, education, release, response, carbon_monoxide
The Edmont
on Public School Board is prompting custodians to examine their boiler room p
rocedures after a poisonous carbon monoxide scare led to the evacuation of m
ore than 1,800 students Monday.
School staff evacuated Ross Sheppard High School located
at 13546 111 Ave., around 8 am Monday. Fire Department Hazmat cre
ws responding to what they initially thought was a gas leak discovered high l
evels of carbon monoxide and immediately began fumigating the school of the d
eadly gas.
"We checked the building for carbon monoxide levels and found le
vels up to 1,000 parts per million which is quite hazardous to human life,=E2
=80=9D said Hazmat Captain Eric Takacs.
Together with Atco Gas and Ross Sheppard Hi
gh School Maintenance, fire officials were able to determine the leak was th
e result of an open vent in the north wing boiler room, creating negative pr
essure in the ventilation system. The negative pressure pulled carbon monoxi
de fumes into school halls instead of venting them outside.
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EPA FINES SOUTH PORTLAND COMPANY FOR IMPROPER CHEMICAL STORAG
E
Ta
gs: us_ME, industrial, discovery, environmental, wastes, follow-up
Monson Companie
s' South Portland facility has been fined $151,900 for storing hazardous che
micals in a way that could have led to the creation of toxic gases, a fire o
r an explosion, EPA officials say.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fin
ed a South Portland company that manufactures and distributes chemicals $151
,900 for improper storage of hazardous materials.
Monson Companies Inc., of Leomi
nster, Mass., operates a warehouse, distribution, repackaging and custom ble
nding chemical manufacturing facility in South Portland, according to the EP
A.
Officials say Monson stored numerous chemicals "inappropriately." The ag
ency says incompatible chemicals were stored so close together that a spill o
r release of one could have set off a chemical reaction that might have crea
ted toxic gases, a fire or explosion.
The company also failed to identify hazardou
s wastes, maintain a proper emergency plan and submit a hazardous materials i
nventory to emergency responders, the EPA says in a press release.
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MAN BURNT IN JHB CHEMICAL FIRE
Tags: Sout
h_Africa, industrial, fire, injury, unknown_chemical
JOHANNESBURG - A man was severe
ly burnt while working in a factory in Strydom Park in the north of Johannes
burg on Monday, paramedics said.
"The man was mixing chemicals which ignited. He tur
ned away, and his back and arms were extensively burnt," said ER24 spokeswom
an Vanessa Jackson.
As the Baragwanath Hospital burn ward was full, the man was a
irlifted to George Muhkari Hospital in Ga-Rankuwa, north-west of Pretoria, s
aid Jackson.
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TWO DEAD, FOUR INJURED IN TUZLA
FACTORY FIRE IN ISTANBUL 