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Table of Contents (7 articles)
POSSIBLE HAZMAT SITUATION AT OTERO JR. COLLEGE
Tags: us_CO, laboratory, release, response, unknown_chemical
THREE INJURED IN FIRE AT LABORATORY
Tags: India, laboratory, fire, injury, unknown_chemical
2 INJURED IN TACOMA TRAILER EXPLOSION
Tags: us_WA, public, explosion, injury, drugs, propane
ALDRICH CHEMICAL DAMAGED IN LIGHTNING STRIKE
Tags: us_WI, industrial, discovery, response, other_chemical
ONE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AFTER EXPLOSION IN DOWNTOWN WINSTON-SALEM LAB
Tags: us_NC, laboratory, explosion, injury, sodium_azide
HEALTH WOES VEX NEIGHBORS OF TIRE WAREHOUSE FIRE
Tags: us_CT, industrial, follow-up, environmental, unknown_chemical
KENNEWICK, WASH.: AMMONIA LEAK CLEARS TOYOTA CENTER IN KENNEWICK
Tags: us_WA, public, release, response, ammonia
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POSSIBLE HAZMAT SITUATION AT OTERO JR. COLLEGE
http://www.kktv.com/news/headlines/ojcoterojrcollegejuniorwheelerhallhazmatfiredepartmenttrucksclosed-255386791.html
Tags: us_CO, laboratory, release, response, unknown_chemical
The odor from a beaker that boiled dry on a hot plate prompted evacuations at a southern Colorado College Tuesday.
It happened at Wheeler Hall at Otero Jr. College. The building was closed while HAZMAT investigated what was going on in the Chemistry lab.
The La Junta fire department says no injuries were reported.
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THREE INJURED IN FIRE AT LABORATORY
http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bangalore/Three-Injured-in-Fire-at-Laboratory/2014/04/16/article2171344.ece#.U05pj1VdWE0
Tags: India, laboratory, fire, injury, unknown_chemical
Three staffers of Anglo-French Drugs & Industries Ltd sustained severe burns when a fire broke out in the lab in Peenya Industrial Area on Tuesday.
Six fire tenders were pressed into service and after an operation that lasted for more than three hours, the fire was doused.
Two of the injured, Manjunath and Abishek, have been hospitalised. The third person is yet to be identified.
Fire department officials said the fire broke out around 2.50 pm on the first floor of the two-storey building on AVB Road. Security guard Timmarayappa noticed smoke billowing out from the lab and alerted the fire force but the fire spread to other parts of the building.
More than 80 people on the ground floor did not notice or hear the fire as some parts of the building was sound-proof. They were alerted by people outside the building. Manjunath and Abhishek were rescued before fire fighters reached the spot. Chemicals and other drugs used to manufacture medicines were destroyed in the fire.
A senior officer from the fire department said the building neither had fire-fighting equipment nor a No-Objection Certificate from the department. The cause of the fire and losses are yet to be ascertained, Peenya police said.
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2 INJURED IN TACOMA TRAILER EXPLOSION
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/2-injured-in-Tacoma-methamphetamine-lab-explosion-5400797.php
Tags: us_WA, public, explosion, injury, drugs, propane
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) ? A man who ran off after an explosion blew apart a 30-foot trailer in Tacoma was later found and taken to a hospital with burns.
Another man found at the scene Monday morning also was treated at a hospital for burns.
Tacoma Fire Department officials say the blast around 2 a.m. destroyed the trailer, which was parked behind a house.
The Fire Department says investigators determined the explosion was caused by propane gas from a portable tank venting into the enclosed trailer. Despite initial reports, investigators say they found no evidence of a drug lab.
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ALDRICH CHEMICAL DAMAGED IN LIGHTNING STRIKE
http://www.sheboyganpress.com/article/20140414/SHE0101/304140182/Aldrich-Chemical-damaged-lightning-strike?nclick_check=1
Tags: us_WI, industrial, discovery, response, other_chemical
A lightning strike at Sigma-Aldrich Chemical early Sunday morning blew out a water main and damaged the company?s critical fire-supression system.
According to a release from the Town of Wilson Fire Department, the well supplies the plant?s 1 million gallon fire pond, which provides water for the entire fire suppression system at the facility
It also blew out a water main on the south east part of the property, setting off an alarm that started the main fire pump. That light strike also set off three other alarms at the plant.
By the time maintenance staff arrived at the pump house, the pond was empty. Production cannot continue if the fire supression system is out of order.
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ONE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AFTER EXPLOSION IN DOWNTOWN WINSTON-SALEM LAB
http://www.journalnow.com/news/local/law-enforcement-responds-to-report-of-explosion/article_e42864d4-c3e3-11e3-baab-001a4bcf6878.html
Tags: us_NC, laboratory, explosion, injury, sodium_azide
One person was injured in a small chemical explosion that shut down streets around city hall for several hours Monday morning.
Winston-Salem police, firefighters and EMS personnel responded to a call of an explosion at 200 East First St., part of the Wake Forest Innovation Quarter, around 10 a.m. A small explosion in a fume hood in a fourth-floor lab injured a person conducting a routine experiment. Eric Tomlinson, president of the Innovation Quarter, said the injured person was shielded from the explosion by the hood?s screen but suffered minor injuries to the hands. That individual was transported to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center by EMS.
....The injured person was working for Asinex, a company that makes substances used by the pharmaceutical industry. Byrum said the employee was mixing sodium azide with a trade chemical, a routine procedure.
?It?s a normal reaction, that for some reason this time went awry,? Tomlinson said.
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HEALTH WOES VEX NEIGHBORS OF TIRE WAREHOUSE FIRE
http://www.norwichbulletin.com/article/20140414/NEWS/140419786/1994/NEWS
Tags: us_CT, industrial, follow-up, environmental, unknown_chemical
TORRINGTON ? A tire fire in Torrington that stopped burning more than a week ago has led to health concerns among local residents.
The Toce Brothers Co. warehouse fire began April 3 and was extinguished the next day. Water from fire hoses cascaded along the road containing bits of rubber.
More than 1 million gallons of water and hundreds of gallons of foam extinguished the fire.
The Republican-American reports that debris were strewn along the curb, around storm drains and filled in crevasses. Roads were coated with what looked like black paint.
Health officials say residents do not face significant health or environmental risks especially if they take all reasonable steps to clean their property.
Pamela Colucci says her dog's paws were black and sticky after a recent walk.
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KENNEWICK, WASH.: AMMONIA LEAK CLEARS TOYOTA CENTER IN KENNEWICK
http://www.theolympian.com/2014/04/14/3086069/ammonia-leak-clears-toyota-center.html?sp=/99/101/130/
Tags: us_WA, public, release, response, ammonia
KENNEWICK, WASH. ? Hundreds of people were evacuated from the Toyota Center during a junior hockey game Sunday afternoon because of an ammonia leak.
KEPR reports (http://bit.ly/1m1h42W">http://bit.ly/1m1h42W) firefighters responded to an ammonia alarm and aired out the building.
Refrigeration workers hoped to have things back to normal Monday.
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