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Monday, October 1, 2018 at 7:42:48 AM
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Table of Contents (5 articles)
TANKER CARRYING 8,500 GALLONS OF ETHANOL OVERTURNS, SHUTS DOWN PARTS SB HIGHWAY 61
Tags: us_MO, transportation, release, response, ethanol
RAJASTHAN: FIRE BREAKS OUT AT FACTORY IN KOTPUTLI
Tags: India, industrial, fire, response, ag_chems
'NON-TOXIC' RELEASE REPORTED AT PQ IN UTICA
Tags: us_IL, industrial, release, response, unknown_chemical
CREE EVACUATES DUE TO OVERNIGHT HYDROGEN LEAK
Tags: us_NC, industrial, release, response, hydrogen
CHEMICAL LEAKS FROM FOUNDRY INTO MILL CREEK STREAM
Tags: us_oh, public, releases, response, sodium_hydroxide
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TANKER CARRYING 8,500 GALLONS OF ETHANOL OVERTURNS, SHUTS DOWN PARTS SB HIGHWAY 61
https://www.kmov.com/news/tanker-truck-accident-spill-closes-part-of-highway/article_01630c36-c4e1-11e8-b4ff-73d5b2a42978.html
Tags: us_MO, transportation, release, response, ethanol
An accident involving a tanker truck has shut down lanes of southbound Highway 61 at Highway OO.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol said a tanker truck carrying 8500 gallons of ethanol and was leaking and overturned, spilling the fuel onto the highway. The MSHP said three compartments from the truck's tanker were ruptured and leaking.
Authorities have closed the highway off from Eolia to Bowling Green.
The Department of Natural Resources was requested. Authorities said the spill has been contained.
Hazmat crews have responded from local counties although authorities said the spill is not hazardous.
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RAJASTHAN: FIRE BREAKS OUT AT FACTORY IN KOTPUTLI
https://www.dnaindia.com/jaipur/report-rajasthan-fire-breaks-out-at-factory-in-kotputli-2670098
Tags: India, industrial, fire, response, ag_chems
A major fire broke out in a fertilizer factory at Paniala near Kotputli town early on Sunday morning which created panic among the locals at Behror. Though no loss of life was reported in the fire as no labourers were present, the fertilizers and inflammable material stored in tanks at the factory caught fire causing huge explosions. Dozens of fire tenders were pressed into service and the fire fighting continued for over twelve hours. A short circuit is suspected to be the reason behind the fire outbreak, however, authorities are not sure as the fire is still blazing and an investigation can be carried out only after the fire is doused completely.
The incident occurred at Dhanuka Laboratory factory located at Keshwana Industrial Area under Paniala police station area. ‰??The fire broke out in the wee hours of Sunday and some guards and locals saw smoke billowing from one part of the factory. On inspection it was learnt that the outbreak had occurred in the warehouse located within the factory premises. Immediately the fire department and local police were informed and two fire tenders was pressed into service,‰?? officials said.
However, by the time the tenders reached the spot, the fire had taken a gargantuan shape. ‰??The fire had reached tanks which are used to store chemicals used in manufacturing insecticides produced at the factory. The chemicals soon caught fire and the tanks burst created huge explosions,‰?? officials said. The explosions caused panic among the locals as one after the other the fertilizer tanks burst.
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'NON-TOXIC' RELEASE REPORTED AT PQ IN UTICA
http://www.newstrib.com/free/non-toxic-release-reported-at-pq-in-utica/article_cfa1da18-c4c9-11e8-b1d0-f3ec2af4c1ef.html
Tags: us_IL, industrial, release, response, unknown_chemical
Firefighters and a hazmat team were dispatched this morning to the PQ Corp. in Utica for what Utica‰??s fire chief termed a ‰??non-toxic‰?? chemical release.
Chief Ben Brown said his department was summoned to PQ about 9 a.m. to assist PQ staff in containing the release, which was thought to require several hours. There were no injuries,
Brown said.
The chemical released was not disclosed. However, the PQ Corp. manufacturers Epsom salt and its chemical formula, magnesium sulfate, did not appear on any list of hazardous materials during a preliminary online search by the NewsTribune.
Moreover, plant workers and EMS workers were gathered just inside PQ‰??s gate ‰?? public access beyond that point is restricted ‰?? and all were dressed in street clothes, not hazmat suits, and their body language suggested a less-than-urgent task at hand.
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CREE EVACUATES DUE TO OVERNIGHT HYDROGEN LEAK
https://abc11.com/cree-evacuates-due-to-overnight-hydrogen-leak-/4367326/
Tags: us_NC, industrial, release, response, hydrogen
DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- A hydrogen leak forced Cree employees to evacuate Saturday morning.
It happened at the Cree building on Silicon Drive off of Chin Page Road.
Durham fire officials were dispatched around 2:30 a.m. and reported a storage tank of liquid hydrogen was leaking within the containment area of the site.
Workers were evacuated to a safe area onsite were provided protection in case the gas was ignited.
The leak was stopped at 5:20 a.m.
Durham police said no one was injured from the leak.
A Cree spokesperson gave the following statement:
An incident involving a hydrogen leak occurred at approximately 12:30 a.m. today at our Durham facility. The safety of our employees and residents in the immediate area has been our first priority and every precaution has been taken since the discovery of the leak. Cree's campus and the surrounding area have been deemed safe by local authorities. There were no injuries as a result of the occurrence, and the leak was swiftly and safely contained. All protocols and systems worked as intended, including the temporary evacuation of our employees. We worked cooperatively with local authorities to notify residents in the immediate area. All production has resumed as we conduct a thorough investigation into the incident.
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CHEMICAL LEAKS FROM FOUNDRY INTO MILL CREEK STREAM
http://www.vindy.com/news/2018/sep/29/chemical-leaks-from-foundry-into-mill-cr/
Tags: us_oh, public, releases, response, sodium_hydroxide
The milky white substance that leaked Friday into Bears Den Run stream in Mill Creek MetroParks was sodium hydroxide, according to city fire officials.
Youngstown Fire Department Battalion Chief Silverio Caggiano said Friday about 250 gallons of the slightly corrosive industrial chemical leaked into storm drains from a crack in the sanitary sewer lines of a nearby industrial complex along Hendricks Road in Austintown. Operators were unaware of the leak, he said.
Ohio EPA spokesman Anthony Chenault said Friday afternoon the complex‰??s sanitary line was improperly connected to the storm sewer off the property. The operators will be issued a violation notice, he said.
MetroParks Executive Director Aaron Young said the discoloration was reported to park officials early Friday. Youngstown wastewater officials and EPA investigators took samples of the cloudy water as city and Austintown fire officials tracked the contamination back to its source.
Mahoning County HazMat crews plugged the source drain ‰?? which cleared up much of the white cloudiness residents reported Friday ‰?? but responders couldn‰??t locate the source in time to keep the chemical from reaching Mill Creek, Caggiano said.
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