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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Chemical Safety headlines (8 articles)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2020 08:18:16 -0400
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Chemical Safety Headlines From Google
Monday, August 3, 2020 at 8:18:04 AM
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Table of Contents (8 articles)
HAZMAT CREW RESPONDS TO REPORT OF AMMONIA LEAK AT FISH PACKING PLANT IN NEW BEDFORD ‰?? BOSTON NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS
Tags: us_MA, industrial, release, response, ammonia
BLAZE AT CHEMICAL FACTORY IN HYDERABAD, NO CASUALTIES REPOTED
Tags: India, industrial, fire, response, unknown_chemical
2 FIREFIGHTERS INJURED IN SOUTHWEST HOUSTON 3-ALARM FIRE THAT DESTROYED A WAREHOUSE AND A HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT LADDER TRUCK
Tags: us_TX, industrial, explosion, response, sodium_hydroxide, solvents
3-ALARM FIRE AT SALON AND SPA WHOLESALE ON WESTPARK IN SOUTHWEST HOUSTON
Tags: us_TX, industrial, fire, response, solvents
BROOKFIELD FIREFIGHTERS EXTINGUISH BLAZE WITH POTENTIAL CHEMICAL HAZARD
Tags: us_CT, public, fire, response, pool_chemicals
TANKS OF 'HOT MELT' CHEMICAL VAPORIZED IN ROXBURY FACTORY FIRE
Tags: us_NJ, industrial, fire, response, other_chemical
1 DEAD, 3 HURT IN DRUM EXPLOSION AT CHERLAPALLY
Tags: India, industrial, explosion, death, unknown_chemical
WHAT IS CYCLOHEXANONE? THE CHEMICAL THAT LEAKED DURING THE TEMPE TRAIN DERAILMENT AND INJURED 2
Tags: us_AZ, transportation, follow-up, injury, other_chemical
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HAZMAT CREW RESPONDS TO REPORT OF AMMONIA LEAK AT FISH PACKING PLANT IN NEW BEDFORD ‰?? BOSTON NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS
https://whdh.com/news/hazmat-crew-responds-to-report-of-ammonia-leak-at-fish-packing-plant-in-new-bedford/
Tags: us_MA, industrial, release, response, ammonia
NEW BEDFORD, MASS. (WHDH) - A hazardous materials crew responded to a fish packing plant in New Bedford early Monday morning for a report of an ammonia leak.
Crew members in protective suits could be seen walking around the building at 15 Antonio Costa Ave.
The New Bedford Fire Department says they do not believe anyone was hurt.
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BLAZE AT CHEMICAL FACTORY IN HYDERABAD, NO CASUALTIES REPOTED
https://telanganatoday.com/blaze-at-chemical-factory-in-hyderabad-no-casualties-repoted
Tags: India, industrial, fire, response, unknown_chemical
Hyderabad: A fire broke out in a chemical company at the industrial area in Mallapur on the city outskirts in Nacharam here on Sunday evening. No casualties were reported in the fire which is suspected to have been caused by a short circuit.
According to the police, locals in the nearby residential area noticed the huge fire and thick smoke emanating from the unit and alerted the fire department and the police personnel.
Fire caught the plastic containers which were filled with the chemicals. Due to the presence of chemicals, there was dark and thick smoke covering the surroundings.
The Nacharam police along with the fire department officials with the help of four fire engines doused the fire in about two hours. The management is yet to lodge a complaint and give out an estimation of the damaged property. The Nacharam police are investigating the matter.
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2 FIREFIGHTERS INJURED IN SOUTHWEST HOUSTON 3-ALARM FIRE THAT DESTROYED A WAREHOUSE AND A HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT LADDER TRUCK
https://abc13.com/2-firefighters-treated-for-heat-exhaustion-after-warehouse-fire/6346937/
Tags: us_TX, industrial, explosion, response, sodium_hydroxide, solvents
Crews spent hours battling the flames at a southwest Houston business in the 7800 block of Westpark Drive near Hillcroft. The fire destroyed the building and an HFD ladder truck.
Explosions continued to erupt hours after the fire broke out some time before 10:30 a.m.
A Shelter-in-Place order was lifted just before 5 p.m. due to thick smoke that continued to blanket the area bordered by Westheimer, Hillcroft, Harwin, and Gessner.
HFD's hazardous materials response teams and arson investigators were also on the scene.
Sodium hydroxide and alcohol were identified inside the building, according to Assistant Fire Chief Justin Wells.
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3-ALARM FIRE AT SALON AND SPA WHOLESALE ON WESTPARK IN SOUTHWEST HOUSTON
https://cw39.com/news/local/4-alarm-fire-in-at-salon-and-spa-wholesale-on-westpark/
Tags: us_TX, industrial, fire, response, solvents
A shelter in place is lifted for the area surrounding the 3-alarm fire destroyed the Salon and Spa Wholesale on Westpark.
It was after 10:30am this morning when the business caught fire. Flames burned for hours and oily blue fluid from the chemicals mixed with pumper water drained into area sewer systems.
The owner and his daughter and one employee were seen exiting the Salon and Spa Wholesale at 7830 Westpark is near Hillcroft. Upon exiting the building, the owner said to our cameras ‰??there was a spark.‰?? That being the possible cause of the massive 3-alarm blaze.
A worker employed by the business for four years said that the business makes hand sanitizer and other products. Inside the 35,000 square foot building, 400,000 gallons of alcohol used to make hand sanitizer and other hair and salon products.
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BROOKFIELD FIREFIGHTERS EXTINGUISH BLAZE WITH POTENTIAL CHEMICAL HAZARD
https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Brookfield-firefighters-extinguish-blaze-with-15449619.php
Tags: us_CT, public, fire, response, pool_chemicals
BROOKFIELD ‰?? Fire officials are investigating the cause of a fire that broke out inside a residential pool house and led to the evacuation of nearby residents Friday morning.
Brookfield‰??s two fire companies were dispatched to Cedar Hill Road for a report of a pool house on fire shortly before 10 a.m.
Crews reported seeing a large plume of smoke and confirmed a working fire at the scene with possible exposure to a nearby house.
Firefighters started extinguishing the fire, but were presented with a possible hazmat condition due to the large amount of chlorine tablets inside the pool house.
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TANKS OF 'HOT MELT' CHEMICAL VAPORIZED IN ROXBURY FACTORY FIRE
https://www.dailyrecord.com/story/news/2020/07/31/tanks-hot-melt-chemical-vaporized-roxbury-factory-fire/5553896002/
Tags: us_NJ, industrial, fire, response, other_chemical
ROXBURY - Firefighters and Morris County hazmat units were dispatched to battle a factory fire late Thursday that consumed two tanks capable of storing 50,000 gallons of a "hot melt" chemical used to laminate paper products, Roxbury fire investigator Mark Sylvestor said.
The tanks were allowed to burn and the chemical to vaporize while responders prevented the fire from damaging the building at Holland Manufacturing on North Main Street in the Succasunna section, he said.
No one was injured and there "is no hazard to the public at this point from any of the vapor that came off the tanks," Sylvester said Friday.
He was the lead investigator on the scene after the facility's security guard called in the fire to 911 at about 11:40 p.m. Thursday.
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1 DEAD, 3 HURT IN DRUM EXPLOSION AT CHERLAPALLY
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/1-dead-3-hurt-in-drum-explosion-at-cherlapally/articleshow/77293449.cms
Tags: India, industrial, explosion, death, unknown_chemical
Hyderabad: One person died and three others were injured when a drum filled with an unknown chemical exploded at an industrial unit in Cherlapally on Friday.
The chemical company, which belongs to one Shanker, has been shut since the past two years. The four persons were removing unused drums and clearing the place.
Kushaiguda police said that Narashima Chary, 35, and three others were moving drums within the company premises. The drum which Chary was handling exploded and he died on the spot. The three others, who were close to him, were injured. All of them were shifted to a nearby hospital.
Recently, when a person had approached Shanker to use the premises on rent. That is why cleaning work was taken up by the company. ‰??It was during the cleaning works the mishap took place,‰?? police said.
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WHAT IS CYCLOHEXANONE? THE CHEMICAL THAT LEAKED DURING THE TEMPE TRAIN DERAILMENT AND INJURED 2
https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/what-is-cyclohexanone-the-chemical-that-leaked-during-the-tempe-train-derailment-and-injured-2/75-d35a9cc2-9260-4d3e-8034-eaf522499621
Tags: us_AZ, transportation, follow-up, injury, other_chemical
TEMPE, Ariz. ‰?? A massive fire that erupted during a train derailment on the Tempe Town Lake bridge Wednesday morning has been put out, but the ongoing clean-up operation has been anything but easy.
A tanker car containing the industrial agent cyclohexanone started leaking after the impact, and more than 500 gallons managed to escape before HAZMAT crews contained the leak.
On Friday, two workers were exposed to the chemical during a recovery operation and one was rushed to hospital with serious injuries.
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