"There were chemical react
ions taking place, and it was those chemicals at that moment, anything could
have touched that off=E2=80=A6 a match, a cigarette, something set it off w
hich causes a flash fire and a flash explosion," says Metro Police Spokesman
Don Aaron.
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APARTMENT EXPLOSION CRITICALLY I
NJURES TWOCaptain Ricky Taylor wit
h the Nashville Fire department says two people, a male and a female were bl
own out into the breezeway when the explosion happened.
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UPDATED: HAZMAT INCIDENT LEAVES ONE INJURED
Tags: us_VA, public, release, injury, nitric_acid
One person is in t
he hospital after inhaling a chemical agent while renovating a house on Old C
entreville Road, just outside of Manassas Park.
Someone spilled a cleaning agent later identifie
d as Nitric Acid. The chemical caused a cloud of vapor that made someone sic
k, he said.
Prince William County Fire and Rescue hazard management personnel respo
nded and contained the incident.
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TRUCK OVERT
URNS NEAR STATE LINE
Tags: us_CO, tr
ansportation, release, death, gasoline
FARMINGTON =E2=80=94 A fuel truck driver fro
m New Mexico was killed and more than 4,000 gallons of gasoline spilled on U
.S. 550 north of the state line Friday after a fuel tanker crashed, authorit
ies said.
Colorado State Patrol officers, including Hazmat teams, responded at abo
ut 1:17 p.m. to U.S. 550, about one-tenth of a mile above the New M
exico-Colorado state line, where the tanker crashed, Colorado State Patrol S
gt. Mike Baker said.
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EASTERN ARIZONA COURIER<
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Tags: us_AZ, transportat
ion, release, injury, sulphur
A collision Wednesday night between a sem
i truck hauling molten sulphur and a pickup truck resulted in a hazmat situa
tion and the closure of Safford/Bryce Road for nearly 13 hours.
According to a pre
ss release from the Graham County Sheriff's Office, the County Dispatch rece
ived a call regarding the collision at about 6:21 p.m. The inciden
t occurred as both vehicles were westbound on Safford/Bryce Road just west o
f Branding Iron Road.
According to Sheriff P.J. Allred, the driver of the semi truc
k, Dwayne Elders of Thatcher, was attempting to pass the pickup truck when t
he collision occurred. Apparently, the driver of the pickup truck, Dana Carr
asco of Safford, attempted to make a left turn into a private driveway when s
he was sideswiped by the semi. The semi rolled onto its side and stretched a
cross both lanes of the road. Allred told the Courier that Elders said the p
ickup truck didn't have its turn signal on, but Carrasco insisted that she d
id.
Elders was transported to the Mt. Graham Regional Medica
l Center by Southwest Ambulance where he was treated and released. He suffer
ed a head laceration and fractured collar and rib bones, according to Allred
.
Carra
sco had her 4-year-old daughter with her in a child safety car seat, and nei
ther was injured.
Molten sulphur began leaking out of the top cap of the transport
tanker but was quickly contained and handled by the Safford Fire Department
. Hazmat teams from the Department of Public Safety traveled from Globe and T
ucson and assisted with the leak as well. According to the United States gov
ernment Material Safety Data Sheet, molten sulphur gives off an odor of rott
en eggs and is flammable.
It can cause eye and skin irritation and should only be u
sed with adequate ventilation.
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GEORGETOWN U
NIVERSITY'S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD SINCE 1920
Tags: us_DC, education, release, response, petro
leum
After smelling gas in Maguire around 11 a.m. this morning, uni
versity officials evacuated students from Healy Hall and Maguire.
Both buildings h
ave since been reopened after the scene was deemed safe by the D.C. Fire Dep
artment and hazmat officials around 1 p.m.
According to Director of Media Rel
ations Rachel Pugh, the D.C. Fire Department and hazmat officials deployed t
o the scene discovered that a petroleum based odor was emanating from the se
wer area outside of the Maguire and Healy buildings.
D.C. Fire and EMS Spokesman Pet
e Piringer said that the odor was a result of a fuel spill that had mitigate
d into fumes.
Library walk was roped off with caution tape at the time, and students w
ith classes in Maguire were told to contact the Registrar for the status of t
heir classes.
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FIRE PROMPTS MANDATORY EVACUATI
ON NEAR DOWNTOWN AMARILLO Tags: us_TX, transportation, fire, i
njury, isopentane
Three Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad employees remain in a
local hospital for evaluation after a hazardous materials fire that prompte
d evacuations near downtown Amarillo Friday afternoon.
BNSF Spokesperson Joe Fra
ust tells Pronews 7 the employees are being evaluated because of the rail ca
r fire that contained iso-pentane, a liquid petroleum that is highly flamabl
e. One has already been released.
Approximately 200 residents were evacuated, 80 s
tructures in total.
"Police came down the street with their loudspeakers on," sai
d evacuated resident Matt McIlory. "We left and went to a friend's house."
The eva
cuation order was lifted at 2:30 but the BNSF rail yard remains cl
osed. Hazmat crews continue to work on the clean up. Fraust said the team wi
ll be on hand for a while.
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9-YEAR-OLD RESP
ONSIBLE FOR PALO ALTO CHEMICAL LEAK
Tags: us_CA, public, explosion, response, pool_chem
icals
Ki
ds + Chemicals = Danger.
The Palo Alto Police Department today completed their in
vestigation into a chlorine gas leak that left one family homeless and cause
d the evacuation of an entire apartment complex.
The cause: a 9-year-old ch
ild who had been playing with chemicals in the pool room of the Midtown Cour
t Apartments in the 2700 block of Midtown Court.
The explosion occurred at abo
ut 7:20 p.m. Tuesday, prompting a three-alarm response by Palo Alto pol
ice and fire crews. A resident had reported smelling chemicals and see
ing smoke, according to authorities.
Palo Alto police Agent Max Nielepko said inv
estigators interviewed a number of witnesses and learned that children had b
een playing in the pool supply storage unit. The children were located
and explained that the storage unit had been left unlocked while maintenanc
e was being performed on the pool.
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MUSKOGE
E MAN INJURED IN EXPLOSION
Tags: us_OK, public, explosion, injury, meth_lab
A Muskogee m
an is recovering after police say a meth lab exploded at his house Thursday
evening.
Faron Bruner is being treated at the Hillcrest Medical Center, his cond
ition is not being released.
Emergency personnel were called to 2420 Elgin St.
, around 2:40 p.m. after neighbors reported the explosion.<
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Muskogee Poli
ce Lt. Andy Simmons said several items involved in the production of methamp
hetamine were found in the house. Investigators in hazmat suits searched the
house.
Simmons said the explosion appears to have originated in the bathroom and b
lew the
door off t
he frame and damaged several interior walls.
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JUPITER POLICE CLEAN UP MERCURY SPILL, PROBE PHARMACY BREAK-IN ATTEMPT
Tags: us_FL, publ
ic, release, response, mercury
JUPITER, Fla. -- A tipped over piece of medical equ
ipment caused quite a scare Friday morning in Jupiter. A hazmat crew suited up to cl
ean up mercury spilled in a second-floor cardiologist's office at University
Commons, WPBF 25 News reported.
A spokesman said an employee accidentally knocked a blood-pre
ssure monitor off the wall, spilling mercury in the office.
Only one person was exposed to t
he toxic heavy metal, but cleanup is tedious and is expected to take several
hours.
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