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Links to details available at http://pinboard.in/u:dchas HAZMAT CREW RESPONDS TO MOTOROLA CAMPUS - FLORIDA AP - MIAMIHERALD.COM, http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/09/13/1822006/hazmat-crew-responds-to-moto rola.html PLANTATION, Fla. -- A hazardous materials crew responded to a minor spill at the Motorola campus in Plantation. Fire officials say the spill occurred after a fire was reported Sunday morning. The fire started in a storage room where the chemicals were being kept. No injuries were reported, and the chemicals turned out to be non-hazardous. ----------------------- CHEMICAL PLANT FIRE CAUSES HAZMAT CONCERN - GREENVILLE NEWS STORY - WYFF GREENVILLE, http://www.wyff4.com/news/24984251/detail.html ROEBUCK, S.C. -- Dozens of firefighters responded to a fire at the Hexion Specialty Chemicals in Roebuck. ... Spartanburg County Emergency Management coordinator Doug Bryson said the fire was put out in 30 minutes. Firefighters then ventilated the building, which allowed them to take a closer look at the fire damage, Bryson said. ...Bryson said a hazmat crew is at the plant to monitor the air. There is no threat to community, he said. Bryson said if there had been at threat, they would have evacuated residents using the reverse 911 system. "They are picking up no traces of hazardous chemicals in the air at this time," Bryson said. According to its website, Hexion Specialty Chemicals is "the world's leading producer of thermosetting resins." Steve Statham is the site manager at the Roebuck facility. Statham said there were small quantities of two chemicals were involved in the fire. Statham said the chemicals are hydrogen peroxide and ammonium persulfate. He said they are oxidizers, or reactive chemicals, used in the company's manufacturing process. ----------------------- WHDH-TV - SUICIDE PROMPTS CYANIDE SEARCH AT TRAIN STATION, http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/12002204137364/commuter-rail-sear ched-for-cyanide/ WESTWOOD , Mass. -- A woman=92s suicide led police to search for cyanide at a local train station. Police say former Northeastern University lab technician Emily Staupe took her own life by ingesting crystallized cyanide. According to investigators, Staupe, 30, took a train into Boston Saturday and entered a Northeastern lab. Authorities say she left her car at the Westwood commuter rail station. The state police bomb squad and a Hazmat team searched the car. No dangerous materials were located and there reportedly was no threat to commuters. The Boston Herald reports Staupe had recently been laid off from her job and posted a farewell message to her friends on Facebook Saturday night. Police say it is still not clear where Staupe obtained the cyanide. Staupe was found inside her Milford home early Sunday morning. Police say a plastic bag marked with the word "cyanide" was located near her body. No other hazardous materials were located inside the home. Investigators are looking into whether the chemical had been taken from Northeastern's lab. According to the Boston Herald, one terrorist expert says regardless of where she obtained the chemical, this case has prompted safety fears and proves universities need to increase security to prevent potential public safety risks. ----------------------- HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, SUSPICIOUS CHEMICALS FOUND IN TULSA MOBILE HOME, http://www.kjrh.com/dpp/news/local_news/hazardous-materials,-suspicious-ch emicals-found-in-tulsa-mobile-home TULSA - Tulsa firefighters and police officers responded to hazardous materials found inside a trailer home Saturday afternoon. Hazmat crews and the Tulsa Police Department's bomb squad searched the mobile home, located in the 5500 block of Marshall Place, where the suspicious materials had been found. The occupant of the moblie home told police he was an amateur pyrotechnic. Officials are looking in to possible code violations and do not plan to file criminal charges. ----------------------- CTV EDMONTON - CN TRAIN DERAILMENT TRIGGERS GAS LEAK - CTV NEWS, http://edmonton.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100911/EDM_derail_100910 /20100911/?hub=EdmontonHome A voluntary evacuation is underway in an area north of Red Deer after five cars carrying propane and butane slid off the tracks Saturday morning, with one of them leaking liquid fuel. Officials say the incident happened around 8:45 a.m. in a wooded area about two kilometres south of the town of Blackfalds. ----------------------- 9NEWS.COM | DENVER | COLORADO'S ONLINE NEWS LEADER | ROCK IN POCKET SENDS HAZMAT TO HOSPITAL, http://www.9news.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=152260&catid= 346 LONE TREE - HazMat crews responded to Sky Ridge Medical Center emergency room on Friday for something that turned out to be a rock. A hospital spokeswoman says emergencies were diverted to other hospitals during the HazMat investigation. It turned out that a person came in with a rock in their pocket that had a low level of radiation that set off detectors. The hospital says it was nothing sinister and is describing it as an accident. After tests, no radiation was found in the emergency room and the all clear was given. ----------------------- DEKALB STUDENTS SICKENED BY ODOR | THE JOURNAL GAZETTE | FORT WAYNE, IN, http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100911/LOCAL04/309119956/1002/LOCA L A mysterious bleach-like odor caused the evacuation of DeKalb High School on Friday as well as the hospitalization of more than a dozen students. The Waterloo Fire Department was called to the school at 2:44 p.m. after people began to notice a strange odor and some students had trouble breathing. A school official said the odor was coming from the art room and an adjoining hallway, according to the fire department. The Auburn Fire Department=92s Hazmat Team was called to check the building, but the unit could not find the source of the odor. Some students complained not only of trouble breathing but also of dizziness. ----------------------- HAZMAT TEAM CALLED AFTER SAUERKRAUT EXPLOSION AT B.C. SCHOOL, http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Hazmat+team+called+after+sauerkraut+ex plosion+school/3508854/story.html PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. =97 A hazardous materials team was called to Prince George secondary school Friday after teachers and staff grew concerned that an exploded canister in a food science lab could potentially cause a botulism outbreak. The explosion splattered the canister=92s contents on to students and staff shortly before 2 p.m., Prince George RCMP said in a news release. Two dozen students and four staff were quarantined while a hazardous materials technician and a safety officer investigated the substance. It turned out to be sauerkraut, which had been fermenting in the can for several years. When it was determined a botulism outbreak had not occurred, students were returned to their classes but dismissed early from school ----------------------- BAYLOR SCIENCE BUILDING EVACUATED AS PRECAUTION AFTER ALARM SOUNDS, http://www.kwtx.com/news/headlines/102617849.html?ref=849 WACO (September 10, 2010)--A hazmat scare sparked an evacuation of the Baylor University science building late Thursday night. A chemical odor triggered an alarm in one of the buildings science labs around midnight. The Waco fire department and hazmat teams then arrived, evacuated students and conducted a search of the science building. After an initial investigation they determined that sewage gas triggered the alarm. The fire department then gave an all clear ----------------------- PARAGOULD DAILY PRESS: SERVING GREENE COUNTY, ARKANSAS > LOCAL NEWS, http://www.paragoulddailypress.com/articles/2010/09/10/local_news/doc4c899 0156a69e631534021.txt WALNUT RIDGE =97 U.S. 63B near its intersection with Arkansas 91 in Walnut Ridge was closed Wednesday while Hazmat and other crews cleaned up a chemical spill in an 18-wheeler. No one was injured, but the roadway was shut down around 12:30 p.m. and reopened about five hours later, officials said. =93It was a big deal, but it wasn=92t a really hazardous situation,=94 Walnut Ridge Fire Chief Frank Owens said. A barrel full of butyl acetate began to leak in a trailer being hauled. The truck driver noticed the leak and called authorities, Owens said. ----------------------- HUGE CHEMICAL FIRE RAISES SAFETY QUESTIONS - CYPRUS MAIL, http://www.cyprus-mail.com/cyprus/huge-chemical-fire-raises-safety-questio ns/20100910 MORE THAN 30 fire-fighters, ten fire-engines and a team from the police rapid response unit MMAD were called out to tackle a massive chemical fire in a Linopetra industrial estate warehouse early yesterday. Two fire engines initially responded to the callout to the former Lord Jeans building, which was being rented out as storage space to seven different firms, shortly after the blaze erupted at 4am. However eight more units were eventually needed after flammable materials inside, including cigarettes, billboards, clothing and chemicals, caught fire and a series of mini explosions. ----------------------- PLANES PUT OUT GIANT OIL FIRE ON CARIBBEAN ISLAND | REUTERS, http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6893RG20100910 (Reuters) - A huge blaze that ignited when lightning hit a 200,000-barrel naphtha tank on the tiny Caribbean island of Bonaire was put out on Friday after Venezuelan planes doused it with chemical foam. Tall flares seen from across the island since the fire began on Wednesday were no longer visible in the morning, witnesses said, but smoke still billowed from the damaged tank at a terminal that stores 12 million barrels of oil products. ----------------------- BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY STUDENT IS HURT IN CHEMICAL EXPLOSION - WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS - WICKED LOCAL WALTHAM, http://www.wickedlocal.com/waltham/news/x907383724/Brandeis-University-stu dent-is-hurt-in-chemical-explosion WALTHAM =97 A Brandeis University graduate student sustained first- and second-degree burns and lacerations to his face in a chemical explosion at the school=92s science building Thursday morning, said Fire Chief Richard Cardillo. The student, a male who has not yet been identified, was rushed to Mass. General Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries following the explosion at 10:49 a.m., Cardillo said. He was released at 5 p.m., said Brandeis spokesman Andrew Gully. The student is a candidate for a Ph.D. in chemistry, said Gully, who declined to name him due to privacy issues. =93He was doing work for his graduate degree, and something obviously went wrong, because the chemicals he was using don=92t normally cause an explosion, but this time they did,=92=92 Cardillo said. Deputy Fire Chief Roger Hebert said the two chemicals were tetrahydrofuran and calcium hydride. "If mixed, you can get a gas that could be bad, but they use such a small quantity, it's not an issue,'' said Hebert. Gully said, =93Those two chemicals should not have created that kind of reaction.=94 -----------------------
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