A train carrying hazardous materials derailed in Lowndes County early today, rolling multiple cars east of South Lehmberg Road. 

The westbound Alabama Southern Railroad train hit a broken rail at about 7:30 a.m., overturning 12 cars, according to Columbus Fire and Rescue. 

The Columbus Hazmat team was called in to assess three cars that were separately carrying nitrous oxide, turpentine and methyl phenol, a chemical used in the treatment of wood products.

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EXCLUSIVE: Attorney for 'bomb house' owner files claim against county 

An attorney for the owners of the "bomb house" property near Escondido has demanded at least $500,000 for his clients' loss and distress, according to a claim filed with San Diego County. 

In a dramatic operation that captured national attention, authorities burned the single-story residence to the ground on Dec. 9, 2010, to destroy what they said was its huge and highly unstable stockpile of explosives. 

They said fire was the only safe way to neutralize the homemade bomb materials found throughout the cluttered house just west of Interstate 15 and north of El Norte Parkway. Authorities said the explosives included the same destructive compounds as those used in recent terrorist plots.

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Beet truck collides with gas truck near Filer | KTVB.COM | KTVB.COM | Boise, Idaho news 

TWIN FALLS COUNTY -- Twin Falls County officials are on the scene of an hazmat incident near the intersection of Highway 30 and 2500 East, just east of Filer. 

The accident occurred just after 1 p.m. when a semi-truck carrying beets driven by Eric Palmer, 26, of Twin Falls, ran into a semi-truck with two trailers -- carrying unleaded and diesel fuel --  driven by Cory Slippey, 35, of Rupert, while it was stopped at a railroad crossing. 

Twin Falls County tells KTVB around 3,500 gallons of fuel -- both diesel and unleaded -- have leaked from the truck. State hazmat crews are responding to the scene to clean up the spill.

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3 injured in mishap at chemical unit 

Three workers sustained injuries when an open vessel containing a chemical concoction collapsed in Makarpura on Saturday. 

The incident occurred when workers of Sujata Chemicals were mixing chemicals in the vessel, the Makarpura police said. Gangaram Vasava and Mangal Macchi received burn injuries from the toxic concoction, while Mangilal Damor sustained injuries as he fell from a height when the vessel collapsed. The three were rushed to the SSG Hospital in Vadodara. The police said a complaint was lodged about the incident, and samples of the chemicals have been sent to the Forensic Science Lab for tests.

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3 schoolboys suffer burns as gas tanker catches fire, News - City - Mumbai Mirror 

Three children sustained severe burns after a tanker carrying gas, which they were walking past, suddenly burst into flames. 

According to Chembur police, driver Shivbahadur Yadav was driving to the Rashtriya Chemical Factory (RCF) at around 6 am on Monday. 

He was returning after having delivered a combustible gas to a factory in Panjarpole. 

=93The tanker was waiting at the signal near Vasant Park when flames suddenly erupted from beneath it,=94 said Bhimdev Rathod, senior police inspector, Chembur Police Station. 

He added that three schoolboys, who were close to the tanker at the time, sustained burns on their hands and bodies. All were rushed to a nearby hospital.

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Chemical spill being cleaned up, nash, spill, chemical - News - YumaSun 

Firefighters from the Yuma Fire Department were being assisted by city of Yuma employees in the cleanup of a ferrous chloride spill at a sewage lift station Monday. 

According to Dave Nash, public affairs manager for the city, the spill of 150 gallons of the chemical, which is used to alleviate odors from the sewage system, resulted from a break in an underground pipeline between the lift station and the site where it is injected into the sewer system. 

=93We were on it right away. We have properly trained, properly equipped individuals on scene.=94 

Nash said the spill was discovered shortly before 9 a.m. by employees from the city's water pollution control unit, who were making their morning rounds of the facility.

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Henrico - Emergency crew sent to hospital after exposure to poisonous chemical | VAFireNews.com - Fire & EMS News 

RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) - Emergency crews are in the process of being released from the hospital after they were exposed to a chemical one woman hoped would kill her. 

This all started around 1 a.m. Monday in the 9,000 block of Brook Road. 

Police say a woman called 911 from inside her car saying she was going to kill herself with a chemical called methyl bromide.

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