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HAZMAT SITUATION AT MANSION HOUSE SENDS 3 ST. LOUIS OFFICERS TO HOSPITAL
Tags: us_MO, public, release, injury, drugs

FIRE AT ENTEC COMPOSITE MACHINES, INC
Tags: us_UT, industrial, release, response, epoxy

OFFICIALS SAY NO HAZMAT PROBLEM AT W. NORRITON HOME
Tags: us_PA, public, release, response, unknown_chemical

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILL IN LOWER
Tags: us_NJ, transportation, release, response, solvent

HAZMAT SITUATION PROMPTS EVACUATIONS
Tags: public, release, response, unknown_chemical

DECATUR POLICE ARREST TWO IN HOTEL METH BUST
Tags: us_AL, public, release, response, meth_lab

CAUSE OF FIRE AT PHARMACEUTICAL LAB STILL UNKNOWN
Tags: Canada, laboratory, explosion, response, drugs, hvac_chemicals, 
pharmaceutical, solvent, follow-up

CHEMICAL SPILL CONTAINED IN BUILDING, OFFICIALS SAY
Tags: us_TX, public, release, response, ethyl_acetate

HAZMAT INCIDENT HAS BURNSIDE AVENUE ON LOCKDOWN
Tags: us_PA, public, discovery, response, unknown_chemical

UPDATE: CHEMICAL LEAK AT ASHEVILLE TRUCKING COMPANY
Tags: us_NC, transportation, release, response, sulfuric_acid

CHINESE CHEMICAL WASTE TAINTS RIVER, SPARKS PANIC BUYING OF BOTTLED 
WATER
Tags: China, public, release, environmental, water

RESIDENTS EVACUATED AFTER FREIGHT TRAIN CARRYING CHEMICALS DERAILS IN 
CALIFORNIA
Tags: us_CA, transportation, release, response, unknown_chemical

FIRE AT LITTLE ROCK PLANT EXTINGUISHED
Tags: us_AR, industrial, fire, response, flammables

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HAZMAT SITUATION AT MANSION HOUSE SENDS 3 ST. LOUIS OFFICERS TO HOSPITAL

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_65b5c02e-b964-
11e0-a6ce-001a4bcf6878.html
Tags: us_MO, public, release, injury, drugs

ST. LOUIS =95 Three police officers were sent to the hospital after 
encountering a substance at the Mansion House apartment building this 
afternoon that made them feel ill.
Police said the officers were executing a search warrant in one of the 
units in the building, at 300 North Fourth Street, when they opened a 
container and were hit with a strong smell, apparently from some sort of 
chemical substance. The search warrant was not drug-relate, authorities 
said.
They experienced headaches, breathing problems and sweating, but are 
expected to be OK, police said.
Police and the fire department's hazmat team are investigating and do 
not yet have any more information about what was inside the container.

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FIRE AT ENTEC COMPOSITE MACHINES, INC

http://www.abc4.com/content/news/top_stories/story/Fire-at-Entec-Composite
-Machines-Inc/tXkXZqN2SEKqeRJOjX48pg.cspx
Tags: us_UT, industrial, release, response, epoxy

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 News)- Fire and hazmat crews responded to a South 
Salt Lake business tonight after employees complained of smoke and a 
terrible smell.

The incident was reported at Entec Composite Machines at 2975 south 300 
west.  Crews investigated and found four large containers of epoxy had 
some type of chemical reaction.  Investigators say this reaction was 
responsible for the smell.

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OFFICIALS SAY NO HAZMAT PROBLEM AT W. NORRITON HOME
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/crime&id=8254817
Tags: us_PA, public, release, response, unknown_chemical

WEST NORRITON, TWP., PENNSYLVANIA. - July 28, 2011 (WPVI) -- Residents 
of a Montgomery County neighborhood are safe and sound, after living 
through a hazmat scare on Wednesday night.

Firefighters had thought they discovered a meth lab at a home on the 
street.

They blocked off traffic for more than nine hours, while they examined 
chemicals in the home and removed them.

Officials later determined the questionable materials in the house were 
chemicals the homeowner used for a cleaning service.

The township says the hazmat scare started when one of its employees was 
delivering a sewage bill to the house, and smelled a strange odor.

That employee also spotted unlabeled chemical bottles in the yard.

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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILL IN LOWER

http://www.shorenewstoday.com/snt/news/index.php/cape-may/cape-may-gazette
/14158-hazardous-materials-spill-in-lower.html
Tags: us_NJ, transportation, release, response, solvent

LOWER TOWNSHIP - Household solvents and building materials caused a 
chemical reaction when they mixed, causing smoke to pour out of a 
township trash truck on Wednesday, July 20.

Emergency personnel responded on a HazMat basis.

Officials said the materials were picked up in the township=92s 
Tranquility section, from a house undergoing renovations.

The smoking truck=92s contents were dumped at the township=92s Public 
Works yard on Seashore Road, where HazMat personnel used sand to stop 
the chemical reaction.

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HAZMAT SITUATION PROMPTS EVACUATIONS

http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/local/marion_county/hazmat-situation-prompt
s-evacuations
Tags: public, release, response, unknown_chemical

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Three Pike Township businesses were evacuated 
Wednesday morning following a hazardous materials incident in the 7900 
block of Georgetown Road.

Employees noticed some 55-galon plastic barrels were expanding under 
pressure from their contents and called 911.

Pike Township firefighters arrived on the scene and immediately began 
trying to determine what was inside the containers and how to proceed.

None of the containers leaked or spilled any substance.

HAZMAT teams wrapped up their investigation just before 1 p.m. and 
declared the scene safe. 
 

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DECATUR POLICE ARREST TWO IN HOTEL METH BUST

http://www.whnt.com/news/whnt-decatur-police-arrest-two-in-hotel-meth-bust
-20110728,0,6562777.story
Tags: us_AL, public, release, response, meth_lab

Around 10:00 Wednesday night, a maintenance worker at the Motel 6 on 6th 
Avenue in Decatur noticed a strong smell of chemicals coming from one of 
the rooms.

He then called Decatur Police.

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Upon arrival, they found an active meth lab inside the hotel room.

Officers arrested David Barton and his mother, Diana Wolfe.

The Decatur Police Department's Anti-Crime Unit and Organized Crime Unit 
reponded to the scene.  Decatur Fire and Rescue sent a HAZMAT team and 
decontamination team to clear the motel room of hazardous materials and 
decontaminate Barton and Wolfe. 

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CAUSE OF FIRE AT PHARMACEUTICAL LAB STILL UNKNOWN

http://edmonton.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110727/edm_pharmafire_11
0727/20110727/?hub=EdmontonHome
Tags: Canada, laboratory, explosion, response, drugs, hvac_chemicals, 
pharmaceutical, solvent, follow-up

Investigators are still searching for a cause after a massive chemical 
fire at Naeja Pharmaceuticals in southeast Edmonton Tuesday. The blaze 
caused $7 million in damage.

Naeja Pharmaceuticals President and CEO Chris Micetich told CTV News a 
fire broke out over the lunch hour Tuesday in a refrigerator used to 
store chemicals. He says staff heard what sounded like a champagne 
bottle popping in the fridge.

"They opened up the fridge and they noticed there was a solvent that had 
spilled a little bit and while they were trying to determine what 
happened there was a spark and a flame broke out within the 
refrigerator."

Edmonton Fire Rescue received a 911 call after staff failed to contain 
the chemical. Sixty-five staff members working at the lab escaped 
safely.

An air quality advisory in southeast Edmonton was ordered following the 
explosion and blaze, with officials asking nearby residents to stay 
indoors -- keeping their furnaces and air conditioners off due to 
potentially toxic smoke. 

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CHEMICAL SPILL CONTAINED IN BUILDING, OFFICIALS SAY

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/blotter/ent
ries/2011/07/28/chemical_spill_contained_in_bu.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_bl
otter
Tags: us_TX, public, release, response, ethyl_acetate

An Austin Fire Department HazMat team is at the site of a chemical spill 
inside a building in Northeast Austin.
Officials said two gallons of ethyl acetate was spilled in a building at 
8609 Cross Park Drive, near Cameron Road. The spill of the chemical, 
which is commonly used in glues and nail polish removers, has been 
contained, officials said. No injuries have been reported.
Officials said the hazard from the chemical is primarily explosive 
vapors.

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HAZMAT INCIDENT HAS BURNSIDE AVENUE ON LOCKDOWN

http://norristown.patch.com/articles/hazmat-incident-has-burnside-ave-on-l
ockdown
Tags: us_PA, public, discovery, response, unknown_chemical

Police and fire units responded to a call for a "Hazardous Materials 
Incident" shortly before 5 p.m. today and are still on the scene with 
Hazmat crews and other emergency personnel. Officials expect to be 
working on the scene into the early morning hours.

The original call came from a West Norriton License & Inspection 
official who arrived at the home at 134 Burnside Ave. sometime after 4 
p.m. to deliver a sewage bill. The L&I officer reportedly smelled a 
strong chemical odor coming from the rear of the house and called West 
Norristown police to investigate.

Once on the scene, police located a number of unlabeled containers 
behind the house that appeared to contain chemicals. Police alerted the 
West Norriton Fire Department and Hazmat crews of the situation.

Fire officials have dismissed rumors circulating through the 
neighborhood that the chemicals are part of a meth lab operation.

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UPDATE: CHEMICAL LEAK AT ASHEVILLE TRUCKING COMPANY

http://www.wlos.com/shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wlos_vid_5036.shtml

Tags: us_NC, transportation, release, response, sulfuric_acid

Authorities responded to the scene of a chemical leak at an Asheville 
trucking company this morning.

An Asheville Fire Department spokesperson says emergency crews were 
called to Conway Trucking off Swannanoa River Rd. around 8:30 this 
morning after sulfuric acid began leaking from a 55 gallon drum in a 
truck.

Haz-Mat members found the leak on the bottom of the barrel. Crews 
flipped it over and were able to contain the leak.  The company's 
building was evacuated as a precaution.  There were no injuries 
reported.

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CHINESE CHEMICAL WASTE TAINTS RIVER, SPARKS PANIC BUYING OF BOTTLED 
WATER

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/90055516?Chinese%20chemical%20wast
e%20taints%20river%2C%20sparks%20panic%20buying%20of%20bottled%20water
Tags: China, public, release, environmental, water

Supermarkets in the southwestern Chinese city of Mianyang were facing 
shortages of bottled water Wednesday amid panic buying after water 
supply from a river was contaminated by waste from a manganese plant.

Government fire trucks were also delivering water to communities after 
local authorities learned that heavy rains washed waste into the Fujiang 
River from the Xichuan Minjiang Electrolytic Manganese Plant in the 
county of Songpan.
The river accounts for 70 percent of the drinking water supply of 
Mianyang communities.
Tests of water samples from the river showed there is 1.888 milligrams 
of manganese per liter and 3.349 milligrams of ammonia and nitrogen per 
liter. The safe level is 0.1 and 0.5 milligrams, respectively.

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RESIDENTS EVACUATED AFTER FREIGHT TRAIN CARRYING CHEMICALS DERAILS IN 
CALIFORNIA

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/07/27/residents-evacuated-after-freight-tra
in-carrying-chemicals-derails-in/
Tags: us_CA, transportation, release, response, unknown_chemical

Residents in Antelope Valley, Calif., have been evacuated after a 
freight train carrying at least 14 cars of hazardous material derailed, 
The Los Angeles Times reported.

Officials are concerned about any chemical or gas leak that could have 
occurred, according to the report.

The long Union Pacific freight train contained 63 cars and about half 
the train left the track, Reuters reported. Some were overturned. The 
exact chemical contents were not immediately known.

Two hazmat teams and about 60 fire department personnel responded to the 
town, which is a rural community near Los Angeles.

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FIRE AT LITTLE ROCK PLANT EXTINGUISHED

http://www.todaysthv.com/news/article/166488/2/Fire-at-Little-Rock-plant-e
xtinguished
Tags: us_AR, industrial, fire, response, flammables

ITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) -- Little Rock Police are giving the all clear 
after a small fire shut down production  L.M. Wind Power.

According to Adam Ruple with L.M. Wind Power, an accident at the 
facility on Frazier Pike set a chemical cabinet, filled with a highly 
flammable material, on fire around 10:30 am Wednesday.

Ruple says staff tried to put it out themselves, but when they could 
not, police and HAZMAT teams were called.

Authorities evacuated the plant and shut down production until the fire 
was contained.

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