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Clearfield =95 Two business
owners and their employees wonder what they will do next after a
two-alarm fire destroyed their building in Clearfield and injured one
person Friday.
The fire began at Clear Sky Biofuels Inc., near 400
West and 200 South, at 11:37 a.m., and in about an hour the fire spread
and consumed the whole building, which also housed an automotive-repair
business. It also destroyed an adjacent building, fire officials
said.
A woman was taken to the hospital with serious burns,
according to Clearfield Police Chief Greg Krusi.
At least
five fire agencies responded to the blaze. It took about two hours to
put out the flames.
"All the sudden I heard a loud explosion and fire was
coming past the door of my office," said Gary Clark, a chemical engineer
and part owner of Clear Sky.
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BENDIGO
Day Surgery staff were forced indoors yesterday after a chemical spill
in the centre car park.
Pedestrian traffic was blocked from both sides of the
building for more than two hours as CFA crews, including one officer in
a Hazmat suit, identified and cleared the liquid.
Day
surgery office manager Terri Billett said the chemical was believed to
be a herbicide that leaked from the back of a patient=92s ute in the car
park.
She said it was discovered by a staff member from
Melbourne Pathology, who shares the building.
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WHDH-TV - BOMB SQUAD AND
HAZMAT CREWS CALLED TO SUDBURY HOME, http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/12003688
460569/hazmat-crews-on-scene-in-sudbury/
SUDBURY,
Mass. -- The bomb squad was called to a home in Sudbury for a possible
explosive device on Thursday by a mom who was suspicious of her teenage
son. Hazmat crews were also on hand.
State and local police
continue to keep a close eye on the home at 28 Firecut Lane, where the
bomb squad destroyed a device they called potentially hazardous and
explosive on Thursday.
=93It=92s frightening. The family is a very nice
family,=94 said Steve Saloman, neighbor. =93We=92ve actually hired the
boy to help out with snow removal during the winter.=94
Neighbors
say the family at the house includes two teenage boys and younger
children.
Investigators say the mother came to the police
station and explained that one of her sons was mixing
chemicals.
The boy told them the chemicals were in a bottle in
the house.
Using a remote control robot and an explosive charge
of their own, police say the bomb squad rendered the mixture
safe.
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Odessa,
Texas - A West Odessa neighborhood was put on alert Thursday as Hazmat
crews combed a home on the 700 block of West Moss Avenue, analyzing what
they called suspicious chemicals that could be sued to build a
bomb.
Suspicious chemicals reported to be inside the West Odessa
home drew the attention of several law enforcement agenciesThursday
morning, even prompting hazmat crews to venture inside and
investigate.
Three
substances initially discovered appeared to be precursor
chemicals.
"A precursor chemical is if you combine certain
chemicals in a certain order, you could have the potential for a bomb,"
says Ector County Sheriff=92s Office Spokesman, Sergeant Gary
Duesler.
That's why authorities took the report and finding so
seriously, but the threat turned out to be less than was originally
assumed.
"Final testing of them showed that they weren't being
used in a manner which would indicate that they were being used as an
explosive,=94 says Midland FBI Agent Matt Espendshade.
He
believes the effort was necessary, especially considering recent events
in West Texas.
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LINCOLN,
Neb. (AP) - Fire officials say 18 firefighters were taken to a hospital
for a possible chemical exposure after an explosion inside a business
that applies spray-on truck bed liners in Lincoln.
Acting
Battalion Chief Guy Pinkman says it's a precautionary move, and the
firefighters will be observed for several hours to make sure they
OK..
Television station KOLN/KGIN says the blast at Line-X
happened just before noon on Thursday. Officials say a vehicle was on
fire inside the business. The fire was contained by a sprinkler system
and extinguished.
Pinkman says there's a concern that some of the
chemical used in the spraying process may have been in the smoke from
the fire, and that some firefighters may have been exposed to
it.
The cause of the fire is under
investigation.
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SUSPICIOUS CHEMICAL PROMPTS BOISE SCHOOL LOCKDOWN - KIVITV.COM | BOISE. NEWS, BREAKING NEWS,
WEATHER AND SPORTS-, http://www.ki
vitv.com/Global/story.asp?S=14183375
Hawthorne
Elementary School in Boise was placed on lockdown for about an hour
Thursday afternoon, as Boise Fire and HAZMAT crews tried to identify a
chemical found in a nearby house.
The school was placed on
lockdown "simply as a precautionary measure," according to Boise Fire
Dept. spokeswoman Lynn Hightower. "We didn't want the students going out
into the playground."
The backyard of the house where the chemical was found
backs up to the school yard.
Boise Police determined the chemicals in the home are
not illegal.
Residents living next door to the house where the
chemical was found were evacuated at one point.
A tip
from a citizen prompted police to search the home for the
chemicals.
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A fire at a key supplier is temporarily shutting down
production at General Motors=92 Lordstown complex.
Flames
and small chemical explosions ripped through the Magna International
plant in Howell, Michigan, late Wednesday afternoon, destroying much of
the plant. The Canadian automotive supplier makes door-panel interiors
and other parts for GM, Ford and Nissan.
The
Lordstown shutdown begins at 7 a.m. tomorrow (Friday).
Lordstown
has been running three full shifts since early last fall when it
ratcheted up production of the Chevrolet Cruze. Sales of The Cruze
approached 19,000 last month, making it GM=92s third highest-selling
model.
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