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Chemical Safety headlines from Google
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Subject: Chemical Safety headlines from Google
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The chemical explosion of a quarantined car on
Wellington's wharf sent a fireball into the air and jolted people from
their sleep.
"It was just a massive boom and then it shuddered the
house," Roseneath resident Scott Garvie said of yesterday's 4.50am
explosion.
He initially thought it was an earthquake, but looked
out his Palliser Rd window and saw plumes of black smoke coming from a
burning shipping container on the waterfront.
Greg
White was on the 10th floor of Telecom House in Jervois Quay when the
explosion "rocked" the building.
"I looked out the window and
there was a huge fireball and flames shooting up. It was pitch black. We
couldn't actually see what it was. Initially we thought a boat had hit
it."
The car, which was being fumigated with the toxic
chemical methyl bromide, was a charred shell after the explosion. Nobody
was injured.
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About 70
primary school children have been exposed to asbestos when a science
lesson explosion lifted ceiling tiles in a Berkshire school
hall.
Pupils were evacuated from the hall at St Mary's in
Kintbery, Hungerford, when a chemical test involving a hydrogen balloon
caused a "sonic reaction".
Dust that fell from the ceiling tested positive for a
small level of asbestos.
Health and safety officers kept the children's
uniforms for testing and the pupils were sent home in their PE
kits.
The hall has been sealed off and all parents have been
informed.
A West Berkshire Council spokesman said: "I can
confirm that during a science lesson at the school today, a planned
chemical reaction involving a hydrogen balloon, resulted in a sonic
reaction that lifted ceiling tiles in the hall releasing
dust.
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