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I'm not sure why Wednesday's digest was not distributed, but I've included all headlines since Monday, broken into two postings for increased digestability...
- Ralph
Chemical Safety Headlines =46rom Google
Friday, November 18, 2011 9:18:05 AM
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Table of Contents (50 articles)
SOUTH WOODFORD: FIRE CREWS TACKLE CHEMICAL SPILL (FROM THIS IS LOCAL LONDON)
Tags: United_Kingdom, public, release, response, unknown_chemical
CHEMICAL CLEAN-UP AFTER CHRISTCHURCH FIRE
Tags: New_Zealand, industrial, fire, response, boron
FOUR ILL AFTER CO LEAK
Tags: us_IL, public, release, injury, carbon_monoxide
EXPLOSIVE DEVICE THROWN AT CLOVER HOME; 2 TEENS CHARGED
Tags: us_SC, public, explosion, response, bomb
HAZMAT CREW CALLED FOR NITROGEN LEAK IN FRANKLIN
Tags: us_OH, industrial, release, response, nitrogen
MAN ARRESTED AFTER SUSPECTED METH LAB CATCHES FIRE IN SURREY
Tags: Canada, public, fire, response, meth_lab
CLEAN UP OPERATION UNDERWAY AFTER CHEMICAL FIRE
Tags: New_Zealand, transportation, fire, response, unknown_chemical
DOZENS OF WORKERS EVACUATED AFTER CHEMICAL LEAK AT BUSINESS
Tags: us_OH, industrial, release, response, acetylene
CHEMICAL SPILL AT PICTON RAILYARD
Tags: New_Zealand, transportation, release, response, hydrochloric_acid
TOXIC SPILLS MORE LIKELY ON ROADS THAN RAILS, STUDY FINDS
Tags: us_PA, transportation, release, response, follow-up
WORKER INJURED AS PROPANE LEAK FORCES EVACUATIONS AT PORT OF BROWNSVILLE
Tags: us_TX, industrial, release, injury, propane
POLICE AND FIRE REPORT
Tags: us_MD, industrial, release, injury, unknown_chemical
BEER TANK EXPLODES AT OTTER CREEK
Tags: us_VT, industrial, explosion, response, unknown_chemical
DRUG OFFICERS DISPOSE OF TANKS FOR METH LABS
Tags: public, release, environmental, meth_lab, follow-up
HAZMAT TEAM CALLED TO INVESTIGATE LEAKING CONTAINER IN REDONDO BEACH
Tags: us_CA, transportation, release, response, pesticides
OILFIELD EXPLORATION RIG CARRYING EXPLOSIVES CATCHES FIRE
Tags: us_CA, transportation, explosion, response, explosives
KADI FIRE: 2 MORE SUCCUMB TO BURN INJURIES
Tags: India, industrial, fire, death, pharmaceutical
TOSOH FALLS MOST IN 2 MONTHS AFTER PLANT CATCHES FIRE
Tags: Japan, industrial, fire, death, unknown_chemical
TEXAS 80 REOPENS SIX HOURS AFTER CHEMICAL SPILL
Tags: us_TX, transportation, release, response, sodium_hydroxide
WORKER BURNED IN FIRE AT NUCLEAR RESEARCH LAB
Tags: us_ID, laboratory, fire, injury, radiation, sodium
CROOK CO. CREWS LET CHEMICAL FIRE BURN OUT
Tags: us_OR, industrial, fire, response, zirconium
SEBASTOPOL MAN SUFFERS BURNS ON HANDS, FACE, ARMS, CHEST WHEN MOBILE HOME GOES UP IN FLAMES
Tags: us_CA, public, explosion, response, drugs
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SOUTH WOODFORD: FIRE CREWS TACKLE CHEMICAL SPILL (FROM THIS IS LOCAL LONDON)
Tags: United_Kingdom, public, release, response, unknown_chemical
IRE fighters are tackling a chemical spill that has caused huge traffic delays this morning.
The London Fire Brigade (LFB) cannot confirm what kind of chemical the drum contains but has up to five fire engines and four chemical teams tackling the spill at Charlie Brown Roundabout in South Woodford, after being called on scene at 7.30am.
The drum was also letting off fumes.
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CHEMICAL CLEAN-UP AFTER CHRISTCHURCH FIRE
Tags: New_Zealand, industrial, fire, response, boron
About 1000 litres of dangerous chemicals spilt when a fire in a Christchurch warehouse broke out and melted the containers they were stored in.
The Fire Service says the fire started at about 8pm on Monday in the Daily Freight warehouse on McAlpine Street in the suburb of Sockburn.
It was brought under control within three hours but a cordon remains in place because further chemical clean-up work has to be done.
The spilt chemicals include boron and others used in wood processing.
About ten firefighters and a hazardous materials unit will return to the warehouse to deal with the chemicals on Tuesday morning.
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FOUR ILL AFTER CO LEAK
Tags: us_IL, public, release, injury, carbon_monoxide
Four people were taken to the hospital Sunday night after high carbon monoxide levels were reported in their Englewood home.
The 52-year-old woman, 22-year-old man and two children were taken to Holy Cross Hospital in fair-to-serious conditions, according to Fire Media Affairs.
A Level 1 Hazmat team was called to the 7100 block of South Winchester Avenue at 11:35 p.m., Fire Media Affairs reported, because of high carbon monoxide levels.
Carbon monoxide levels of 1,000 parts-per-million were recorded inside the home, about 20 times the recommended limit, a spokesman told the Chicago Tribune.
A generator was operating in the basement, and the residents did not have electricity, said Fire Media Affairs.
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EXPLOSIVE DEVICE THROWN AT CLOVER HOME; 2 TEENS CHARGED
Tags: us_SC, public, explosion, response, bomb
CLOVER --
Two teens were arrested Sunday after they allegedly threw a homemade explosive device at a Clover house.
Joshua Archer Denning and Evan Wyman Wallace, both 17 and of Marietta, Ga., have been charged with three counts each of causing an explosion that damaged a building. Wallace is also charged with possession of drugs.
Each is being held in Moss Justice Center on $5,000 bond.
On Sunday, a resident of Quinn Road in Clover reported an object they described as a bottle being thrown from a car at the home, which then exploded, according to a Clover Police report. A car was leaving the neighborhood as officers arrived, and the caller waved police toward the fleeing car.
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HAZMAT CREW CALLED FOR NITROGEN LEAK IN FRANKLIN
http://www.wlwt.com/r/29765429/detail.html
Tags: us_OH, industrial, release, response, nitrogen
FRANKLIN, Ohio -- Cincinnati hazmat crews have been called to a business in Franklin after an apparent chemical gas leak.
Crews were called to Nation Coating Systems at 501 Shotwell Drive on reports of a leaking tank, according to police dispatchers.
Officials said nitrogen from leaking from a tank at the facility. The company is "a supplier of thermal spray coaling for industrial applications," according to the company's website.
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MAN ARRESTED AFTER SUSPECTED METH LAB CATCHES FIRE IN SURREY
http://www.thenownewspaper.com/arrested+after+suspected+meth+catches+fire+Surrey/5708929/story.html
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