By Linda Stewart Times Record News ELECTRA, Texas — Downtown Electra was evacuated Tuesday morning following a hazardous material incident. Electra Fire Chief James Auldridge said an IESI trash truck was forced to dump its load in the middle of the 100 block of North Main when it caught fire. He said the truck came from Frederick, Okla., and apparently something in the trash caused a chemical ...
Texas town evacuated after Haz-Mat scare
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Reverse 911 retooled after hazmat fire notification problems
By Clarence Fanto The Berkshire Eagle SOUTH BERKSHIRE, Mass. — The commotion started around 5 a.m. on Aug. 2, as pre-dawn skies began to brighten over South Berkshire. Many Great Barrington residents were awakened by a reverse-911 call authorized by the local emergency management director about a toxic chemical plume said to be drifting toward the area from a massive fire at the TCI transformer ...
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Firefighters battle propane tank truck fire
The Philadelphia Inquirer BUCKS COUNTY, Pa. — A propane tank truck crashed and burned Monday morning in a mostly rural stretch of Bedminster, Bucks County, injuring two people and prompting an evacuation of nearby homes and businesses. The accident on Route 611, involving the tanker and a second vehicle, sparked a stubborn fire near Creamery Road. Both drivers were reportedly injured. Instead ...
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Korean chemical factory explosion kills 4
The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — Police say an explosion at a chemical factory in South Korea has killed four people and injured eight others. The blast occurred Thursday at an industrial complex in the southeastern city of Gumi where TV and other electronic components are made. Yonhap news agency quoted police as saying four factory workers were killed and the toll may rise due to the ...
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Japanese firefighter dies in chemical plant explosion
Times of Oman HIMEJI CITY, Japan — An explosion at a large Japanese chemical plant has sparked fears of a global shortage of disposable diapers, a report Sunday. A tank at chemical producer Nippon Shokubai s factory in Himeji city, Hyogo prefecture, exploded Saturday, killing a firefighter and injuring 35 other emergency service workers who responded to a callout, the fire service said. The company ...
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5 more firefighter injuries reported at Japan explosion that killed 1 firefighter
The Daily Yomiuri HIMEJI, Hyogo, Japan — Authorities inspected the site Sunday of an explosion at Nippon Shokubai Co.'s plant in Himeji, which killed a firefighter and critically injured a company employee the day before. Also Sunday, the Aboshi Police Station raised the number of those injured in Saturday's incident to 35 as five more firefighters were found to have sustained light injuries ...
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Wildfires spike radiation levels near abandon mines
By Laura Zuckerman The Idaho Falls Post Register SALMON, Idaho — Recent air samples near North Fork showed radiation was higher than the national background level but did not threaten human health, officials said. Sampling was done after the Mustang Complex fire consumed former mine sites with measurable uranium and thorium. The massive wildfire in the Salmon-Challis National Forest north of Salmon ...
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Video: Tanker explosion kills 3 firefighters in China
ITN CCTV footage shows a tanker exploding into flames on a Chinese highway. A tanker carrying natural gas has overturned and exploded on a major highway in central China's Hunan province, killing five people, including three fire-fighters. State broadcasters have reported that the tanker leaked around 20 tonnes of the liquid gas, while the exact cause of the accident is still being investigated ...
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Robo-suit: Radiation protection, superhuman strength
IBARIKI, Japan — A Japanese research company is creating a new type of robotic suit that will shield the wearer from the harmful effects of extreme radiation. The Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL) is being developed by the Cyberdyne Corporation, according to Gizmodo. The robotic suit comes after the Fukushima plant disaster, where clean-up efforts are still taking place. Although radiation levels have ...
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Firefighters evacuate 950 students from school
By Brian Rokos The Press Enterprise CORONA, Calif. — Thirteen students and a teacher at a Corona school were treated at hospitals Tuesday, Oct. 23, when a nauseous odor sickened dozens of people. At 8:45 a.m., about 950 students were evacuated from Corona Fundamental Intermediate School at 1230 S. Main St. when a natural gas smell was reported, according to a Corona Fire Department news release ...
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Feds to begin study of firefighting pollutants
By Matthew Van Dongen OTTAWA, Canada — The federal government is ramping up research into the same kind of historic firefighting pollution it refuses to help clean up at the Hamilton airport. Environment Canada is about to begin a feasibility study of remediation technologies that could be used on federal properties contaminated by chemicals such as perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), a now-banned ...
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Ky. train derailment prompts hazmat alert
By Charles Gazaway and Joey Brown WAVE3 LOUISVILLE, KY. — A train derailment in far southwestern Jefferson County has led to a chemical release, a hazmat declaration, closed a major roadway, and an evacuation of a one-mile radius of the derailment site. Reports of the derailment near the Ohio Valley Dragway on Katherine Station Road came in to MetroSafe at 6:27 a.m. There were also reports of ...
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NM Hazmat incident sets off evacuation
By Juan Carlos LLorca The Associated Press SANTA TERESA, N.M. — New Mexico authorities say an unknown hazardous material release sickened about 200 people Tuesday near the Mexican border just northwest of El Paso, Texas. A one-mile area surrounding the industrial park and border crossing at Santa Teresa was evacuated for a few hours Tuesday, and the nearby airport was closed. By Tuesday afternoon ...
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Video: 5 amazing saves from Superstorm Sandy
NYPD rescues 5 adults, 1 child: An NYPD helicopter was deployed to make rooftop rescues on Tuesday, Oct. 30. Aviation and scuba teams worked together to help civilians trapped in their homes due to rising waters. The crews were able to save five adults and one child. The chopper that made the save is named Helicopter 23 in honor of the 23 NYPD officers who were killed on 9/11. N.Y. medical staff evacuate ...
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Chemical fire burns at Ky. train derailment site
Hundreds evacuated from small town after an explosion; fire officials are letting the fire burn itself out.
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Update: Firefighters contain derailed train chemical fire
By Bruce Schreiner and Dylan Lovan The Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Emergency workers in Kentucky were increasingly confident that fire crews had contained a blaze spewing flames and smoke from a derailed tanker car, allowing them to focus on untangling other stricken rail cars loaded with toxic chemicals nearby. Hundreds of people remained out of their homes Thursday, including the entire ...
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Train derailment fire out, evacuation lifted
The Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Evacuations have been lifted and homeowners are being allowed back into the town of West Point, four days after a chemical fire started at the site of a train derailment. The Louisville mayor's office said Sunday that two rail tank cars containing hydrogen fluoride were moved and stabilized and all restrictions have been lifted. That includes a 1.2-mile ...
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Firefighters respond to hazmat at haunted house
The Capital ESSEX, Md. — Baltimore County police said six employees at a haunted house in Essex were taken to a hospital after a jar of formaldehyde spilled and they became sick. Police said the chemical was used in a display at Kim's Krypt Haunted Attraction. Firefighters were called to the scene about 9:15 p.m. Friday night. The fire department declared the situation a hazmat spill and worked ...
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3 fire departments respond to aviation fuel spill fire
OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology), South King Fire & Rescue, Port of Seattle, Renton and Boeing fire departments are responding to a 9,000-gallon aviation gasoline spill that caught fire and is still burning just off U.S. Interstate 5 in Federal Way. All traffic lanes on I-5 are open. The fuel spill and fire occurred after a tanker truck owned by Lee & Eastes ...
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CBRN clothing: Not your father's hazmat suit
They are more breathable, last longer and offer more protection than did the pioneer hazmat PPE ensembles.
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