chemical spills

Some of the chemical had spilled onto a sidewalk, police said. It is not known what was in the bottle, authorities said. Covington police are working the spill along with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office and the Covington Fire Department, police said. "The suspicious chemicals have been isolated, and ...

KEARNY -- The Department of Environmental Protection and the Jersey City Hazmat Unit are working to determine what type of chemical was spilled inside a warehouse -- and if the spill reached the nearby Passaic River Tuesday morning. A chemical was knocked over at about 8:20 a.m. after a forklift ...

The California State University Chancellor's Office has failed to ensure the safety of employees and students who work with hazardous materials, including those at Sacramento State where a 2016 chemical spill caused injuries and possible long-term health damage, according to a state audit. The critical ...

ABBOTSFORD - An ammonia spill at Abbyland Foods prompted authorities to briefly evacuate a one-mile radius of the plant. The evacuation was called off by about 9 p.m., according to the Abbotsford-Colby Police Department, which posted on Facebook that an ammonia leak prompted the warning.

Officials say they believe a seal in a pump went bad. The company says the flange leak released about four and half pounds of raw material. The leak was immediately stopped. No one was hurt. Investigators checked around the area around the plant, ran testing and say the chemical didn't make it outside.

Zacarese said fire marshals put the spill into an overpack drum, a type of protective packaging for hazardous materials, and cleared the building of the chemical. When the spill was reported, multiple police officers, fire marshals and EMS responded as a precaution, Zacarese said. “There's a big response ...

Nearly 300 pounds of the chemical was released during the spill, the P-G reported. The consent decree also requires U.S. Steel (NYSE: X) to improve environmental systems at the plant with new notification systems for response agencies, according to the P-G. “U.S. Steel continually seeks opportunities for ...

9 North in Dawsonville, is still under investigation by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Environmental Protection Division after a chemical spill at the plant March 20, which contaminated a creek that runs behind the property, killing fish and other wildlife. Dead marine life was seen in Flat Creek ...

A suburban Chicago medical clinic has reopened after 15 people were hospitalized when a chemical substance spilled in an exam room. March 28 ... Fire officials say there were 35 people in the building at the time of the spill and some experienced difficulty breathing, coughing and nausea. After first ...

Chemical spill at Berwyn medical clinic sends 15 people to the hospital, officials say ... Just before 3 p.m., Berwyn firefighters were called to JenCare Senior Medical Center in the 6300 block of Cermak Road after phenol — a chemical substance used in certain medical treatments — spilled in an exam room ...

Gold Creek Foods in Dawsonville has experienced a chemical spill of ferric chloride. The spill apparently occurred Tuesday and was located by the city today, March 22. Chemicals traveled through the stormwater drain to Flat Creek; fish and other water species were killed. The Department of Natural ...

Some 500 chemical plants, 10 refineries, and more than 6,670 miles of intertwined oil, gas, and chemical pipelines line the corridor. Nearly half a billion gallons of industrial wastewater mixed with storm water surged out of just one of these chemical plants. The dozens of tons of chemicals unleashed – all ...

An an SRT Safety team works along a blocked off portion of Williams Street and Maple Street in front of the abandoned Coats American building Monday, March 12, 2018 in Rossville, Ga., where an oil spill with Polychlorinated biphenyls was discovered. Police suspect copper thieves caused the spill.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- If you were one of the thousands of drivers affected by a hazardous chemical spill that shut down I-480 in Cleveland on Thursday, you might be interested in the ... Investigators say the driver of a truck loaded with items that included the chemicals has indicated it was not his fault.

A sign posted in the entrance of the Aldi in Willowick after a chemical spill there on March 29. Jonathan Tressler — The News-Herald ... Willowick Fire Department Lt. Tom Henry said the department was alerted about 9:06 a.m. about a chemical spill. The initial crews arrived on scene, 30960 Lake Shore ...

(KGTV) - A chemical spill forced the closure of a freeway off-ramp in Carlsbad. 10News learned that four ... Authorities summoned a hazardous materials team to clean up the spill, and the process forced the closure of the northbound I-5 off-ramp to eastbound Poinsettia Lane. As part of the clean-up effort, ...