Feds say unsafe power supply caused leak, evacuations around Pa. plant last yearOctober 5th, 2009 Feds: Unsafe power supply caused Pa. chemical leakPETROLIA, Pa.
Federal safety board issues warning over gas line work in wake of NC Slim Jim plant explosionOctober 2nd, 2009 Safety board warns on gas line work after NC blastRALEIGH, N.C. — Federal safety officials are warning workers around the country not to clear gas lines indoors after a North Carolina factory blast killed three people.
Chemical spill at W.Va. plant sends 1 worker to hospital, triggers lockdown for 200 residentsSeptember 8th, 2009 Shelter order for 200 lifted after WVa toxic spillHUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A factory employee was treated for exposure to a toxic chemical Tuesday and about 200 people were ordered to stay indoors for several hours after a railroad tanker leak.
300 workers evacuated after explosions at Detroit chemical plantAugust 25th, 2009 DETROIT — Explosions and a fire at a chemical factory Monday forced firefighters to evacuate employees and police to caution nearby residents to stay inside their homes. Several explosions were heard from inside Diversified Chemical Technologies Inc., where dense black smoke billowed from the blaze that began about 2:30 p.m.
Police officers, neighbors treated after ammonia leak at NY milk plant; plant has reopenedAugust 13th, 2009 Several treated after ammonia leak at NY plantROCHESTER, N.Y. — Two upstate New York police officers have been treated and released from a hospital after being exposed to ammonia fumes that leaked at a milk processing plant in Rochester.
Metal leak at chemical plant in central China leaves 500 sick, 33 hospitalizedAugust 3rd, 2009 Metal leak at China chemical plant leaves 500 sickBEIJING — More than 500 villagers in central China have been found to have high concentrations of a dangerous metal in their bodies after a series of leaks from a chemical plant, state media reported Monday. Of the nearly 3,000 villagers living near the Changsha Xianghe Chemical Plant in Hunan province's Zhentou township, 509 people were found to have high concentrations of cadmium and 33 were hospitalized over the weekend, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.
Thousands evacuated, A&M closed amid fire at Texas plant that processes explosive chemicalsJuly 31st, 2009 Texas chemical plant fire evacuates thousandsHOUSTON — Thousands of residents were evacuated and the Texas A&M University campus closed Thursday as a fire burned at a chemical plant that processes explosive ammonium nitrate. Black smoke settled over Bryan, a city of about 80,000 people about 100 miles north of Houston, after the fire started about noon at the nearby El Dorado Chemical Co., said fire dispatcher Andy Throne.
1000 Texas residents remain out of their homes after chemical plant fire, Texas A&M reopensJuly 31st, 2009 TX plant fire smolders, 1000 residents displacedBRYAN, Texas — About 1,000 people haven't returned to their homes in central Texas after they were evacuated because of a fire at a chemical plant and warehouse that processes explosive ammonium nitrate. The El Dorado Chemical Co.
Welding believed to have sparked fire at TX chemical plant that forced thousands to flee homesJuly 31st, 2009 Official: Welding likely sparked TX plant fireBRYAN, Texas — Officials believe a welding job likely sparked a fire at a central Texas chemical plant that forced thousands of people from their homes and closed Texas A&M University's main campus. John Salsman with Brazos County emergency management said Friday the investigation is continuing but "the best information we have" indicates the blaze started during a welding job.
Welding likely cause at Texas chemical plant fire that forced evacuation of thousandsJuly 31st, 2009 Official: Welding likely sparked Texas plant fireBRYAN, Texas — Officials believe a welding job likely sparked a fire at a central Texas chemical plant that forced thousands of people from their homes and closed Texas A&M University's main campus. John Salsman with Brazos County emergency management said Friday the investigation is continuing but "the best information we have" indicates the blaze started during a welding job.
Evacuation orders lifted after fire at Texas chemical plant; welding eyed as causeJuly 31st, 2009 Evacuations canceled after chemical warehouse fireBRYAN, Texas — Evacuation orders have been lifted after a fire at a central Texas chemical plant forced thousands of people from their homes and closed Texas A&M University's main campus. John Salsman with Brazos County emergency management says a welder may have sparked the fire Thursday at El Dorado Chemical Co.
Federal jury in Kentucky awards $1.25 million in DuPont chemical leak caseJuly 14th, 2009 Federal jury awards $1.25 million in chemical leakLOUISVILLE, Ky. — A federal jury has ordered DuPont to pay more than $1.25 million to six people who were injured when fuming sulfuric acid spilled from an eastern Kentucky plant five years ago.
EPA to oversee cleanup of massive TVA coal ash spill that devastated Tenn. neighborhoodMay 11th, 2009 EPA to oversee cleanup of TVA coal ash spillKNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The U.S.
Tenn. company says cost from ash spill could reach $975M, recovery will take 'several years'May 1st, 2009 Tenn. ash spill estimate increases to $975MKNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The nation's largest public utility now says cleaning up a massive coal ash spill will cost as much as $975 million and could take several years.
Vapor cloud from 27,000-gallon chemical spill dissipating hours after leak is containedApril 18th, 2009 Vapor cloud from Ohio chemical leak dissipatingDOVER, Ohio — A large hydrochloric acid spill early Saturday at an east-central Ohio plant that makes chemical additives spawned a massive vapor cloud that took hours to dissipate, officials said. No injuries were reported.
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