Category Chemical (Spill) Alert

Train with 200,000 liters of sulphuric acid derails in Australia

Photo By ‏@ChrisTheJourno A freight train carrying 200,000 liters of sulphuric acid has derailed in northeast Australia. Acid and diesel fuel have spilled. The locomotive and all its 26 carriages derailed at 10:20am local time east of the outback town of…

Chemical truck explodes into a fireball and prompts evacuation in Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Photo By WIAT An area around a Birmingham, Alabama, interstate was evacuated Wednesday as a precaution after a tractor-trailer carrying chemicals got into an accident and exploded in a fireball, authorities said.   NBC News reported there were no injuries…