Category Chemical (Spill) Alert

Chemical leak sends 15 people to hospital; 100’s evacuated in Indiana, USA

A chemical leak near an Indiana racetrack sent at least 15 people to the hospital and forced the evacuation of hundreds from the track Saturday, police said.   The evacuation occurred at the Quarter Midget Track in Terre Haute. A…

Fire Causes Chemical Leak in Istanbul Industrial Zone

A fire has caused a chemical leak in an industrial zone in the east of Istanbul, local media reported Wednesday Some 14 tons of nitric acid, known to cause serious chemical burns, leaked from the Tuzla Organized Leather Industrial Zone,…

Chemical spillage incident at the Science Park closes parts of Oxford, UK

TWO people were taken to hospital after a chemical spillage at Oxford Science Park today.   Emergency services were called to Oxford Nanopore Technologies, based at Edmund Cartwright House in Robert Robinson Avenue.   Thames Valley Police’s Inspector Andrew O’Hanlon…

Chemical fire hospitalises 13 people in Australia

FIVE police officers, five fire-fighters and three residents have been taken to hospital after potentially inhaling toxic fumes when a prime mover, trailer and B-double trailer carrying chemicals caught fire near Buronga, northwest of Balranald.   Emergency services were called…