Category Pollution Alert

TONS of dead fish ‘due to pollution’ in a river in Tomar, Portugal

The environmental group Aqua Take denounced the killing tons of fish near the dam of Matrena in the Nabão River in Tomar. The source of the pollution may be in the stream of Beselga, where one flows into wastewater treatment…

Fire brakes out at a chemical factory at Pokharpur in Kanpur, India

A fire broke out today at a chemical factory’s godown at Pokharpur in Kanpur, officials said.    However, no causalities were reported in the incident.    The flames engulfed S R Chagada Chemical Factory in the wee hours, Fire Department…

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,…

Volcanic ash spewing from the Mount Raung volcano continues to cause havoc

Virgin Australia has cancelled all flights in and out of Bali as volcanic ash spewing from the Mount Raung volcano continues to cause havoc.   Virgin says the eruption and unfavourable winds have created unsuitable flying conditions, and the airline…

Oil tanker catches fire off Shanghai, one dead

Oil tanker Ye Chi (45,740dwt, built 2009), operated by China Shipping Group’s oil shipping arm China Shipping Tanker, caught fire yesterday afternoon off Dayangshan Island, Shanghai.   Five crew members were injured and one died after been sent to hospital,…

Chemical Plant Fire kills 1 and injures 4 in NW China

Heavy smoke is seen when a facility leaks and catches fire at the Qingyang Petrochemical Company owned by PetroChina in northwest China’s Gansu Province on July 26, 2015. [Photo: Chinanews.com] One person was killed, four were injured and another two…