Category Toxic Alert

‘Catastrophe’: At least 15 killed, 45 missing, town leveled by flood in Brazil dam collapse

Photo By Emergência Fire 193 Over a dozen people have reportedly been killed and at least 45 more are missing after a dam burst in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Social media images show grave devastation, as rescue…

Chemical Explosion erupts In Pasadena, California, USA

A “flash” fire, in which sudden ignition of flammable substances occurs, erupted at Schuetz Container Systems, located at 5000 Underwood Dr. in Pasadena Wednesday (Oct. 7) at around 8 p.m.   Police blocked off the street, and Pasadena and La…

Chemical spill at Delaware City Refinery sends 3 to hospital, USA

Three Delaware City Refinery workers were taken to Christiana Hospital following a chemical release at the gasoline production plant on Friday.   Sgt. Michael A. McColley, a spokesman for the county Public Safety Department, said a 52-year-old man was treated…

Massive gas storage blasts kill 11, mostly children in Afghanistan

At least 11 people, most of them children, were killed after a series of explosion at an Afghan gas storage facility triggered a fire in a nearby settlement for displaced people, officials said on Tuesday.   It was not immediately…