Category: HAZMAT

Train Derailment in Northern Montana Spills Freight, but Hazmat Car Safe

HAVRE, Mont.—A train derailment in northern Montana spilled freight and left cars tangled up along a major east-west railroad corridor but caused no injuries. The accident comes less than a month after a railroad bridge collapse in southern Montana sent tanks cars with oil products plunging into the Yellowstone River, spilling molten sulfur and up…


Arizona HAZMAT Leak: ‘Shelter-in-Place’ Order Reinstated by Officials

Arizona officials confirmed Wednesday morning that a shelter-in-place that was issued a day before was reinstated after a crash that resulted in a spill of hazardous chemicals—coming days after a train derailed and released toxic materials in Ohio. “Unified Command has reinstated the shelter-in-place order for a one-mile perimeter around the incident. While crews were…


Evacuation of UCLA Science Building Caused by Accidental Explosion: Police

LOS ANGELES—An “environmental hazard” that prompted the evacuation of University of California—Los Angeles’s (UCLA) Molecular Sciences Building was caused by a student who accidentally created a by-product that exploded, police said Sept. 30. Campus police and fire department units responded to the building just after noon Sept. 29 on reports of the initially unspecified hazard…


Evacuation of UCLA Science Building Prompted by Accidental Explosion: Police

LOS ANGELES—An “environmental hazard” that prompted the evacuation of University of California—Los Angeles’s (UCLA) Molecular Sciences Building was caused by a student who accidentally created a by-product that exploded, police said Sept. 30. Campus police and fire department units responded to the building just after noon Sept. 29 on reports of the initially unspecified hazard…


Three Dead and One Injured in Newport Beach Home

Three bodies were found and another injured inside a Balboa Island home in Newport Beach, California, on the morning of Oct. 25. Police arrived at the scene near Diamond Avenue and Bay Front Alley South on Oct. 25, shortly after receiving a call at 8:32 a.m., Newport Beach Police Department spokesperson Heather Rangel said. Two…