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The Illinois State Police is also investigating the cause of the accident, it said. Anhydrous ammonia “is essentially pure (over 99 percent) ammonia,” says the Occupational Safety and Health ...
BLEVE–fireball, 2008 Toronto propane explosion The following is a list of boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE) accidents. It shows whether the accident occurred during dangerous goods transportation or at a fixed facility, the accident origin (e.g., storage, process reactor, rail tank car, tank truck), the material involved, its amount, the number of fatalities, and whether a ...
A tanker carrying anhydrous ammonia, a poisonous gas, overturned and began leaking on Friday night in Illinois, killing five
The Minot train derailment occurred just west of Minot, North Dakota, United States, on January 18, 2002, when a Canadian Pacific Railway freight train derailed, spreading ammonia gas across the city, delaying rescue operations. The cause was found to be small fatigue cracks in the rails and joint bars, not detectable by the inspection routines ...
Crews in protective clothing headed to the scene to clean up, a slow process due to leaking tanks of anhydrous ammonia and residue from acids and other products. Several firefighters had to undergo treatment for respiratory irritation. Overhaul continued until dusk and resumed the following day.
According to an open records request by Reuters, the plant had a long history of minor thefts, presumably by people wanting to use anhydrous ammonia to make methamphetamine. The facility lacked burglar alarms, or even a fenced perimeter. It installed a surveillance system in 2009 after law enforcement recommended they do so. [17]
A tanker carrying anhydrous ammonia, a poisonous gas, overturned and began leaking on Friday night in Illinois, killing five Five people killed in crash that releases leak of anhydrous ammonia ...
A tanker carrying anhydrous ammonia, a poisonous gas, overturned and began leaking on Friday night in Illinois, killing five