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The National Park Service reports about 1,600-feet of beach is now off limits due to safety concerns. Petroleum appears to be leaking from something buried at the once top secret base, officials say.
Oct. 2—Teutopolis residents are learning more about the accident less than a mile east of town on U.S. Route 40 Friday night that resulted in a deadly leak of anhydrous ammonia and a mass ...
The crash and the subsequent anhydrous ammonia leak led to the deaths of five people on Friday night Father, two children and two others killed in toxic tanker crash in Illinois are named Skip to ...
June 5 – An ammonia pipeline failed near Floral, Arkansas, releasing 80 tons of ammonia. A 6-year-old boy had to be hospitalized, cattle were killed or blinded, and 10,000 acres of trees had leaf scorching from the ammonia. Delays were made in notifying Arkansas State Department of Pollution Control and Ecology. [22]
October 27 – An anhydrous ammonia pipeline ruptured near Kingman, Kansas, and released approximately 4,858 barrels (772.4 m 3) of anhydrous ammonia. Nobody was killed or injured due to the release. The anhydrous ammonia leak killed more than 20,000 fish along a 12.5-mile section of Smoots Creek, including some from threatened species. The ...
A tanker carrying anhydrous ammonia, a poisonous gas, overturned and began leaking on Friday night in Illinois, killing five
Country Location Date Deaths AN (tonnes) Notes United States Gibbstown, New Jersey : 14 January 1916: 1 1.81 In an evaporating pan of the Repauno works, du Pont Co., 1,800 kilograms (4,000 lb) of ammonium nitrate exploded, possibly caused by a clogged air lance leading to overheating of the nitrate. 1 man was killed and 12 were injured.
Jul. 19—HUMMELS WHARF — Production resumed Monday at National Beef following Friday evening's anhydrous ammonia leak that caused the evacuation of 46 people from the Hummels Wharf plant. The ...