Tanker overturns, chemical spill fears
Port Macquarie News
EMERGENCY services are at the scene of an apparent chemical spill west of Port Macquarie yesterday morning. A tanker apparently rolled over on the new section of the Pacific Highway at Lake Innes shortly before 9am. The tanker split on both sides and …
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February 21, 2012
Tanker overturns, chemical spill
February 21, 2012
Highway cleared after truck crash
Highway cleared after truck crash
Port Macquarie News
Authorities first rushed to the scene after reports a tanker had overturned and split, threatening to leak chemicals into a nearby drainway at Lake Innes. But the load was, in fact, raw sugar. Emergency services remained at the scene cleaning up the …
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February 13, 2012
fuel tanker spill in Rabun County
Crews Work To Keep Tanker Spill Out Of River
WYFF Greenville
A fuel tanker spill in Rabun County shut down part of Highway 76 Saturday. Police in Oconee, South Carolina said the road re-opened around 8 p.m. Saturday.
Police originally said the crash would keep Highway 76 closed all of Saturday night and until at least noon Sunday. Authorities said the tanker overturned just before 9 a.m., just over the state line from South Carolina.
The truck was carrying 8,800 gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel. Crews from Oconee and Anderson counties responded to help clean-up the spill.
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January 14, 2012
Alert – diesel spill
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Lake reopened after fuel spill in Pueblo |
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Penn State Alumni Are Pissed Off |
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Crews work to clean up southern NJ diesel spill |
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18-wheeler consumed in flames after single-vehicle wreck |
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Drill, baby, drill—then wave goodbye as fuels leave U.S. |
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B&O rail car makes permanent stop in Gaithersburg |
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January 14, 2012
Alert – fuel spill
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State Patrol honors men for efforts at fuel spill |
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Morning Crash and Fuel Spill Snarls Traffic |
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Ruptured Fuel Line Forces Lorain County Residents to Evacuate |
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Algae fuel finally viable? Energy guru to answer |
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Well Road to remain closed through clean-up |
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Icebreaker fleet in US lags behind |
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Dedicate police to Malahat Drive |
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Keep Love Alive |
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Fatal fire at Glenalmond farm |
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One injured in tractor-trailer accident |
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Consider Prince Rupert route |
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48 Hours: Las Palmas |
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Kashmir Bruised But Unbowed As Cold Busts Charts |
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January 9, 2012
Alert – diesel leak
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Diesel fuel leak causes delay |
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I-40 ramp reopened after diesel spill |
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I-40 narrowed, ramp closed after diesel spill |
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Winter brings window condensation |
January 6, 2012
chemical spill
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Nuclear Plant Reports Chemical Spill |
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Chemical spill closes parts of NW Coastal highway |
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Crash, chemical spill closes portion of Airport-Pulling |
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Chemical Spill Causes Concern Near Reservoir |
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Chemical spill forces highway closure |
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Binnu chemical spill closes highway |
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PCG moves to prevent spill |
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Minor flouride spill resolved |
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Tanker collision triggers small fuel oil spill off coast of Singapore |
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BC pipeline foes unmoved by Enbridge oath |
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Words on success |
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Bleach Leak at Praire Island Nuclear Plant |
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Local Briefs 1/6/12 |
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OUT OF GAS: THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMEMENT IS RUNNING ON EMPTY |
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Alert lifted for Minn. nuke plant after chem spill |
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35 pm: Prairie Island Nuclear Plant terminates alert |
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Harbour report announced |
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December 29, 2011
Diesel Spill News
| Diesel fuel leaks into Fox River Chicago Sun-Times Workers continue cleaning up a diesel spill under the Sullivan road bridge in Aurora on Wednesday, December 27, 2011. | Brian Powers~Sun-Times Media AURORA — Approximately 1500 gallons of diesel fuel leaked from the Federal Aviation Administration … See all stories on this topic » |
| Crews Clean Up Diesel Spill on Highway 75 KTEN An estimated 50 to 100 gallons of diesel spilled on the highway. For a couple of miles, drivers were directed to frontage roads. Backed up traffic caused a minor collision two and a half miles north of the scene. “It just lost the wheel,” John Cherry … See all stories on this topic » |
| UPDATED: Diesel fuel spill on I-80 Monday night WFMJ LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, Ohio – Both lanes of Interstate 80, between Liberty and Hubbard, reopened Tuesday morning after HazMat crews worked to contain 100 gallons of spilled diesel fuel. Around 7:00 pm Monday night, an eastbound truck leaked diesel fuel … See all stories on this topic » |
| Fuel cleanup near Nemaha scaled back Omaha World-Herald 10 rupture of an underground pipeline, up to 65 workers from surrounding states were at the site, recovering spilled gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. As of this week, about a half-dozen workers remain, said Bruce Heine, a spokesman for pipeline owner … See all stories on this topic » |
| Fuel spill backing up traffic on I-85 North in Gastonia Gaston Gazette A gasoline spill along I-85 North in Gastonia slowed traffic to a crawl for more than an hour Wednesday morning. The problem occurred after the driver of a garbage truck realized diesel fuel was leaking from his vehicle as he drove along I-85 North, … See all stories on this topic » |
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