Incident Log

ROAD/RAIL/AIR INCIDENTS

Date Location Vehicle Type Substance Details Source

6/4/22 nr Granite City, road tanker gasoline, Fuel South Express tank truck with 9,000 gal (34 m3) fuel overturned, spilling around 8,000 gal during heavy Belleville Illinois, US diesel rain; state sued operator for several violations and cost of cleanup and remediation; no injuries in crash Ns-Dem

6/4/22 nr Farmington, road tanker hydrochloric Driver noticed cargo leaking from tank along Husky Highway, pulled over; responders said some 4,000 gal WDTV W Virginia, US acid (15 m3) hydrochloric acid had spilled, possibly from faulty valve; road closed, nearby residents evacuated

12/4/22 Barkeyville, road tankers fuels Fire broke out in engine or cab of tank truck awaiting despatch at Heath Oil depot; fire spread to cargo and Explore Pennsylvania, US then to six more tankers; Route 8 closed, 40 fire departments on scene; two fire crew injured Clarion

13/4/22 Yulara, NT, Australia

13/4/22 Napa, California, US truck oil

road tanker LPG One of four IBCs carrying unspecified oil on flatbed truck ruptured, spilling oil to road near entry to Uluru Perth national park; local companies provided earth moving vehicles to create embankment to prevent spread Now

Driver of propane tanker was injured after truck hit tree on side of road; some leak of LPG from tank caused Napa Vall road to be closed to traffic; no other risk to public Register

19/4/22 Nashville, road tanker ethanol CSX freight train struck Speedway tank truck on crossing, rupturing cargo tank; ethanol flowed down street, WTVF Tennessee, US prompting evacuations; some 5,000 gal (19 m3) ethanol recovered from tanker, much of spill evaporated

19/4/22 Summit county, road tanker peroxide Tank truck overturned on I-80 causing closure of highway in Silver Creek Canyon, shelter-in-place order for Fox Utah, US local residents; cargo said to be a liquid peroxide

22/4/22 Ajegunle, road tanker gasoline Road tanker spilled part of its 45,000-litre gasoline load on approach to filling station; locals rushed to collect Vanguard Lagos, Nigeria spilling fuel, sparking fire and explosion; one person killed, vehicles, nearby shops damaged

28/4/22 Tema, Ghana road tanker LPG Road tanker with full load of LPG overturned on Tema motorway, landing in median strip; driver said he had Graphic swerved to avoid another vehicle; road closed during response; fire crews played water on tank to keep it cool Online

27/4/22 Henry county, road tanker nitrogen I-71 closed after multi-vehicle collision; pictures appeared to show one truck burned out after running into CDL Kentucky, US rear of tank truck carrying nitrogen, which was offloaded to battery vehicle; no injuries reported Life

30/4/22 Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana road tanker fuel Road tanker with unspecified fuel cargo heading for BOST depot at Kaase overturned; no leak reported but Modern some locals managed to siphon fuel into buckets before police arrived; no injuries reported Ghana

30/4/22 Nowshera, road tankers fuels Fire broke out among road tankers parked at Tarujaba oil depot; at least 20 tankers were completely gutted Dawn Peshawar, Pakistan in the blaze, though some 130 were undamaged; few drivers on site at time as they had gone home for Eid

1/5/22 Malungon, road tankers diesel, Two fuel tankers, owned by Super Soy Commercial Centre, caught fire after accident; first tanker overturned Philippine Sarangani, Philippines gasoline on downhill stretch of road, second ran into its rear; both driver hospitalised with injuries Star India

MARINE/INLAND WATERWAY INCIDENTS

Date Location Vessel Substance Details Source

6/4/22 Algiers, Algeria Tolga Ferry Jean Nicoli struck Algerian tanker (5,100 dwt, 2021) berthed in port of Algiers; not known if tanker was MENA in cargo at time but it suffered damage to stern and superstructure; ferry lost control on arrival in port FN

14/4/22 off Chittagong, Orion Bangladesh Express unknown Product tanker (35,400 dwt, 1999), arriving at Chittagong, presumably with cargo, collided with container FleetMon ship Haian City departing for Singapore; both vessels damaged; some containers lost; no pollution reported

14/4/22 Liverpool, CL Sha He scrap Fire broke out in cargo hold of bulk carrier (63,100 dwt, 2020) loading scrap at Canada Dock in Kirkdale; FleetMon UK shoreside fire services, tugs fought fire, brought it under control within a few hours

15/4/22 off Sumatra, CMA CGM unknown Containership (11,000 teu, 2017), from Jeddah for Port Klang, suffered fire in one or more containers north FleetMon Indonesia Lisa Marie of Banda Aceh; crew managed to extinguish fire, vessel resumed journey; identity of cargo not known

16/4/22 Taiwan Strait, Chuang Yi unknown Product/chemical tanker (10,000 dwt, 2000) suffered explosion, fire some 170 nm off Hong Kong; one crew FleetMon Hong Kong killed, six injured, some seriously; tanker thought to be involved in bunkering or lightering operations

16/4/22 Gulf of Gabes, Xelo Tunisia Bunker tanker (1,010 dwt, 1977) sank after running into problems in bad weather; crew were evacuated; divers found no leak from wreck, which was later said to have been without cargo

19/4/22 Point Comfort Bay, shore tank ammonium Some 16,800 gal (400 bbl, 63.6 m3) ammonium polyphosphate fertiliser leaked to bay, presumably from Texas, US phosphate facility ashore; USCG responding Urdu Point

Incident News

MISCELLANEOUS INCIDENTS

Date Location Plant type Substance Details Source

6/4/22 Wichita, Kansas, US building propane Major fire broke out in unidentified building, reportedly during the transfer of propane bottles to or from KWCH vehicle; building badly damaged, along with other vehicles; fire spread to nearby fields; one person injured

11/4/22 Mosogar, pipeline natural gas Explosion, fire on gas line running along Warri/Benin expressway caused panic among local residents; Delta, Nigeria police said blast was due to a leak from the ageing line, rather than vandalism or theft Sahara Reporters

12/4/22 Shiv Puri, fireworks firecrackers Five people were killed by explosion in firecracker unit operating illegally in residential area of Badarwas; News18 MP, India factory owner had licence for another unit in Sumela; investigation underway

14/4/22 Medford, fuel depot petroleum Fire broke out in NextGen commercial fuelling facility, involving “several thousand gallons” of unspecified Incident Oregon, US products fuel products; some material flowed via storm drain to Bear Creek News

15/4/22 Salina Cruz, oil refinery gasoline Fire broke out in gasoline storage tank at Pemex refinery, sending dense black smoke over neighbourhood; Reuters Oaxaca, Mexico operator brought fire under control without injuries

17/4/22 Sonipat, chemical chemicals Massive fire broke out at chemical factory in Kundli area of Sonipat; local fire department was quickly on ANI Haryana, India plant scene, along with crews from Delhi; cause of fire under investigation

18/4/22 Plaquemine, chemical chlorine Shelter-in-place ordered, roads closed after leak of chlorine following fire at Olin Chemical plant, a unit in NBC Louisiana, US plant Dow Chemical complex; fire was extinguished within an hour but work to stop chlorine leak took longer

21/4/22 Lalitpur, Nepal oxygen oxygen One person killed, seven injured by explosion during refilling of cylinder at Sagarmatha Oxygen Plant in plant Patan industrial area; nearby houses damaged by blast; several other cylinders were thrown around the site BNN

23/4/22 Abaezi, Imo, Nigeria oil refinery oil Some 110 people died after explosion at illegal refinery; dozens of people thought to be working at the site, BBC many more in the vicinity; some tried to flee but were overtaken by fire; security to be stepped up

25/4/22 Pullman, farm supply diesel Some 1,200 gal (4,500 litres) diesel spilled from crack in bottom of 10,000-gal tank at Four Star Supply site, The Washington, US depot most reaching nearby Palouse River; booms deployed downstream; other operators urged to check their tanks Columbian