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Incident Log

ROAD/RAIL/AIR INCIDENTS

Date Location Vehicle Type Substance Details Source

27/10/22 Dhavatand, road tanker LPG Jharkhand, India Road tanker with LPG for Hansdiha struck parked bus on SH 17, overturned, exploded, spreading fire to PTI three buses, nearby trees and houses; tanker driver killed, four others injured

29/10/22 Aizawl, Mizoram, India road tanker gasoline Road tanker with 20,000 litres gasoline for Champhai crashed near Tuirial airfield, cause unknown; fuel

Economic leaked from tanker, attracting hundreds of locals; four killed in subsequent explosion, several others injured Times

29/10/22 Baghdad, road tanker LPG Iraq Road tanker with LPG, parked near residential buildings in Binok district, exploded, apparently due to MENA technical fault; nine people killed, many injured; blast blew out windows, damaged nearby cars

29/10/22 Zinder, Niger

2/11/22 Paulina, Louisiana, US road tanker fuel Road tanker with 64,000 litres fuel (probably gasoline) for Niamey suffered unspecified accident in village; AFP crowds gathered to siphon off fuel; vapours were ignited by motorbike, causing explosion that killed seven

freight train hydrochloric Six cars of freight train derailed in St James Parish; one tank car with 20,000 gal (75 m3) hydrochloric acid ABC acid leaked; nearby residents evacuated; cause of derailment under investigation

4/11/22 Rocky Mount, truck N Carolina, US explosives Truck carrying explosives, other hazmat overturned on US-64 during morning rush hour; some load spilled News to road; nearby residents, businesses evacuated, highway closed; driver cited for speed on off-ramp Nation

5/11/22 Norfolk, Connecticut, US road tanker gasoline Tank truck overturned on Route 44, spilling some 8,200 gal (31 m3) gasoline, some of which reached storm WFSB drain; local residents evacuated, some roads closed; minor injuries reported

11/11/22 Ochadamu, road tanker gasoline Following accident at checkpoint, truck drivers fell into argument with military personnel, who confiscated a The Kogi, Nigeria phone; in protest a driver parked his tanker across the road; it was hit by another truck, exploded, killing 11 Eagle

17/11/22 Bethlehem, road tanker gasoline Tank truck overturned after driver lost control on curve, spilling some 6,000 gal (22.7 m3) gasoline; some ABC Pennsylvania, US 400 homes evacuated in case of fire or explosion; driver lightly injured

20/11/22 Pune, Maharashtra, India road tanker gasoline Speeding road tanker ran out of control when brakes failed, hitting nearly 50 other vehicles on Navale Bridge DNA on Pune-Bengaluru highway; fuel spilling from tanker made road slippery, causing more accidents; 30 hurt

24/11/22 Ruse, Bulgaria

28/11/22 Kivalliq, Nunavut, Canada road tanker lube oil Road tanker caught fire, exploded within plant for industrial oils in northern Bulgaria; one person killed in Novinite blast; all employees from plant and nearby factories evacuated

road tanker diesel Road tanker heading for Meadowbank gold mine overturned on all-weather road, spilling some 20,000 litres CBC diesel; road closed while mine personnel implemented emergency procedures; no waterway impacted

30/11/22 nr Leesburg, road tanker fuel Virginia, US Tank truck overturned on on-ramp to Route 7 in rural area of northern Virginia, spilling some 8,000 gal (30 m3) unspecified fuel; road closed while remaining fuel was transferred and wreck was removed Fox News

1/12/22 nr Macoun, freight train oil Sask., Canada Some 25 cars of CP train derailed close to Highway 39; several derailed oil tank cars caught fire, sending CBC dense clouds of black smoke into sky; road closed in both directions; TSB investigating

2/12/22 Bimbila, Northern, Ghana road tanker gasoline Road tanker suffered brake failure, crashed into truck and overturned several times; locals ran to collect Joy spilling fuel and were only dispersed by fire crews with hoses; no fire reported Online

5/12/22 nr Ryazan, road tanker fuel Russia

6/12/22 Wanaparthy, road tanker oil Telangana, India Three people killed, six injured by explosion in road tanker at airfield near Ryazan; not clear from reports RIA what the tanker was carrying or why it exploded Novosti

Road tanker with unspecified oil cargo had tyre blowout on NH-44; driver parked on side of road to deal with Deccan the flat tyre; container truck struck parked tanker, causing explosion; no casualties reported Herald

MARINE/INLAND WATERWAY INCIDENTS

Date Location Vessel Substance Details Source

30/10/22 Cilegon, Java, Indonesia Abusamah ammonium Fire broke out and engulfed engine room of bulk carrier during loading of fertiliser; fire began to spread so FleetMon phosphate ship was removed from berth to anchorage; four tugs attending; all crew safe

31/10/22 Deer Park, oil plant oil Texas, US Unknown volume of oil and polymer products (polyisobutylene) leaked from Lubrizol facility to drainage ditch leading to Patrick Bayou; booms deployed; cleanup instigated NOAA

18/11/22 Anchorage, Atlantic Lily jet fuel Fire broke out twice in boiler on tanker (50,000 dwt, 2008) during discharge of jet fuel cargo; offloading Alaska, US suspended; tanker remained at berth until all cargo operations were completed FleetMon

28/11/22 Lake Charles, shore tanks lube oil Tank at Martin Energy Services discharged used lube oil to containment area, of which some 3,500 gal Louisiana, US reached water at Calcasieu Point Landing; booms deployed; some oiled pelicans found Click2 Houston

MISCELLANEOUS INCIDENTS

Date Location Plant type Substance Details Source

7/11/22 nr Brunswick, chemical fragrances Several explosions reported at Symrise chemical plan on Colonel’s Island; no injuries reported; plant makes Fox Georgia, US plant flavours, fragrances and other ingredients; fire broke out during manufacture of fragrance ingredients News

16/11/22 Lawas, Sarawak, Malaysia pipeline natural Fire broke out on Petronas’ Sabah-Sarawak gas pipeline, causing explosion that killed one, injured three; Offshore gas thought that incident was caused by third-party contractor involved in unrelated work; police to investigate Energy

18/11/22 Calamba City, fireworks fireworks Fire broke out in fireworks factory after series of explosions; five workers killed in fire; building destroyed; SunStar Laguna, Philippines factory incident under investigation

19/11/22 Vsevolzhsk, pipeline natural Fire broke out after explosion in gas pipeline between Berngardovka and Kovalevo; no threat that fire would News.am Leningrad, Russia gas spread to residential areas; two rescue teams working on blaze at gas (pumping?) station; investigation started

23/11/22 Moerdijk, chemical phosphorus Eight people needed hospital treatment after release of toxic substance during work on tank at GCA site; Dutch NB, Netherlands logistics site trichloride employees of neighbouring Stolthaven terminal also affected; not yet clear how accident happened News

26/11/22 Kirkop, Malta fireworks fireworks One killed, three injured by massive explosion in San Guzepp fireworks factory; locals reported hearing small Times of factory explosion before big blast; man who died was factory’s owner; responders hampered by further explosions Malta

29/11/22 Honolulu, tank farm AFFF Some 1,300 gal (5,000 litres) concentrated firefighting foam spilled at US Navy’s Red Hill tank farm during Maritime Hawaii, US maintenance work; US Navy was slow to report leak, angering local residents; facility is due to be closed Executive

1/12/22 Darkhan-Uul, storage tank gasoline Three people died after storage tank with 2,000 tonnes gasoline exploded in Darkhan city; fire crews were News.mn Mongolia brought in from Ulaanbataar and Erdenet to help local team; cause of explosion under investigation

7/12/22 Washington county, pipeline crude oil Some 14,000 bbl (2,200 m3) crude oil spilled from TC Energy’s Keystone pipeline after breach in line; Kansas, US affected stretch of line isolated; some oil reached small creek; system shut down for repairs AP

15/12/22 Angarsk, oil refinery oil Irkutsk, Russia Two people killed by powerful explosion at Rosneft’s Angarsk Petrochemical refinery; blast was felt 45 km Moscow away; fire out after five hours; criminal investigation opened into potential safety violations Times

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