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INCIDENT LOG

ROAD/RAIL/AIR INCIDENTS

Date Location Vehicle Type Substance Details Source

2/9/19 nr Lethbridge, freight train octane CP train derailed some 30 km north of Lethbridge; three tank cars leaked flammable octane; one was buried CBC Alberta, Canada under other cars, making response difficult; 2-km evacuation zone, roads closed; TSB investigating

5/9/19 Mbeere South, road tanker gasoline Driver noticed fire under rear of tanker during delivery of gasoline; unable to uncouple the hose, he drove The Embu, Kenya the vehicle away from shops and houses and escaped before fire took hold; subsequent explosion Standard

5/9/19 Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan road tanker fuel Van was in late-night collision with fuel tanker that sparked a fire; three people died in the blaze, many more Business injured; police, response teams quickly on the scene Recorder

7/9/19 South Lake Tahoe, road tanker gasoline Tank truck with 8,400 gal (31.8 m3) gasoline was in collision with car on ramp onto US 50; tanker overturned, S Tahoe California, US hit guardrail; tank ruptured, spilling fuel that ignited; tanker driver was trapped in cab and died in fire Now

7/9/19 Portland, Oregon, US freight train LPG Two locos, three tank cars with LPG derailed, damaging bridge supports; UP said there was no leak of gas AP and no injuries; overpass closed for investigation, cutting access to industrial area

10/9/19 Dupo, Illinois, US

18/9/19 Ogere, Ogun, Nigeria rail tank car MIK Tank car with methyl isobutyl ketone derailed while train was being made up in UP’s railyard near St Louis; St Louis tank was damaged; leaking product caught fire; nearby schools, homes evacuated; no injuries reported Pub Radio

road tanker gasoline Road tanker parked overnight near toll gate on Lagos-Ibadan expressway caught fire, exploded in what reports described as “mysterious incident”; no injuries reported; traffic diverted during response Daily Post

19/9/19 Kamara, Rift Valley, Kenya

22/9/19 Moxee, Washington, US road tanker fuel Road tanker overturned on Nakuru-Eldoret highway when driver lost control while overtaking another truck; Daily locals ran to siphon fuel from tanker but were beaten back by police in running battles; no fire reported Nation

rail tank car sulphuric Around 1,000 gal (3,800 litres) sulphuric acid spilled during unloading of tank car, reportedly due to faulty KVEW acid valve; state Department of Ecology monitoring spill but said there was no risk to the public

24/9/19 Bamako, Mali

24/9/19 Windhorst, Texas, US road tanker fuel

road tanker fuel Road tanker overturned in centre of capital city after swerving to avoid motorcycle; tanker exploded, killing Reuters at least six people and injuring around 50 more; several cars and motorcycles destroyed in blaze

Texas Petroleum tank truck exploded during refuelling near Joe’s Kwik Stop filling station; tanker driver killed in blast; no injuries at nearby school TNN

25/9/19 Bagan Serai, road tanker acetone Road tanker with more than 20 m³ acetone from Klang to Penang skidded, overturned into canal; leak of Perak, Malaysia product; responders said there was no danger to the public, though there were reports of sickness Bernama

27/9/19 nr Blackfalds, freight train fuel Alberta, Canada CP train derailed north of Red Deer; three tank cars with fuel products leaked; spill was contained, vacuum CBC trucks deployed; no injuries or impact on waterways

27/9/19 Ayutthaya, Thailand road tanker ethanol Road tanker with 42 m³ ethanol overturned, caught fire in Wang Noi district; driver reported steering problem Bangkok before crash; driver had minor injuries; blaze destroyed several parked cars Post

27/9/19 Kansas City, road tanker gasoline Tank truck was in collision with two other vehicles on I-49 in bad weather; massive fire broke out, causing Fox4KC Missouri, US damage to overhead sign truss; one driver injured in crash but no injuries from fire; road closed

28/9/19 Chitradurga, road tanker gasoline Road tanker hit electricity pole, overturned and caught fire; driver badly hurt but no other injuries; police, The Karnataka, India emergency responders on scene quickly to douse fire Hindu

MARINE/INLAND WATERWAY INCIDENTS

Date Location Vessel Substance Details Source

30/8/19 Brazil Bouboulina crude oil First reports of major oil spill washing up on Brazilian coast, later affecting 3,000 km of coast in eight states in Merco north-east; Petrobras denied involvement; early in November authorities named Suezmax tanker as suspect Press

1/9/19 Colrain, Massachusetts, US

8/9/19 Jamie Whitten lock, barge Mississippi, US

13/9/19 Sture, Norway Dubai Harmony sulphuric Storage tank at Barnhardt Manufacturing plant leaked sulphuric acid to North River, causing fish kill; Greenfield

acid state DEP said leak was “not catastrophic” although locals were angry at size of leak and lack of information Recorder

crude oil Unknown volume of oil leaked from Savage Inland barge at lock on Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway; spill was contained by lock, dam and containment boom; waterway closed; cause under investigation

crude oil Fire broke out in engineroom of tanker (115,340 dwt. 2005) prior to loading at Equinor oil terminal; all personnel not involved in response evacuated; crew, fire department had incident under control in two hours Maritime Executive

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20/9/19 Lynchburg, Texas, US barges naphtha, Nine barges broke moorings during high water after Storm Imelda; two barges became stuck under San Maritime MEG Jacinto River Bridge on I-10; another with lube oil beached on mud flat; no reports of pollution Executive

MARINE/INLAND WATERWAY INCIDENTS (CONTINUED)

Date Location Vessel Substance Details

25/9/19 Avatiu, Rarotonga, Cook Is

26/9/19 Perama, Greece pipeline diesel Fuel leaked from Pacific Energy pipeline to harbour and beaches; skimmers, booms deployed to contain spill in multi-agency response; line being tested to locate site of leak

Gunece unknown Product/chemical tanker (6,300 dwt, 1998), at anchor, was struck amidships by arriving containership ONE Blue Jay; tanker badly damaged but no report of pollution; no injuries reported

28/9/19 Ulsan,

Stolt South Korean Groenland unspecified Two explosions aboard Stolt tanker (43,500 dwt, 2009) at Yeompo Quay; blaze spread to Bow Dalian, alongside to take on nitrogen; 18 injuries, mostly shore personnel; suspected styrene polymerisation

30/9/19 Wesel, NRW, Germany tank barge fuel Unidentified tanker with fuel from Duisburg collided with passenger vessel Avalon Illumination near Niederrhein bridge; several passengers suffered impact injuries; no pollution recorded from tanker Source

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MISCELLANEOUS INCIDENTS

Date Location Plant type Substance Details Source

3/9/19 Uran, gas processing natural gas Five people, including three responders, were killed by a gas explosion at ONGC plant near Mumbai; those Mumbai Maharashtra, India plant killed were investigating leak that collected in storm water drain; more than ten others were injured Mirror

4/9/19 Gurdaspur,

firecracker fireworks At least 23 people were killed, 27 injured by massive explosion in unlicensed firecracker factory in Punjab, India factory residential area, which had reportedly been operating for years; building collapsed, nearby homes damaged All India

5/9/19 South Riding Point, oil terminal crude oil Some 120,000 bbl oil spilled from Equinor terminal after high winds during Hurricane Dorian blew roofs off Reuters Bahamas six storage tanks; substantial impact on local environment near shoreline; weather hampered early response

5/9/19 Haifa, Israel

7/9/19 Delhi, India

11/9/19 Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria

12/9/19 Unnao, UP, India vegoil storage vegoils Major fire broke out in three warehouses with 80 tonnes vegoils; responders managed to prevent fire spreading to main building with thousands of tonnes; air quality being monitored Jerusalem Post

warehouse oil products One worker killed in major fire at oil godown in Punjabi Bagh district; facility not properly licensed; nearby The buildings evacuated; some explosions heard as flames reached oil tanks Hindu

oil depot oil products Several people injured when fire broke out at NNPC depot; fire started at loading point, with one witness Premium saying a driver was trying to jump-start his truck and the battery sparked; fire raged for two hours Times

LPG plant LPG Three workers injured in fire that broke out at HPCL gas plant, reportedly after leak of LPG from valve; 1.5-km evacuation zone; roads and nearby rail line closed in case of explosion Economic Times

12/9/19 nr Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus

14/9/19 Srondol, C Java, Indonesia army depot munitions 12 injured by series of explosions at army ordnance depot in northern part of Cyprus controlled by Turkish Xinhua army; first blast caused forest fire; nearby residents evacuated, hotel and other buildings damaged

police station munitions One officer injured by explosion of WWII munitions in police evidence warehouse; locals evacuated in case Reuters of further explosions; subsequent fire; munitions dated from Japanese occupation

16/9/19 S Lorenzo Almecatla, pipeline LPG Puebla, Mexico Illegal tap found on LPG pipeline; six Pemex workers repairing line were injured when spark ignited leaking Poblanerias gas, causing major fire; incident was in remote area so no impact on population

18/9/19 Istanbul, Turkey chemical chemicals Fire broke out at factory in Orhanli industrial zone in Tuzla; during response, a storage tank exploded, plant sending shrapnel over area; two firefighters injured; damage to buildings, vehicles Daily Sabah

19/9/19 Antwerp, Belgium

21/9/19 Phoenix, Arizona, US

23/9/19 Rubkona, South Sudan

25/9/19 Donetsk, Ukraine chemical diesel Fire broke out in diesel storage tank at Gunvor petrochemical plant; safety perimeter put in place; site’s fire Belga plant team and local firefighters brought blaze under control but stayed on site in case it flared up again

post office acetone Three postal workers suffered ill effects after package “exploded”; responders found shattered glass bottle AP in package and identified substance as acetone; no malicious intent suspected

pipeline crude oil Some 2,000 bbl oil reported to have leaked from ageing pipeline in Unity Oil Fields; government said spill was limited to 400 m² but local authority said rivers in three counties had been heavily polluted

army depot ammunition Series of explosions, fire at ammunition depot in Kuibyshivskyi area of disputed territory; civilians living nearby evacuated; fire was contained; cause under investigation phys.org

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26/9/19 Rouen, chemical lube oil Massive fire broke out in storage area of Lubrizol plant, spewing thick black smoke across area; substantial AFP Seine-Mar, France plant damage but no injuries reported; authorities later banned harvesting of crops, sale of farm produce

26/9/19 Warangal, Telangana, India factory chemicals Three workers were badly injured by explosion at Vajra Matrix Abrasives and Tools plant; thought that chemicals used in manufacture of abrasives triggered blast but further investigation is ongoing NIE

26/9/19 Abohar, Punjab, India oil plant vapours Four workers entered empty oil tank at Gursewak Oil Factory to clean it but fell unconscious; three died in The the tank, despite rescue efforts; reports referred to “poisonous gas” but simple asphyxiation more likely Tribune