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INCIDENT LOG

ROAD/RAIL/AIR INCIDENTS

Date Location Vehicle Type Substance Details Source

30/9/20 Sydney, NSW, Australia freight train ammonium Exclusion zone set up after leak of ammonium nitrate from two freight wagons at railyard in Greenacre; leak ABC nitrate put at “about 10 litres” but fears of potential ignition of leak and remaining cargo prompted strict response

1/10/20 Bloomington, road tanker gasoline One person injured with burns after fire broke out on 2,000-gal (7.6 m³) tank tuck; responders found tank Fontana California, US well alight and burning fuel spilling along street; several buildings caught fire but no other injuries Herald Ns

2/10/20 Kohat, KP, Pakistan road tanker gasoline Road tanker with 40,000 litres gasoline overturned, spilling cargo; two people in cab injured; driver admitted The Int’l to falling asleep at the wheel; all roads leading to incident closed by police News

7/10/20 Bhubaneswar, road tanker CNG Eight people were badly injured by explosion after tanker caught fire at fuel station at Raj Bhavan; reports India Odisha, India said three tankers were delivered gasoline, diesel, CNG when the latter caught fire, cause unknown Today

8/10/20 Springfield, truck Ohio, US diesel (?) One worker at Duncan Oil badly injured by explosion, reportedly during fuelling of truck, presumably tank WHIO truck; cause not known, nor is it clear if the vehicle was being fuelled or loaded with product for delivery

9/10/20 Guntur, AP, India road tanker hydrochloric Leak of acid from tanker was spotted at toll gate; responders moved tanker to a remote spot and plugged leak The acid after two hours, preventing injuries; not clear how tanker came to leak Hindu

10/10/20 Beaumont, truck Pennsylvania, US chemicals Truck carrying hazardous materials crashed on I-10E, burst into flames; driver killed in crash; not clear yet The what chemicals were onboard or whether they caused the fire; highway closed for several hours for cleanup News (PA)

11/10/20 Lilburn, Georgia, US freight train ethanol CSX train derailed near Atlanta, possibly due to flooding after Hurricane Delta; fire broke out in some of the 11alive 38 derailed cars, with at least two known to be loaded with ethanol; two crew injured

12/10/20 Erin-Ijesa, road tanker diesel Road tanker overturned on Ilesha-Akure Expressway, spilling diesel and catching fire; five other vehicles Premium Osun, Nigeria were caught up in the blaze and subsequent explosions; at least nine people believed dead Times

12/10/20 nr Romayor, road tanker methanol Tank truck with methanol overturned at Menard Creek Bridge, spilling diesel and oil but cargo tank was not Bluebonnet Texas, US breached; methanol cargo had to be transferred to second vehicle before wreck could be cleared News

14/10/20 Meadows, SA, Australia road tanker fuel Driver killed when his 14,000-litre fuel tanker ran off road, hit tree and overturned, bursting into flames; ABC witnesses heard explosions; some spill of fuel to nearby creek

17/10/20 Lagos, Nigeria

20/10/20 Lapai, Niger, Nigeria

21/10/20 Robinson, Texas, US road tanker fuel Truck carrying container suffered brake failure, collided with tanker with 33,000 litres gasoline on Odetola Xinhua Bridge; fire broke out, destroying both vehicles but drivers not badly hurt; responders quickly on scene

road tankers gasoline At least six people died after two tankers collided, exploded; fire spread to other tankers, trucks in area Channels where heavy traffic, poor roads had led to gridlock TV

truck batteries 18-wheeler hauling batteries (type not specified) caught fire in frontage road of I-13; no indication as to what KWTX caused fire to break out but it took two fire departments nearly six hours to extinguish

24/10/20 San Pablo, road tanker fuels Tank truck collided with motorcycle that spun out of control on joining I-80; motorcycle was caught under Mercury California, US trailer, damaging piping and causing leak that ignited; shelter-in-place ordered, road closed in both directions News

28/10/20 Lagos, Nigeria road tanker gasoline Road tanker overturned on Oshodi/Apapa expressway while trying to navigate poor section of road; fire broke Vanguard out, spread to other vehicles waiting behind; many drivers, locals injured by explosions but no fatalities

MARINE/INLAND WATERWAY INCIDENTS

Date Location Vessel Substance Details Source

3/10/20 Kamchatka, — Russia phenol Authorities investigating pollution of Khalaktyrsky beach with phenol, petroleum blamed leak from passing TASS tanker; similar pollution washed up on other shores, along with dead marine animals; investigation continuing

6/10/20 off Singapore DS Lotus containers Fire broke out in containers from China aboard 8,600-teu containership; vessel turned back from Singapore, FleetMon was allowed to anchor at Raffles Anchorage while crew fought blaze; allowed to berth October 15

9/10/20 Kezhemsky, barge Krasnoyarsk, Russia diesel Emergency declared after 500 litres diesel spilled to Angara River from barge; pollution was rapidly cleaned Sputnik up but investigation continued with likely prosecution of those responsible

19/10/20 Taichung, Taiwan Tian No 2 fuel oil Bunker tanker was pushed by strong wind onto pier, suffered hull breach in way of cargo tanks; some spill FleetMon of fuel to harbour waters; booms deployed to contain spill

MISCELLANEOUS INCIDENTS

Date Location Plant type Substance Details Source

5/10/20 Dunedin, fertiliser sulphur Five employees of Ravensdown were hospitalised after workplace incident described as “localised sulphur stuff. New Zealand plant dioxide flash” that released sulphur oxide; cause of incident unknown but operator said no welding work at the time co.nz

7/10/20 Corio, Victoria, Australia oil refinery crude oil Responders called to hazmat incident at Viva Energy refinery found leak on crude oil line; leak isolated and Bay 93.9 brought under control; operator cleaning up spill

7/10/20 Ryazan, Russia arms depot munitions Wildfire spread to munitions depot, reportedly with 75,000 tonnes of munitions; more than 2,000 people in BBC nearby villages evacuated; at least 20 people injured at depot though no fatalities were reported

8/10/20 Baruwa, Lagos, Nigeria gas plant LPG At least eight killed, many injured by early morning explosion at Best Roof Cooking Gas facility; nearby Punch homes and school damaged in blast, thought to have occurred in filling station area; investigation ongoing

9/10/20 Dunaföldvár, bioethanol chlorine 28 employees at Pannonia Bio plant needed hospital treatment after release of chlorine, thought to have Propeller Hungary plant occurred as a result of process upset; mobile laboratory installed to monitor air quality

9/10/20 Beirut, Lebanon apartment heating oil At least four people killed, 20 injured by explosion in fuel tank in Tariq-al-Jdide district after it caught fire, BBC block cause not known; fire crews used ladders to rescue people from their balconies

17/10/20 Karachi, Pakistan garment chemicals Six workers died while cleaning a chemical tank at factory in Sindh Industrial Trading Estate; thought that Express factory one was overcome by chemical fumes while in tank, others entered tank to try to save him Tribune

22/10/20 Bang Bo, S Prakan, Thailand pipeline natural gas Three killed, more than 50 injured by explosion on PTT gas line leading to Suvarnabhumi industrial estate; Bangkok nearby residents fled after flames reached their homes, some badly damaged; PTT investigating cause Post

23/10/20 Madurai, fireworks chemicals Five workers killed by explosion during mixing of chemicals to manufacture firecrackers ahead of Deepavali Deccan Tamil Nadu, India factory festival; thought that chemicals were ignited by friction as they were stuffed into casings Herald

28/10/20 Dergachiv, gas processing natural gas Two killed, nine injured by explosion at gas processing plant, apparently without prior fire; police continue 112.UA Kharkiv, Ukraine plant investigating incident, the cause of which is not yet clear