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INCIDENT LOG

ROAD/RAIL/AIR INCIDENTS

Date Location Vehicle Type Substance Details Source

29/10/20 Nong Ki, Buriram, Thailand road tanker fuel Road tanker with 40,000 litres fuel ran into rear of truck after driver fell asleep; tanker exploded, spilling Bangkok burning fuel into drains, spreading fire to homes, shops over 1 km; road closed for 5 km; many injuries Post

29/10/20 Mauriceville, freight train chemicals 25 cars of freight train derailed, 15 with chemicals; four cars leaked petroleum products; responders more Ft Worth Texas, US concerned with tank car leaking corrosive chemical; nearby schools, businesses evacuated Star-Tel

5/11/20 Panjgur, road tanker oil

Balochistan, Pakistan Road tanker skidded after hitting motorcycle rickshaw on national highway, overturned, caught fire and Xinhua exploded; fire spread to surrounding area; two people on rickshaw injured; fire out after a few hours

7/11/20 Lagos, Nigeria road tanker gasoline Road tanker crashed on Kara Bridge section of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, exploded; driver said tyre blew; This Day two people died, 29 vehicles destroyed in fire; police chief called for fitting of safety valves on tankers

7/11/20 South Toledo, rail tank car styrene Leak of styrene during loading of tank car at Global Chemical Resources plant; spilt product ran into sewers, Toledo Ohio, US was flushed out to treatment plant; locals urged to ventilate their homes Blade

11/11/20 Covington, truck Kentucky, US potassium Truck carrying 110 lb (50 kg) potassium hydroxide collided with another truck on Brent Spence Bridge over CDL hydroxide Ohio River; responders found both trucks engulfed in fire; drivers escaped unhurt; road closed for days Life

12/11/20 Delmas, MP, South Africa truck explosives Truck carrying explosives caught fire on R50; driver pulled up and warned other motorists to keep away; The South truck then exploded, leaving large crater in the road; no injuries, though some were shaken by the blast African

12/11/20 Mkuranga, road tanker fuel Coast, Tanzania Road tanker struck minibus stopped to pick up passengers; three killed, including two primary school pupils, Xinhua 19 injured; no indication of fire on tanker

16/11/20 Nayarit, Mexico road tanker LPG Double tanker carrying LPG lost control, overturned on highway, caught fire and exploded; at least 12 people, AP including driver and those in other vehicles, were killed; debris was blown into nearby fields

16/11/20 nr Vladimir, freight train crude oil 35 tank cars of oil train derailed, spilling oil over area of 12,500 km²; one person reported killed; nearly 300 TASS Russia people, 46 pieces of equipment deployed in response and cleanup; police opened criminal case

16/11/20 Turaif, NB, Saudi Arabia road tanker LPG Road tanker overturned on international highway in Northern Borders province; no injuries reported; some Gulf release of LPG cargo; local police investigating News

20/11/20 nr Satsuma, road tanker hazmat Tank truck with unidentified hazmat suffered tyre blowout on I-12, crashed into rear of police car carrying out KATC Louisiana, US speed monitoring; tanker exploded; driver and one state trooper injured; no evacuations necessary

23/11/20 nr Goshen, freight train hydrochloric Six tank cars in UP train derailed; four had butane, two hydrochloric acid, at least one of which leaked; Fresno California, US acid nearby Highway 99 closed, homes evacuated; no injuries; cause under investigation Bee

24/11/20 Tongchuan, road tanker chemicals Road tanker with unidentified chemicals was involved in a crash with 40 other vehicles on Baomao highway SCMP Shaanxi, China in icy, foggy conditions; fire did not reach tanker; three people killed, six injured in crash

26/11/20 Ghimpati, Giurgiu, Romania

28/11/20 Vadodara, Gujarat, India road tanker caustic soda Bulgarian road tanker carrying caustic soda overturned on exit on DN 5 B highway, spilling load to road; Romania driver not badly hurt; area secured by fire crews; police investigating press.com

road tanker sulphuric Road tanker overturned on NH-48 after driver braked to avoid passing coach; 4 tonnes of 50-tonne acid Times acid cargo leaked; driver suffered acid burns to leg; area cordoned off by responders until wreck could be moved of India

MARINE/INLAND WATERWAY INCIDENTS

Date Location Vessel Substance Details Source

24/10/20 Azov Sea, Russia General Hazi — Aslanov Three crew missing after explosion on tanker (6,440 dwt, 2005), in ballast, en route Rostov; blast thought to TASS have happened during maintenance work, possibly involving welding, that ignited residual vapours

30/10/20 off Ashkelon, SBM Israel crude oil Several cubic metres light crude were released to sea after malfunction on single-buoy mooring during hose Maritime decoupling from tanker Rava (114,400 dwt, 2017); response team sealed leak, applied dispersants Executive

1/11/20 Yalova, Turkey Sri Asih — Five workers injured by explosion aboard tanker (109,600 dwt, 2005) during repair work; thought that hot FleetMon work in tank may have ignited vapours from oil residues

10/11/20 Terneuzen, Somtrans XX unknown Inland tanker collided with similar Ursula Valentin, both heading towards Vlissingen; not clear what caused AD Netherlands collision; water police started investigation; salvage teams not required

MISCELLANEOUS INCIDENTS

Date Location Plant type Substance Details Source

30/10/20 nr Samawa, pipeline natural gas Three killed, 51 injured by explosion in natural gas line near military base in southern Iraq; supply was shut Reuters Iraq down and fire crews put blaze out; investigation underway; had been previous incidents in that region

2/11/20 Tieshan, Guangxi, China LNG terminal unknown At least five contract workers were killed by fire that broke out in LNG storage tank under construction as part Xinhua of second phase of PipeChina’s Beihai terminal; port was closed; not clear if existing operations were affected

3/11/20 Lanzhou, chemical unknown Huge explosion badly damaged chemical plant; casualties unknown; images showed collapsed storage tank RSOE Gansu, China plant on fire, other tanks damaged

4/11/20 Ahmedabad, warehouses chemicals At least 12 killed, many injured by explosion in godown used to store drummed chemicals; part of building PTI Gujarat, India collapsed, trapping workers; fire spread to nearby factories; owner suspected of illegal processing

5/11/20 Khalapur, pharmaceutical chemicals Two killed, eight badly hurt after explosion in reactor at Jasnova pharma plant; casualties were workers at Times Maharashtra, India plant adjacent factories; fire gutted entire plant, took five hours to extinguish of India

5/11/20 Apapa, Lagos, Nigeria tank farm fuels Fire broke out at OVH Energy’s Oando fuel depot, reportedly during maintenance on storage tank, possibly Vanguard involving welding work; responders worked to prevent fire spreading to other storage tanks

12/11/20 Wuji, polymer chemicals At least seven workers killed in explosion at expanded polyethylene factory; blast led to major fire; county AP Hebei, China plant government instigated investigation; no other details provided

19/11/20 nr El-Arish, pipeline natural gas Islamic State group claimed responsibility for explosion on export pipeline carrying gas from Egypt to Israel; AlN Sinai, Egypt fire was quickly extinguished and officials said supply was not badly impacted Monitor

23/11/20 Ikarama, Bayelsa, Nigeria oil fields crude oil, Unknown parties carried out attack on Shell and Agip facilities, including gas pipeline; locals reported several Premium natural gas explosions, resulting severe oil pollution; facilities were shut in immediately after attack; investigation started Times

3/12/20 Avonmouth, water treatment chemicals Three workers, one contractor killed by explosion in storage tank at Wessex Water treatment plant; victims BBC Bristol, UK plant were said to be on tank roof when it blew; tank was used to treat biosolids, possible build-up of gas