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INCIDENT LOG ROAD/RAIL/AIR INCIDENTS Date
Location
5/5/21
Vehicle Type
Substance
Details
Source
Satara, road tanker oxygen Maharashtra, India
Road tanker suffered leak of medical oxygen on Pune-Bengaluru NH; tanker appeared to have been overloaded at Navi Mumbai in frantic rush to get oxygen to hospitals treating Covid-19 patients; leak patched
Times of India
5/5/21
Harbanspura, road tanker gasoline Punjab, Pakistan
Road tanker caught fire at filling station in Lahore suburb; fire spread rapidly, consuming several cars, the tanker and the filling station; bystanders fled, with no injuries reported
Urdu Point
6/5/21
Kannur, road tanker LPG Kerala, India
LPG tanker from Mangaluru overturned, leaking gas; fire services sprayed water to prevent ignition; nearby residents urged to evacuate during response; IOC personnel plugged leak, transferred remaining LPG
Times of India
6/5/21
nr Morrison, road tanker unknown Colorado, US
Highway 285 closed for several hours after tank truck overturned; cab detached from trailer, fell into ditch; driver killed in crash; cause of incident and nature of load not specified
CBS
8/5/21
Gill, road tanker LPG Punjab, India
LPG tanker heading for Ludhiana overturned in village after swerving to avoid combine harvester in road; tanker had 16 tonnes LPG but no leak was reported; villagers advised to switch off lights to prevent ignition
Times of India
9/5/21
Dubai, road tanker flammables UAE
Road tanker caught fire after collision with private vehicle on Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road; both vehicles were gutted in blaze; three people suffered minor injuries
MENA FN
10/5/21 Hidcote, road tanker chemicals KZN, South Africa
Road tanker with unidentified flammable chemicals collided with bus on N3 highway; several other vehicles involved; tanker caught fire, which spread to other vehicles; at least 7 people killed, many injured
Times Live
11/5/21 Sabattus, truck explosives Maine, US
Truck carrying blasting explosive was forced into median on I-95 by another vehicle that cut it off; cargo was not impacted by the crash; driver unhurt
AP
15/5/21 Albert Lea, freight train Minnesota, US
hydrochloric acid
28 cars of 50-car UP train derailed near Goose Lake; one tank car with hydrochloric acid found to be leaking; public advised to avoid area during response; UP crews cleared track; investigation underway
WCCO
16/5/21 Sibley, freight train Iowa, US
ammonium nitrate
47 cars of UP train derailed in small town, with several cars catching fire; train said to be hauling fertiliser, ammonium nitrate; 5-mile evacuation zone imposed; no explosions reported; investigation underway
AP
19/5/21 nr Kathore Morr, road tanker oil Sindh, Pakistan
Road tanker parked outside restaurant on Super Highway caught fire; blaze spread to three more trucks, nearby shop; several fire crews spent five hours battling blaze; police had to be called to disperse crowds
The Int’l News
22/5/21 Kano, road tanker gasoline Nigeria
More than 70 people were injured by explosion at filling station during delivery of 60,000 litres gasoline; reports suggest fire crews had dealt with initial blaze when an employee opened a manlid, causing explosion
This Day
24/5/21 Onyinanufu, road tanker gasoline Ashanti, Ghana
Road tanker from Kumasi to Tepi, said to be speeding, crashed and overturned in small village; tanker exploded on impact, spreading fire that destroyed half the village; at least three people killed, many injured
Graphic Online
25/5/21 Alimosho, road tanker diesel Lagos, Nigeria
Road tanker with diesel burst into flames, exploded after driver lost control at high speed; thought that brakes failed prior to crash; locals fled, responders brought fire under control with no loss of life or major damage
Vanguard
29/5/21 Cliffdale, road tanker LPG KZN, South Africa
One man killed, another injured by explosion during cleaning of LPG tanker; man that died was in tanker when the blast happened; police investigating incident
IOL
MARINE/INLAND WATERWAY INCIDENTS Date
Location
Vessel
Substance
Details
Source
2/5/21 off Chile Berge Yotei soy
Bulk carrier (63,000 dwt, 2020) with cargo of soy from Argentina for New Zealand, suffered explosion, fire in hold; crew evidently managed to stabilise vessel, which headed for Talcahuano; no injuries or pollution
FleetMon
20/5/21 off Colombo, Sri Lanka
Fire broke out aboard containership (2,743 teu, 2021) at anchorage; container with nitric acid had been leaking but prevented from discharge at earlier port calls; thought that acid mixed with other chemicals; vessel sank
Splash 247
21/5/21 off Sakhalin, Kang Shun bunker fuel Russia
COSCO-owned bulker (55,600 dwt, 2004), laden with coal, spilled up to one tonne of fuel oil to sea after collision with bunker barge at Boshnyakovo anchorage; response team deployed to contain, clean up spill
Splash 247
27/5/21 off Imabari, Shikoku, Japan
Product tanker (3,480 dwt, 2016) collided with ro-ro Byakko, which later sank after losing stability; three of ro-ro crew were lost; tanker suffered heavy hull damage, anchored nearby; no report of pollution
FleetMon
Fire broke out in cargo of scrap metal during loading of general cargoship (3,430 dwt, 1989) at Landskrona; fire teams sook six hours to extinguish blaze; vessel apparently not badly damaged
FleetMon
X-Press nitric acid Pearl
Ulsan — Pioneer
31/5/21 Landskrona, Salar scrap Sweden
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