Incident Log

ROAD/RAIL/AIR INCIDENTS

Date Location Vehicle Type Substance Details Source

5/5/21 Satara, road tanker oxygen Road tanker suffered leak of medical oxygen on Pune-Bengaluru NH; tanker appeared to have been overloaded Times of Maharashtra, India at Navi Mumbai in frantic rush to get oxygen to hospitals treating Covid-19 patients; leak patched India

5/5/21 Harbanspura, road tanker gasoline Road tanker caught fire at filling station in Lahore suburb; fire spread rapidly, consuming several cars, the Urdu Punjab, Pakistan tanker and the filling station; bystanders fled, with no injuries reported 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 Times of residents urged to evacuate during response; IOC personnel plugged leak, transferred remaining LPG India

6/5/21 nr Morrison, road tanker unknown Highway 285 closed for several hours after tank truck overturned; cab detached from trailer, fell into Colorado, US ditch; driver killed in crash; cause of incident and nature of load not specified CBS

8/5/21 Gill, Punjab, India road tanker LPG LPG tanker heading for Ludhiana overturned in village after swerving to avoid combine harvester in road; Times of tanker had 16 tonnes LPG but no leak was reported; villagers advised to switch off lights to prevent ignition India

9/5/21 Dubai, road tanker flammables Road tanker caught fire after collision with private vehicle on Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road; both UAE vehicles were gutted in blaze; three people suffered minor injuries MENA FN

10/5/21 Hidcote, road tanker chemicals Road tanker with unidentified flammable chemicals collided with bus on N3 highway; several other vehicles Times KZN, South Africa involved; tanker caught fire, which spread to other vehicles; at least 7 people killed, many injured Live

11/5/21 Sabattus, truck Maine, US explosives Truck carrying blasting explosive was forced into median on I-95 by another vehicle that cut it off; cargo was AP not impacted by the crash; driver unhurt

15/5/21 Albert Lea, freight train hydrochloric 28 cars of 50-car UP train derailed near Goose Lake; one tank car with hydrochloric acid found to be leaking; WCCO Minnesota, US acid public advised to avoid area during response; UP crews cleared track; investigation underway

16/5/21 Sibley, freight train ammonium 47 cars of UP train derailed in small town, with several cars catching fire; train said to be hauling fertiliser, AP Iowa, US nitrate ammonium nitrate; 5-mile evacuation zone imposed; no explosions reported; investigation underway

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 The Int’l shop; several fire crews spent five hours battling blaze; police had to be called to disperse crowds News

22/5/21 Kano, Nigeria road tanker gasoline More than 70 people were injured by explosion at filling station during delivery of 60,000 litres gasoline; This Day reports suggest fire crews had dealt with initial blaze when an employee opened a manlid, causing explosion

24/5/21 Onyinanufu, road tanker gasoline Road tanker from Kumasi to Tepi, said to be speeding, crashed and overturned in small village; tanker Graphic

Ashanti, Ghana exploded on impact, spreading fire that destroyed half the village; at least three people killed, many injured Online

25/5/21 Alimosho, road tanker diesel Road tanker with diesel burst into flames, exploded after driver lost control at high speed; thought that brakes Vanguard Lagos, Nigeria failed prior to crash; locals fled, responders brought fire under control with no loss of life or major damage

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 IOL the blast happened; police investigating incident

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 FleetMon hold; crew evidently managed to stabilise vessel, which headed for Talcahuano; no injuries or pollution

20/5/21 off Colombo, X-Press Sri Lanka Pearl nitric acid Fire broke out aboard containership (2,743 teu, 2021) at anchorage; container with nitric acid had been leaking Splash but prevented from discharge at earlier port calls; thought that acid mixed with other chemicals; vessel sank 247

21/5/21 off Sakhalin, Kang Shun bunker fuel COSCO-owned bulker (55,600 dwt, 2004), laden with coal, spilled up to one tonne of fuel oil to sea after Splash

Russia collision with bunker barge at Boshnyakovo anchorage; response team deployed to contain, clean up spill 247

27/5/21 off Imabari, Ulsan Shikoku, Japan Pioneer

31/5/21 Landskrona, Salar Sweden — Product tanker (3,480 dwt, 2016) collided with ro-ro Byakko, which later sank after losing stability; three of FleetMon ro-ro crew were lost; tanker suffered heavy hull damage, anchored nearby; no report of pollution

scrap Fire broke out in cargo of scrap metal during loading of general cargoship (3,430 dwt, 1989) at Landskrona; FleetMon fire teams sook six hours to extinguish blaze; vessel apparently not badly damaged

MISCELLANEOUS INCIDENTS

Date Location Plant Type Substance Details Source

25/4/21 Egbe-Idimu, pipeline oil Lagos, Nigeria Fire broke out on NNPC pipeline in Idowu-Egba area, thought to have been as a result of illegal activities by Vanguard pipeline vandals; not clear if it was a crude oil or product line; nearby residents ran for safety as blaze took hold

1/5/21 Kuala Langat, oleochemical crude oil One killed, three injured when fire broke out in two crude oil (crude palm oil?) tanks at Emery Oleochemicals NST Selangor, Malaysia plant plant in Telok Panglima Garang industrial area; both tanks were badly damaged; cause unknown

2/5/21 nr Qom, Iran chemical unknown Fire broke out at Movaledan chemical plant, cause unknown; two firefighters injured in series of explosions AP plant as they worked to prevent blaze from reaching tanks with alcohol

2/5/21 Brunswick, port Georgia, US wood Explosion, massive fire at Logistec wood pellet storage warehouse at Port of Brunswick; building partially Maritime pellets collapsed; fire burned through the night; thought to have been caused by self-heating of stored material Executive

5/5/21 Lucknow, oxygen oxygen Three killed, five injured by explosion during refilling of cylinders with medical oxygen; roof of plant blown NDTV UP, India refilling plant off by blast; police suspect defect in one cylinder; facility working fast to deal with Covid-19 surge

9/5/21 Homs, Syria oil refinery crude oil Fire broke out in distillation unit at Homs refinery after leak in crude oil pump; four firefighters suffered from SANA smoke inhalation but no other injuries; three other distillation units at refinery continued operating

10/5/21 Burgan, Kuwait oilfield crude oil Two workers injured when blaze erupted at Great Burgan Field in south-eastern Kuwait; cause of fire not AP known; injured men were taken to nearby hospital and stabilised

11/5/21 Iwaki, chemical zinc dust Fire broke out at Sakai Chemical Industry plant, reportedly in unit producing zinc dust; nearby residents The Fukushima, Japan plant urged to shelter in place in case of toxic fumes; four workers hospitalised with injuries Mainichi

15/5/21 Delmas 32, propane propane Propane gas station exploded in ball of flame, injuring many people, with one unconfirmed fatality; many Haiti Haiti filling plant nearby shops and businesses damaged; fire crews managed to prevent the blaze from spreading further Libre

20/5/21 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

23/5/21 Isfahan, Iran pipeline natural gas Rupture on underground gas main damaged roadway, prompted widespread evacuation in Hunt Club district; CBC Hydro Ottawa cut off supplies, affecting more than 2,000 homes, for safety reasons while line was repaired

chemical explosives At least nine people injured by blast at Sepahan Nargostar Chemical Industries plant, which manufactures AFP plant industrial explosives; authorities said cause was unclear and is being investigated

24/5/21 Azare, Bauchi, Nigeria workshop gas

At least two killed, several more injured by explosion of gas cylinder at welding workshop; blast ignited cylinders more cylinders on truck parked to deliver them for repair; fire crews unable to reach the site quickly

26/5/21 Dongning, office explosives At least eight people killed by explosion that ripped through an office building; preliminary investigation Heilongjiang, China building found the building was being illegally used to manufacture mining explosives

26/5/21 Limay, Bataan, arsenal chemicals Two killed, two more injured by blast at military facility at arsenal of Department of National Defense, Philippines thought to have happened as workers were mixing chemicals to make primers for bullets

28/5/21 nr Larissa, distillery alcohol Eight people injured by explosion in still at ouzo distillery; site’s fire suppression system credited with Greece preventing widespread fire; other workers had fire extinguished by the time fire crews arrived

29/5/21 Newell, W Virginia, US oil refinery oil Fire broke out in processing unit at Ergon refinery, with locals reporting an initial explosion; employees initiated controlled shutdown; no injuries reported; cause of fire under investigation; plant produces base oils Vanguard

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3/6/21 Riga, Latvia chemical chemicals Explosion at Grindeks pharmaceutical plant during distillation involving a highly flammable chemical; plant drum of the chemical exploded in production building, according to authorities LSM.LV

4/6/21 Cacak, munitions ammunition Series of explosions in ammunition depot at Sloboda factory; police sealed off the area, evacuated nearby ABC Moravica, Serbia factory residents; fire burned through the weekend before investigators could access the site News

8/6/21 Klyuziv, Ukraine pipeline natural gas Explosion on 500-mm (20-inch) gas pipeline in Ivano-Frakivsk region; no injuries reported; gas supplies to 112.UA locals unaffected; damaged part of line isolated for repairs; cause not clear

9/6/21 Shihezi, chemical siloxane Fire broke out in packaging workshop of Xinjiang West Hesheng Silicon Industry plant, 15 km outside Jimu

Xinjiang, China plant Shihezi City; heavy smoke over area; fire quickly controlled with no casualties; reactor explosion identified News

9/6/21 Gresik, engineering methanol Five workers killed by explosion at PT Citra Adi Sarana factory in industrial estate, reportedly during the Medcom E Java, Indonesia works welding of cylinders; blast said to have happened when they were checking sensor on methanol tank

11/6/21 Guiyang, chemical methyl Eight people killed, three injured by leak of methyl formate at plant identified only as handling chemicals; AP Guizhou, China plant formate thought that leak happened as workers unloaded shipment of the product from a vehicle