Incident Log

ROAD/RAIL/AIR INCIDENTS

Date Location Vehicle Type Substance Details Source

26/9/21 Smithville, freight train hydrochloric Several tank cars of UP train derailed; most tank cars were empty but one with residue of hydrochloric acid CBS Texas, US acid cargo leaked, prompting local evacuation, highway closure; air monitoring showed it safe for locals to return

28/9/21 Johannesburg, road tanker — South Africa Empty chemical tanker crashed on N1 motorway after tyre burst; two other vehicles were caught up in the Sowetan crash, one ramming into tanker and catching fire; two killed in car, tanker driver, one other injured Live

11/10/21 nr Worcester, road tanker bitumen Road tanker with bitumen caught fire on M5 motorway between Worcester and Droitwich, cause unknown; BBC Worcs, UK motorway had to be closed for several hours; no injuries reported

11/10/21 Nsawam, road tanker fuel Eastern, Ghana Road tanker crashed, overturned on Nsawam bypass of Accra-Kumasi highway; pictures showed leak of fuel Modern from tanker but no fire; one lane of highway closed during cleanup; no injuries reported Ghana

13/10/21 Yellapur, Karnataka, India road tanker benzene Road tanker with benzene from Mangaluru to Ahmedabad suffered ‘mishap’ on NH 63, spilling cargo to Deccan farmland; spill ignited, burning crops; highway closed for three hours; chemical agent used to mitigate impact Herald

13/10/21 Mubi, Adamawa, Nigeria road tanker gasoline Fire broke out during discharge of gasoline from road tanker to jerrycans at filling station; at least five people, Punch including three brothers, were killed in the fire; investigation underway, as discharge operation was suspicious

13/10/21 Revere, Massachusetts, US road tanker diesel Some 10,000 gal (38 m3) diesel spilled after Goguen tank truck rolled over at entry to Sunoco filling

Boston station, puncturing all tank compartments; some fuel reached nearby water courses; police investigating Globe

14/10/21 Thane, Maharashtra, India road tanker furnace oil Road tanker ran into road divider, rupturing tanker and spilling furnace oil to both sides of major road; fire Times of crews sprayed water, spread sand on spill but massive traffic disruption until wreck had been cleared India

17/10/21 Abeokuta, road tanker gasoline Road tanker with 40,000 litres gasoline overturned on roundabout; tank barrel was damaged, leaking fuel to Daily Ogun, Nigeria road; fire crews cordoned area off; traffic disrupted for several hours; no fire or injuries reported Trust

18/10/21 West Oakland, freight train sulphuric Six cars derailed near Port of Oakland, four with sulphuric acid; fire crews called in hazmat teams in case of SFist California, US acid leak of acid but none of the tank cars was badly damaged

22/10/21 Pune, Maharashtra, India tank container solvent Driver lost control of truck carrying tank container with thinner, side-swiping bus and other vehicles before Times of overturning; some leak of product; three people killed in bus, 12 injured; traffic disruption during cleanup India

27/10/21 Fairmont, freight train ethanol Eight tank cars derailed, four of which overturned; all were carrying ethanol; road blocked by wreck; Minnesota, US police cordoned off large area, fearing fire, but no indication of leak, fire or injuries KSTP

MARINE/INLAND WATERWAY INCIDENTS

Date Location Vessel Substance Details Source

26/9/21 nr Wuhu, Hua Hong 18 dangerous River tanker, moored in Yangtze River near Wuhu for cargo operations, suffered explosion, possibly due to FleetMon Anhui, China goods hot work on deck; three crew near site of explosion were badly injured, died in hospital

27/9/21 Zhoushan, Sang Shin carbon Three crew were killed, two more injured by release of CO2 in engineroom of car carrier; accident happened FleetMon Zhejiang, China dioxide during inspection of firefighting system; failure to follow procedures cited as cause

30/9/21 Chittagong, Grand Ace8 diesel Oil/chemical tanker (46,200 dwt, 2008), arriving at Chattogram oil terminal with diesel cargo, contacted Bangladesh jetty, causing heavy damages; accident said to be caused by faulty anchoring mechanisms FleetMon

30/9/21 Laccadive Sea Thalassa hazardous Containership (13,800 teu, 2013) interrupted voyage from Singapore to Suez after one or more containers FleetMon Patris materials were found leaking; nature of cargo not known; berthed in Colombo for damaged containers to be discharged

2/10/21 off Orange county, pipeline crude oil Major oil spill after rupture of pipeline from offshore platform; suspected that vessel had dragged anchor, LA Times California, US damaging line (which was said to have been moved without changes to charts), while waiting for a berth

7/10/21 Lena River, Semyon petroleum Two crew were injured by apparent ignition of petroleum vapours in cargo tank of tanker (possibly icebreaker) Tass Irkutsk, Russia Dezhnev near Petropavlovsk; no spill reported and no further damage to vessel

10/10/21 nr St Goar, unknown diesel Inland tanker with 1,300 tonnes diesel hit rocks, grounded in Rhine, reportedly as a result of navigation error; Berliner RP, Germany vessel remained stuck overnight until it could be freed; fairway closed; no leak of cargo reported Zeitung

20/10/21 Ploce, Croatia Mehmet Unlu scrap Fire broke out in cargo of scrap metal during loading onto general cargo ship (8,100 dwt, 2000); some cargo FleetMon had to be discharged before crews could get to seat of fire; thought cargo spontaneously ignited

MISCELLANEOUS INCIDENTS

Date Location Plant type Substance Details Source

28/9/21 Bintulu, Malaysia LNG terminal — Five workers were injured at the Petronas liquefaction and LNG export terminal when fire broke out in the Offshore sea cooling water outfall channel, outside process area; site team dealt with fire; operations unaffected Energy

1/10/21 Kairana, fireworks firecrackers Four people were killed in explosion at illegal firecracker plant in Shamli district; excavator had to be used to NDTV UP, India factory clear rubble to find the dead and injured; factory formerly made pickles; police investigating

6/10/21 Texas City, oil refinery crude oil Crude oil storage tank at Marathon’s Galveston Bay refinery suffered major leak due to pump seal failure; ABC Texas, US all spilled oil was contained on site; air monitoring showed no off-site risk; Marathon investigating incident

9/10/21 Ruzsky, Moscow, Russia oil depot diesel Fire broke out in storage tank with diesel at oil depot 100 km west of Moscow; major response by fire crews Sputnik managed to extinguish fire within an hour; no injuries reported

11/10/21 Zahrani, Lebanon oil depot gasoline Fire broke out in gasoline tank at army-owned section of Zahrani Oil Installation, close to major power plant; BBC witnesses reported hearing blast in 300-m3 tank before the fire started; fire out in four hours

18/10/21 Mina al-Ahmadi, oil refinery crude oil Fire broke out in desulphurisation unit at KNPC refinery, injuring a number of workers, though none seriously; Al Kuwait site fire team had blaze under control promptly; locals reported hearing blast before fire broke out Jazeera

20/10/21 nr Homs, ammunition ammunition Five killed, four injured by explosion in Syrian army ammunition depot along Homs-Hama M5 road; reports Jerusalem Syria depot said blast happened during routine maintenance work Post

21/10/21 Emohua, pipeline petroleum At least 20 people believed killed by explosion, fire on petroleum product pipeline; locals said youths had Guardian Rivers, Nigeria products tapped into line to steal fuel, which is reportedly common in the area; not known who owns the pipeline (Lagos)

21/10/21 Benoni, Gauteng, chemical chemicals Major fire broke out at Shield Chemicals plant, involving benzene, alcohols and finished products; no South Africa plant casualties reported; cause of fire unknown The South African

22/10/21 Alxa League, chemical chemicals Four killed, three injured by explosion at chemical plant in Bayan Obo industrial park; ensuing fire took two Xinhua I Mongolia, China plant days to extinguish; production halted; regional government to investigate incident

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