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INCIDENT LOG

ROAD/RAIL/AIR INCIDENTS

Date Location Vehicle Type Substance Details Source

1/12/19 nr Tugela, KZN, South Africa

3/12/19 Khartoum, Sudan road tanker gasoline, Fire broke out on road tanker parked in lay-by on N3 in Van Reenen’s Pass, reportedly due to mechanical Sowetan diesel failure; burning fuel spread to four other trucks; northbound lanes closed; severe disruption on main highway Live

road tanker gas Road tanker exploded during unloading of cargo of ‘gas’ (LPG?) at Sila ceramics factory; at least 23 known to VOA have died, though some reports said more than 200 people were in factory and none survived News

5/12/19 Delhi, India road tanker acid Hose burst during loading of unspecified acid at factory in Wazirpur district; couple and their son riding past DNA were splashed with acid and critically burned; driver, factory owner absconded; police investigating India

6/12/19 La Unión, Guerrero, Mexico road tanker ammonia Double tanker with ammonia overturned on Siglo XXI highway, leaking cargo; wreck blocked road; five people trapped died from inhalation injuries; 31 people on bus also injured; mechanical failure blamed

9/12/19 nr Guernsey, freight train crude oil CP oil train derailed, leaving unknown number of tank cars leaking, some on fire; nearby residents Sask, Canada evacuated; highway closed due to dense smoke; no impact on waterways El Sol de México

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13/12/19 Qila Saifullah, truck Balochistan, Pakistan gasoline Van carrying various goods, including gasoline, from Iran collided with bus; fire broke out, consuming both Samaa vehicles and killing 15 people; no survivors

18/12/19 Cloverdale, California, US road tanker sodium Driver noticed problem with truck, found rear of tanker on fire, which had probably spread from axle; fire Press hypochlorite crews dealt with blaze quickly but then found cargo leaking; dirt dams built to prevent spill getting into drains Democrat

19/12/19 nr Denku, Maharashtra, India

3/1/20 Buipe, Savannah, Ghana road tanker chemical Driver lost control of tanker, which ran off Mumbai-Pune expressway into gully; tanker, carrying unidentified Mid-Day flammable chemical, caught fire; driver suffered injuries; road closed during fire and cleanup

road tankers diesel, Fire broke out in road tanker parked in waiting area at Bulk Oil Storage & Transport depot; fire spread to Graphic gasoline three other tankers, with all four completely destroyed; cause under investigation Online

3/1/20 LeClaire, Iowa, US freight train chemical CP train derailed, possibly due to broken rail; responders found leak of unspecified but non-flammable chemical, prompting evacuation of nearby businesses; no impact on water courses KWQC

4/1/20 Commerce City, road tanker gasoline Tank truck rolled over in single-vehicle accident, leading to spillage of unknown volume of fuel; no injuries Denver Colorado, US reported; roads closed during cleanup; remaining fuel offloaded to another tanker Post

5/1/20 Karjan, Gujarat, India road tanker chemical Road tanker with 30,000 litres unspecified flammable chemical was struck by another goods vehicle at toll Times of plaza on NH-48, causing leak from tanker, some of which reached drains; foam deployed to prevent ignition India

11/1/20 Helensvale, road tanker fuel Qld, Australia Road tanker spilt its load after being involved in multi-vehicle crash on Pacific Motorway, which was closed SMH for several hours; four people needed hospital treatment

MARINE/INLAND WATERWAY INCIDENTS

Date Location Vessel Substance Details Source

10/12/19 Bolinao, Pangasinan, Chemitec petroleum Product tanker (17,000 dwt, 2008) with 15,470 t unspecified petroleum cargo from Brunei for Ningbo, ran Philippines aground after engine failure; no immediate sign of pollution but various agencies monitoring situation Philippine Star

14/12/19 off Falmouth, Team Hawk — Cornwall, UK

14/12/19 Ferndale, Washington, US Levant LPG Product/chemical tanker (25,400 dwt, 2008) thought to have been vessel involved in collision with French fishing vessel after leaving Falmouth, cargo unknown; tanker suffered hole in ballast tank, returned to port

Gas tanker (82,000 m³, 2015) with 33,000 t propane, butane, contacted pier on arrival at Alcoa Intalco gas terminal; collision caused hull breach; cargo was unloaded, vessel moved to Port Angeles for inspection

18/12/19 Szczecin, Poland Lintan zinc Bulk carrier (39,640 dwt, 2015) with cargo of zinc concentrate from Oman, was prevented from unloading concentrate as cargo had become wet en route and was giving off hydrogen; dockers refused to unload, fearing explosion FleetMon

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22/12/19 Galapagos Islands barge diesel Crane collapsed while loading generator onto barge on San Cristobal Island; barge sank, risking spillage of RSOE 600 t diesel; Ecuadorean Navy, environmental agencies put response plan into effect to prevent spread of oil

4/1/20 Arabian Sea Cosco Pacific lithium Fire broke out in container on mega boxship during passage from Port Klang to Ngava Sheva; ship diverted Splash 247 batteries to Colombo; Cosco quickly identified that fire broke out in container with undeclared lithium batteries

10/1/20 Bawean Island, MT Express 88 — Indonesia Small tanker, thought to be in cargo, was beached by storm after anchor dragged; tanker had come from FleetMon Jakarta and sheltered off Tanjungori; crew abandoned ship, were rescued by local fishermen

MISCELLANEOUS INCIDENTS

Date Location Plant type Substance Details Source

16/12/19 Philadelphia, storage ethanol Fire broke out at Kinder Morgan’s Point Breeze terminal in south-west Philadelphia, reportedly between rather 6ABC Pennsylvania, US terminal than in tanks with ethanol; fi re crews managed to turn off valve near fi re, helping to reduce fuel for fl ames

31/12/19 Chico,

warehouse oils, grease Major fi re broke out at Hunt & Sons facility, used for storage of motor oils, grease, other petroleum products; Action California, US most of facility’s contents thought to have been consumed in the blaze, though some off-site impact reported News Now

3/1/20 Union county, transport forklift Fire broke out on forklift truck at Linden Bulk Transportation depot, spreading to stacks of tank containers; nj.com New Jersey, US depot not clear what was burning but pictures showed dense black smoke rising from stack of tanks

6/1/20 West Thurrock, factory hydrochloric Tank said to have failed at unnamed industrial facility, creating leak of chemical and vapour cloud that led ITV Essex, UK acid fi re crews to impose 100-m exclusion zone, advise shelter-in-place for nearby residents

6/1/20 Mineral Wells, oil depot toluene, Series of three explosions reported at Buckley Oil Co facility, possibly during fi lling of two totes with heptane M Wells Texas, US heptane and toluene; various other products on site at time; sprinkler system helped quench fi re Index

9/1/20 Ukhta,

oil refi nery additive Fire broke out at Lukoil refi nery after two explosions in additive input unit; fi re was extinguished the next day OGJ Komi, Russia with one employee hospitalised; Lukoil investigating incident; rest of refi nery continued operations

11/1/20 Vadodara,

gas plant gases At least six people were killed, more injured by explosion in Aims Industries medical and industrial gas unit; India Gujarat, India investigation underway to fi nd cause of blast, which happened as cylinders were being refi lled Today

11/1/20 Tarapur, pharma hydrogen Eight people were killed, six injured by explosion during testing of new reactor vessel at Ank Pharma plant; Hazardex Maharashtra, India plant agencies investigating cause, which possibly involved hydrogen cylinders being used in testing

12/1/20 Miri,

pipeline natural gas Petronas’s Sabah-Sarawak gas pipeline ruptured, caught fi re; fourth failure on the line, which has prompted Maritime Sarawak, Malaysia public concern; gas shut off in affected line and also in two other parallel lines Executive

14/1/20 Zhuhai, chemical chemicals Explosion, fi re at Changlian Petrochemical plant in Gaolan port area; no fatalities or injuries reported; not SCMP Guangdong, China plant clear what chemicals were involved; plant largely produces aromatics; fi re extinguished the same day

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