Incident Log

ROAD/RAIL/AIR INCIDENTS

Date Location Vehicle Type Substance Details Source

3/2/19 Oregon, Ohio, US

5/2/19 Leggett, California, US

6/2/19 Lurestan, Iran

6/2/19 San Jose, California, US rail tank car toluene Rail tank car with toluene exploded at Toledo Refining plant, causing fire at facility, nearby evacuations and Toledo road closures; no injuries reported; company claimed fire was indoors Blade

road tanker gasoline Gasoline tanker overturned on Highway 1010, spilling some 2,000 gal (7.5 m³) fuel to road; remaining Ft Bragg 9,000 gal gasoline transferred by responders; cleanup to take weeks, but no waterway impact reported Advocate

road tanker fuel Stray bullet fired during shootout between gunmen and police struck road tanker at nearby filling station, AP causing explosion that damaged nearby buildings

road tanker gasoline Flat tyre on second trailer of double tank truck led to fire that spread to 8,000-gal (30 m³) cargo tank; CBS SF all lanes of I-280 closed; fire crews responded quickly, killing blaze before it could spread to first tank

7/2/19 Bensalem, road tanker gasoline Tank truck with 3,000 gal gasoline overturned, exploded on I-95; river of burning gasoline flowed along CBS Pennsylvania, US road; two people in cab escaped but were badly burned Philly

9/2/19 Seremban, trailer nitric acid Trailer being pulled by tow truck overturned when tow rope snapped; 35 tanks (drums?) with nitric acid fell Bernama NS, Malaysia onto road; two cracked on impact, spilling acid; no casualties reported

9/2/19 Awka, Anambra, Nigeria road tanker gasoline Road tanker skidded off road, overturned and exploded; fire spread to other vehicles, nearby properties; Channels at least ten people killed, scores injured TV

10/2/19 Siliguri, W Bengal, India road tanker gas Fire broke out in road tanker with unspecified “chemical gas” on NH-31; photos showed overturned tanker Times of on fire; no casualties reported; police investigating incident India

11/2/19 Nnewi, Anambra, Nigeria road tanker gasoline Fire broke out on road tanker while discharging gasoline at filling station; fire brigade prevented incident Guardian from escalating, though filling station, vehicles were damaged; workers and customers fled; no injuries (Abuja)

12/2/19 Tombstone, road tanker diesel Road tanker rolled off Dempster Highway near Tombstone Territorial Park, struck rock that ruptured tank; Yukon Yukon, Canada 13,000 litres diesel spilled, up to 1,000 m³ soil contaminated; locals unaware of incident for two weeks News

14/2/19 Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana

14/2/19 Manglia, MP, India road tanker LPG Road tanker ran off road and into ditch in front of houses; residents evacuated, fearing explosion;

Modern driver thought to have fallen asleep; power cut off; tanker was left for several days before it was recovered Ghana

road tanker gasoline Road tanker overturned after accident with car, burst into flames; driver said he was trying to avoid a cow in Times of the road; four cattle were killed in blaze; one house damaged but no serious injuries India

15/2/19 Campbell county, road tanker fuel Tennessee, US Tank truck was involved in collision with two passenger vehicles on I-75, resulting in spill of some 8,500 gal Knoxville (32 m³) unspecified fuel; no injuries reported, no evacuations necessary News S’l

16/2/19 nr St Lazare, freight train crude oil 37 tank cars with crude oil derailed in remote area of western Manitoba; nearby villages reported smell after CBC Manitoba, Canada some tanks leaked; TSB said all cars were of the improved 117R design; TSB, CN Rail investigating

17/2/19 Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia road tanker gasoline Road tanker with gasoline rolled over, caught fire on Miri-Bintulu Coastal Highway, cause unknown; The Star no word on condition of driver or whether road closures or evacuations were needed (KL)

18/2/19 nr Bathurst, road tanker gasoline, Fire broke out in cab of double-tanker on Mitchell Highway; initial reports of explosions appeared to be tyres Central NSW, Australia diesel bursting but one tank with diesel was consumed in fire; highway closed in both directions Western

20/2/19 nr Fungurume, road tanker sulphuric Road tanker with acid for Mutanda mine collided with stationary bus; tanker ruptured, spraying acid onto IOL Katanga, DR Congo acid passengers; at least 18 were killed, 12 injured; acid continued to spill, flowing as far as next village

22/2/19 Marlboro, New Jersey, US road tankers diesel, Two tank trucks collided on Route 9, causing both to leak; some 3,500 gal diesel, 2,500 gal gasoline spilled; Asbury gasoline highway closed, nearby businesses evacuated; one driver injured; not clear what caused the collision Pk Press

23/2/19 Nandigam, road tanker LPG Gas tanker overturned on Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway, caught fire; gas began leaking from top of tank, Times of Gujarat, India caught fire; fire crews, fearing BLEVE, played water on tanker for two hours till fire was under control India

23/2/19 Slim River, road tanker oil Perak, Malaysia Road tanker ran into rear of parked trailer on North-South Expressway; collision caused tanker to catch fire; Bernama tanker driver killed in blaze, other driver unhurt; police checking road cameras for information

25/2/19 Moers, NRW, Germany freight train gas Three tank cars, reportedly with LNG, derailed on bridge over A40 highway; train driver injured in accident; CC A40 closed as police were unable to verify if tanks were leaking Discovery

25/2/19 Jos South, road tanker gasoline Road tanker exploded at filling station; workers had spotted fire and ran to get extinguishers but could then Naija Plateau, Nigeria not control it; no injuries reported; initial panic as further explosions were feared News

28/2/19 Park City, Utah, US truck calcium Truck carrying 20,000 lb (9 tonnes) quicklime was damaged by running over boulder; driver failed to notice, KUTV oxide causing spill of substance for miles through residential neighbourhoods; entire road closed for cleanup

MARINE/INLAND WATERWAY INCIDENTS

Date Location Vessel Substance Details Source

14/2/19 off Hong Kong ER Kobe charcoal Fire broke out in boxes aboard containership en route Haiphong for Shanghai; fire was put out but broke out SCMP again while ship was at anchor off Hong Kong; two boxes with charcoal erupted in flames during discharge

18/2/19 Tuamoto archipelago,Nukuhai butane Freighter from Tahiti for Atall Anaa was unable to approach due to high winds, rough seas; while sheltering FleetMon French Polynesia from storm, 11 gas cylinders washed overboard; warning issued to other ships in the area

3/3/19 Port aux Basques, North Atlantic fuel oil Leak of fuel oil cargo from bunker tanker (3,570 dwt, 2008) docked at port in Cabot Strait; booms deployed FleetMon Nfld, Canada Kairos around vessel, leak; quantity of spill and its cause not known

4/3/19 Pflugerville, — Texas, US wastewater Pumps failure at wastewater treatment plant led to 3.4m gal (12,900 m³) chlorinated wastewater to spill to Community Gilleland Creek; significant fish kill; locals warned against using water; state agencies neutralised spill Impact

7/3/19 Sungai Kim Kim, — Malaysia chemical Around 3,000 people were sickened by toxic gas given off by chemical waste dumped in river in Pasir Gudang; Straits waste more than 100 schools were closed; army, specialist teams brought in to help with cleanup Times

MISCELLANEOUS INCIDENTS

Date Location Plant type Substance Details Source

4/2/19 Otumba, México, Mexico pipeline gasoline Oil spill, caused by thieves who apparently abandoned illegal tap on Pemex line, prompted some 400 people El in two villages to flee the area; police arrived, cordoned off area; no reports of injuries Financiero

4/2/19 Granite City, recycling waste oil Some 200,000 gal (750 m³) used oil believed to have spilled from storage tanks at Future Environmental oil RSOE Illinois, US facility collection facility; spill was only picked up by wastewater treatment plant; rupture in line blames

5/2/19 Rong’an county, shop Guangxi, China fireworks Five people killed by explosion in unlicensed fireworks shop at start of Lunar New Year celebrations; blast AP blamed on shopkeeper who was letting off fireworks outside the shop at 02.00

6/2/19 nr St Louis, pipeline crude oil Some 43 bbl crude oil leaked in St Charles county; both Keystone and Enbridge’s Platte lines were closed KTIV Missouri, US while investigators determined which was leaking; oil contained and did not reach nearby waterways

7/2/19 nr Marmarth, pipeline produced Some 75 bbl source water spilled from line near shale oil well, some reaching nearby Kid Creek; freezing Bismarck N Dakota, US water conditions made it hard to determine where spill had gone Tribune

11/2/19 Semenyih, factory ethylene Fire crews called to unnamed factory in Kampung Sungai Lalang found ten of 50 tanks at rear of building The Sun Selangor, Malaysia chloride were leaking ethylene chloride; no reports of casualties; cleanup work underway (KL)

14/2/19 Waldhof, ammunition shells Two people killed, two badly hurt by explosion during handling of shells in hangar at Luxembourg army l’essential Luxembourg depot facility; similar incident at the site in 2012; magistrate inquiry opened into latest incident

14/2/19 Daejon, chemical chemicals Three workers were killed, another injured by explosion at Hanwha factory; plant damaged by ensuing fire; Korea South Korea plant similar incident in May 2018, when two were killed; fire brigade investigating Times

18/2/19 Ma’an, Jordan

20/2/19 Dhaka, Bangladesh chemical chemicals Fire broke out in warehouse of chemical plant in Ma’an Development Zone; fire crews managed to prevent Al Rai plant blaze spreading to neighbouring factories; no indication as to cause of fire or nature of chemicals involved

warehouses chemicals More than 70 people died as fire raged through several buildings in old part of Dhaka; many of the buildings PTI housed chemicals and plastics warehouses, one of which was seat of the fire; investigation opened

22/2/19 Tirunelveli, firecracker fireworks Five people killed, others injured by explosion at firecracker factory in Sankaran Kovil area; fire crews RSOE Tamil Nadu, India factory unable to fight blaze effectively due to strength of fire, fed by stocks of firecrackers

23/2/19 Bintulu, Sarwak, Malaysia LNG plant — Massive fire broke out in Petronas-owned LNG plant, reportedly in seawater cooling unit; fire crews The Star managed to put fire out before it reached gas processing units (KL)

1/3/19 Nembe, Bayelsa, Nigeria pipeline crude oil Explosion, fire on feeder line to Bonny oil export terminal, along with large oil spill – not clear if leak was Sputnik cause of blast; at least 50 people listed as missing after explosion

1/3/19 Minneapolis, chemical nitric acid Some 2,100 gal (7,950 litres) nitric acid spilled at Hawkins facility, a third of which reached storm drains; KSTP Minnesota, US distributor appears a valve on a storage tank was knocked off; building initially evacuated but spill was quickly contained

3/3/19 Audrain county, pipeline natural gas Rupture on Panhandle Eastern line caused massive fireball; nearby Highway 15 closed; PHMSA investigators KMIZ Missouri, US took section of line away for analysis; no injuries but some property damage

5/3/19 Fairmont, Oklahoma, US oilwell crude oil One contract worker killed, another injured by explosion at well site; the two men said to have been carrying KOKH out hot work on a tank at the time of the blast; sheriff’s office investigating

6/3/19 Bolton, Gtr Manchester, UK tyre factory hydrofluoric Fire crews called to tyre factory in Daubhill found internal wooden shed on fire; shed contained stocks of Bolton acid hydrofluoric acid; fire was contained without injury; electrical fault suspected News

6/3/19 El Dorado, oil refinery petroleum HollyFrontier refinery suffered fire in pipe rack; locals reported at least two explosions, black smoke from KAKE Kansas, US refinery; site’s emergency response team dealt with fire; no injuries reported