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INCIDENT LOG

ROAD/RAIL/AIR INCIDENTS

Date Location Vehicle Type Substance Details Source

20/2/20 Indianapolis, road tanker jet fuel Tank truck with 4,000 gal (15 m³) jet fuel overturned, exploded on ramp from I-465 to I-70; spilling fuel Indy

Indiana, US spread fire, causing severe damage to surrounding area; driver was pulled out but died two weeks later of burns Star

23/2/20 Quetta, Pakistan road tanker LPG Gas tanker exploded inside warehouse, killing six people and badly injuring three more; thought that those SAMAA involved may have been using the vehicle to smuggle drugs; police investigating

23/2/20 nr Middelburg, road tanker — MP, South Africa Driver and passenger were killed when road tanker, cargo unknown, ran out of control and overturned several IOL times on N11 some km from Middelburg; cause unclear but was apparently a single-vehicle accident

25/2/20 nr Austin, Arkansas, US road tanker sulphuric Collision between tank truck and passenger vehicle on US 67 spilled some 2,600 gal (10 m³) sulphuric acid Arkansas acid to road; no injuries reported but road had to be closed while remediation work was carried out Democrat

26/2/20 East Chicago, freight train crude oil 41 tank cars in CSX oil train detached, with up to ten cars overturning; no leaks reported; nearby businesses CBS Indiana, US evacuated, roads closed during response

3/3/20 Springfield, rail tank car refrigerant Responders called to report of explosion at Indiana & Ohio Railway track, found Superior Carriers worker, Springf’d Ohio, US who had been on top of car to unload 177,000 lb (80 t) R124a refrigerant, suffering frostbite after valve failed News-Sun

9/3/20 Swalwell, Alberta, Canada road tanker propane CN freight train collided with propane tanker, presumably on grade crossing, causing leak of gas; small town was ordered to evacuate in case of explosion; no injuries reported CBC

10/3/20 Keystone Heights, road tanker gasoline Gasoline tank truck overturned after crash on SR 21, causing leak of more than 1,500 gal (5,700 litres) fuel; News4jax Florida, US spill was contained; rest of cargo transferred; road closed, nearby day care centre evacuated

11/3/20 Howrah, W Bengal, India road tanker natural gas Road tanker, said to be carrying natural gas (LNG?) from Haldia, overturned on NH 6 after driver lost control, PTI hit median; highway was blocked for several hours; no leak or injuries reported

16/6/20 Flagstaff, Arizona, US road tanker fuel Tank truck, cargo unspecified, crashed under I-40 bridge, causing massive fire; highway was closed for a time AZ as fire crews dealt with incident; driver hospitalised with injuries; cause unknown Family

18/3/20 Thane, Maharashtra, India road tanker chemical Road tanker carrying an unidentified flammable chemical caught fire, cause unknown, at Shil Phata; fire PTI sparked two explosions, which knocked tanker over; driver suffered injuries; severe traffic disruption

18/3/20 Baxter, Minnesota, US road tanker — Tank truck, cargo not specified, rolled over on Highway 371, blocking traffic; driver injured; hazmat crews Brainerd called in with spill response equipment but not known if there was any leak of cargo Dispatch

21/3/20 Santa Maria, road tanker crude oil Tank truck with 6,000 gal (22.7 m³) crude oil overturned on SR 166, rolled down embankment and spilled California, US cargo into Cuyama River, which feeds nearby reservoir; berms, booms deployed to prevent spill spreading CBS

22/3/20 Vattappara, road tanker LPG Kerala, India

22/3/20 Manatee county, road tanker fuel Florida, US Hindustan Petroleum gas tanker overturned on NH 66, blocking highway; no leak reported but nearby homes Times of evacuated; cargo transferred by IOC personnel; police said driver was speeding; site is an accident black spot India

Driver of tank truck turned too quickly from US 41 to on-ramp to I-275, causing 8,600-gal (32.5-m³) load to shift and tanker to overturn; some 3,600 gal spilled to road, shoulder; police investigating HeraldTribune

25/3/20 Lahore, Pakistan road tanker LPG Gas tanker exploded after “road mishap” in Shahdara area; resulting fire engulfed fuel station, nearby shops; Xinhua at least seven people injured; toll would have been higher except for Covid-19 lockdown

MARINE/INLAND WATERWAY INCIDENTS

Date Location Vessel Substance Details Source

13/2/20 Bay of Biscay, FRI Dolphin corn General cargo ship alerted authorities to four crew having been poisoned during fumigation of corn cargo for FleetMon France Hull; paramedics arrived by helicopter, found one crewman dead; ship diverted to Brest to discharge others

18/2/20 Sablons, Isère, France

26/2/20 nr Eich, RP, Germany Pampero VCM Self-propelled tank barge with 2,200 tonnes vinyl chloride ran aground on the Rhône at locks; wheelhouse Shipwreck was torn away, hull buckled; responders found some release of gas through ruptures; leaks plugged by divers Log

Piz Ela caustic Self-propelled tank barge with caustic soda struck barge loaded with gravel, which was badly damaged; tank Shipwreck soda barge also damaged but no release of cargo; tank barge master found to have no licence; police investigating Log

5/3/20 off Bahia Blanca, San Matias I crude oil Product tanker (69,650 dwt, 2005) with 65,000 t crude oil for Puerto Rosales grounded in fairway approach to FleetMon Argentina Bahia Blanca; hull not breached; several tugs attended to free tanker

MARINE/INLAND WATERWAY INCIDENTS (CONTINUED)

Date Location Vessel Substance Details Source

12/3/20 Niehl, NRW, Germany Thekla aluminium Self-propelled tank barge allided with jetty during high water on Rhine that obscured the jetty; bow damaged, Shipwreck hydroxide some water ingress; barge made basin under own power; cargo transferred to another barge the next day Log

13/3/20 Puerto Paraná, Ferni H gasoil Product tanker (16,870 dwt, 2009), with 16,000 tonnes gasoil, grounded on bank in Paraná River after Argentina mechanical failure; refloated next day with no apparent damage FleetMon

MISCELLANEOUS INCIDENTS

Date Location Plant type Substance Details

11/2/20 Baton Rouge, oil refinery oil Louisiana, US Significant fire broke out at ExxonMobil refinery; not clear whereabouts the fire was in the plant, or what products were involved, but flames, odour concerned nearby residents; no off-site impact reported Source

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13/2/20 Newburyport, chemical chemicals Several explosions at SEQENS plant, formerly PCI Synthesis; fire crews found thick black smoke, hole in NBC Massachusetts, US plant roof; robot used to check air quality, found nothing of danger; no injuries reported; cause yet to be determined

18/2/20 Tripoli, Libya oil terminal crude oil Libyan National Army rebels shelled oil terminal in port of Tripoli, sparking explosion; tankers were ordered Maritime to leave port; peace talks between LNA and Government of National Accord cancelled after the attack Executive

22/2/20 Satartia, Mississippi, US

26/2/20 Carson, California, US pipeline oilfield gases Denbury Enterprises line used to move carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulphide for oilfield operations ruptured, EcoWatch possibly due to heavy rain; 46 people suffered inhalation injuries, 300 evacuated

oil refinery gases Massive fire followed explosion in cooling tower at Marathon refinery; shelter-in-place advised; nearby highway closed temporarily; no injuries reported LA Times

4/3/20 Daesan, chemical naphtha Major explosion in naphtha cracker at Lotte Chemical plant injured at least 31 people; fire contained within Splash South Korea plant two hours; no leak of toxic chemicals, operator said; investigation under way 247

7/3/20 Saskatoon, Sask, Canada potash mine chemicals Fire broke out in three chemical storage tanks at Nutrien’s Vascoy potash mine; nature of chemicals not Star known; fire crews allowed blaze to burn out; no injuries or off-site impact; cause under investigation Phoenix