Incident Log

ROAD/RAIL/AIR INCIDENTS

Date Location Vehicle Type Substance Details Source

3/8/20 St-Basile-le-Grand, road tanker diesel Tyre fire in tank truck with 5,000 litres diesel spread to tank, consuming vehicle; fire crews allowed blaze to Montreal Quebec, Canada burn out but despite best efforts some diesel spilled to nearby Richelieu River; driver escaped unhurt Gazette

5/8/20 Cheste, Valencia, Spain road tanker bitumen Road tanker with bitumen overturned on exit from A-3 highway, spilling part of its load; driver badly hurt; Las no fire; roadway damaged and required repair; spill contained Provincias

10/8/20 Volgograd, road tanker gasoline Electrical spark ignited road tanker making delivery at fuel station, leading to explosion and fireball; at least Fox News Russia 13 people hurt, 10 seriously; some of those were firefighters attending the initial fire

12/8/20 Heysham, Lancashire, UK

13/8/20 Kingston, Ontario, Canada

13/8/20 Tromode, Isle of Man road tanker nitric acid Leak developed in tanker with nitric acid in port area; residents urged to shelter in place; road closed; fire LancsLive crews managed to isolate leak and worked with port officials to clean up spill

road tanker tar Road tanker with “liquid tar” overturned on Highway 401, spilling cargo to wetlands; vehicle had struck CBC guard rail, apparently due to driver inattention; charges pending News

truck chemicals Road closed for nine hours after three “crates” (IBCs?) with 3,000 litres potassium borate, hydrogen peroxide, BBC sodium hydroxide fell from truck and were damaged; nearby residents advised to shelter in place

15/8/20 Amangarh, road tankers fuel Punjab, Pakistan

16/8/20 Hluhluwe, road tanker fuel KZN, South Africa Three fuel tankers caught fire at oil depot in Nowshera Industrial Estate; witnesses reported three explosions, The Int’l dense black smoke; other businesses, nearby residents evacuated; power supply suspended during response News

Multiple vehicles, including one fuel tanker, were in collision on N2; fire broke out on tanker, spread to IOL nearby bush; some casualties but no details; other traffic diverted; cause not yet ascertained

19/8/20 Lambata, Niger, Nigeria road tankers diesel At least two killed, seven injured when two road tankers, at least one with diesel, collided on Lambata-Minna Trendy road, reportedly during risky overtaking manouvre; two other vehicles involved; fire raged for several hours Pulse

25/8/20 Akron, Ohio, US road tanker gasoline Tank truck and car collided on SR 8, sparking fire; car driver was killed; nearby homes, buildings evacuated; Beacon burning gasoline drained to storm sewer, some reaching Cuyahoga River; fire quickly under control Journal

26/8/20 Llanelli, Carmarthen, UK freight train diesel Three wagons of diesel train from Milford Haven derailed, caught fire in Llangennech; some 100 people BBC living nearby evacuated, roads closed; fire burned overnight, posing “substantial risk”

27/8/20 Yellowstone Park, road tanker gasoline Tandem trailer overturned in national park, spilling some 3,000 gal (11.4 m³) gasoline; six-mile (10-km) AP Wyoming, US stretch of road closed during response; no evidence of fuel reaching river

MARINE/INLAND WATERWAY INCIDENTS

Date Location Vessel Substance Details Source

25/7/20 Pointe d’Esny, Wakashio fuel oil Bulk carrier, in ballast, grounded on reef, causing hull damage in way of bunker tanks; vessel had some 4,000t FleetMon Mauritius VLSFO, diesel, around 1,000t of which spilt to sea; remaining fuel taken off; vessel broke up, was scuttled

10/8/20 Calaca, Luzon, Philippines Andrina 200 residues Three crewmen died during cargo tank cleaning, either through asphyxiation or inhalation of toxic fumes FleetMon from cargo residues; all lost consciousness and were rescued but failed to recover; not clear what last cargo was

11/8/20 Dordrecht, Viyada Naree scrap Fire broke out in cargo hold of bulker loading scrap; fire was quickly dealt with and vessel continued cargo FleetMon Netherlands operations; similar fire during unloading of scrap loaded at Dordrecht last month

15/8/20 Charleston, wastewater diesel Accident at Plum Island treatment plant released some 3,100 gal (11.7 m³) diesel, mostly to marshlands and Maritime S Carolina, US treatment plant creeks nearby; failed pump control blamed for leak; USCG oversaw response Executive

18/8/20 Walluf, Hesse, Germany inland tanker naphtha Tanker with 1,30 tonnes naphtha lost steering on River Rhine, drifted off course and collided with cargo DW.com barge; both vessels damaged but no sign of leak; tanker allowed to proceed after inspection

20/8/20 Yangtze estuary, Long Qing 1 gasoline Tanker with 3,000 tonnes gasoline collided with sand barge off Yangtze River; tanker caught fire on deck, Xinhua China which proved difficult to extinguish; at least eight crew died on tanker, others missing; other vessel sank

21/8/20 Corpus Christi, pipeline propane Dredging vessel struck submerged propane pipeline, sparking explosion and major fire; two crew on dredger KIII TV Texas, US killed, two others missing and presumed dead; ship channel closed during response efforts

27/8/20 East China Sea Zhong Chang nickel ore Bulk carrier issued distress signal, reporting cargo liquefaction and danger of capsizing; vessel was north of FleetMon He Sheng Senkaku Islands, changed course twice, apparently to keep wind, sea at favourable angles; later stabilised

MISCELLANEOUS INCIDENTS

Date Location Plant type Substance Details Source

2/8/20 Golfo Triste, oil refinery (?) oil Venezuela Reports began of oil slick in sea off Falcón state, threatening wetlands, beaches; source of oil spill uncertain, BBC with environmental groups identifying the El Palito refinery as a likely culprit; much of the oil was recovered

3/8/20 Xiantao, chemical silicon Six people were killed, four injured by flash explosion at Bluesky Chemical plant; investigation suggested China Hubei, China plant blast happened during cleaning, blaming “chaotic safety management” at the facility Daily

4/8/20 Beirut, Lebanon warehouse ammonium Nearly 200 people believed killed by massive blast in warehouse in port area, thought to contain 2,750 tonnes BBC nitrate of ammonium nitrate impounded from ship in 2014; possible that it was ignited by fire in other products

5/8/20 Trois-Rivières, warehouse sodium Fire broke out in 3,600 kg sodium hydrochlorite at Somavrac facility; thought that product may have become The Quebec, Canada hydrochlorite damp, causing chemical reaction; nearby residents advised to shelter in place; no injuries reported Canadian

9/8/20 Haverhill, chemical acetonitrile Some 1,500 litres acetonitrile spilled in Merck plant on industrial estate; fire crews from across the county Suffolk Suffolk, UK plant attended; shelter-in-place advised; fire crews had release under control in two hours Today

10/8/20 nr Wadebridge, brewery hydrochloric Up to 1,000 litres hydrochloric acid spilled at Sharp’s Brewery, producer of Doom Bar ale; operator said acid BBC Cornwall, UK acid leaked from container into containment drain, with no risk to community; response plan put into action

15/8/20 Athens, Greece plastics plastics Major fire broke out at Metamorfosi plastics factory, blanketing city in thick black smoke; roads closed; fire Greek factory crews used helicopters to help control the blaze; facility destroyed but fire did not spread to nearby factories Reporter

23/8/20 Edison, chemical titanium Two people hospitalised after spill of 200 gal titanium tetrachloride at LyondellBasell plant; substance releases Courier New Jersey, US plant tetrachloride hydrogen chloride in contact with humid air; leak came from distillation column, which was quickly isolated News

24/8/20 Damascus, pipeline natural Explosion on Arab Gas pipeline in outskirts of city caused loss of pressure at power station, nationwide SANA Syria gas blackout; authorities said it was the result of a terrorist act, though evidence seemed sketchy

27/8/20 Westlake, chemical chlorine Hurricane Laura caused damage at BioLab plant, which manufactures pool chemicals and cleaners; fire broke Fox News Louisiana, US plant out, leading to release of chlorine; I-10 highway closed; CSB investigating incident