Incident Log

ROAD/RAIL/AIR INCIDENTS

Date Location Vehicle Type Substance Details Source

5/6/22 Farrukhabad, road tanker LPG UP, India Fire broke out in engine of LPG tanker on Etawah Bareilly Highway, not far from fuel station; driver fled; NHP nearby houses evacuated; fire crews brought blaze under control in 45 minutes without mishap News

12/6/22 Nayagarh, road tankers diesel, Road tanker ran off road into Kusumi River; second tanker stopped to help, at which point there was an Odisha, India gasoline explosion (cause unclear); four killed in blast, another seriously injured India TV News

24/6/22 nr Bonner Springs, freight train isobutane More than 20 cars of UP train derailed, including nine tank cars with isobutane; responders found no leaks KHSB Kansas, US from the tank cars; cause of derailment not yet known

27/6/22 Aqaba, Jordan

30/6/22 Warren, Pennsylvania, US tank container chlorine Tank container with chlorine fell during loading onto ship at Aqaba port; tank was punctured, releasing cloud BBC of chlorine; at least 13 killed, hundreds injured; tank was too heavy to load by cable; police investigating

road tanker sulphuric Tank truck heading north into NY state spilled some of its sulphuric acid cargo while passing through Warren; Postacid absorbents, earth applied to soak up spill; vehicle was stopped north of the state line Journal

11/7/22 Schulenburg, truck Texas, US sulphur Pilot truck stop was evacuated after an 18-wheeler truck was found to be leaking “a corrosive substance” CDL dioxide later identified as sulphur dioxide; nearby homes also evacuated, with shelter-in-place order elsewhere Life

12/7/22 Lagos, Nigeria road tanker gasoline Road tanker with 33 litres gasoline rolled over after colliding with car in Costain area of Lagos; reports suggest tanker rolled back going uphill; much of the cargo leaked, remainder was transferred; no injuries Vanguard

14/7/22 Nairobi, Kenya road tanker petroleum Road tanker with unspecified fuel overturned on Thika Superhighway, spilling some fuel to road; police closed road, urged other drivers to keep away; foam applied to prevent ignition; no injuries reported Capital FM

15/7/22 Tullamarine, truck Victoria, Australia fungicide B-double carrying fungicide crashed through barrier on ring road, ran down embankment near Melbourne News. Airport; some spill of product, with noticeable fumes; locals advised to shelter in place com.au

16/7/22 nr Kavala, aircraft armaments Antonov-12 operated by Meridian, with cargo of weapons and landmines from Serbia to Bangladesh, crashed BBC Greece in eastern Greece, killing all eight people on board; pilot reported problem, was trying to reach Kavala airport

MARINE/INLAND WATERWAY INCIDENTS

Date Location Vessel Substance Details Source

6/6/22 off Mersin, SL Tweety container Fire broke out in cargo hold of containership (27,300 gt, 2003) shortly after departing Mersin for Kumport; FleetMon Turkey ship had arrived from China; vessel anchored off Mersin and appeared to bring fire under control without help

17/6/22 off Chittagong, Nord Magic Bangladesh Two riding personnel died during checking of empty cargo tank of tanker (50,000 dwt, 2009) that had just FleetMon discharged soybean oil; cause presumably asphyxiation but investigation underway

23/6/22 Ghent, Belgium Lowlands scrap Fire broke out in cargo hold of bulker (63,900 dwt, 2018) loading scrap at Sifferdok, Ghent; one crewman, Maritime Mimosa two firefighters injured; crew had attempted to attack fire but without success; locals warned about smoke Executive

25/6/22 Sea of Japan Angara vehicles Car carrier with full load of 570 used cars from Fushiki to Vladivostok caught fire; thought that fire started FleetMon in one car, spread rapidly; crew abandoned ship; fire burned for two days before being brought under control

1/7/22 Dubai, UAE

2/7/22 off Bari, Italy Muhieddin cars Massive fire broke out on dhow-type cargo ship, locally registered, carrying 195 cars, mostly Mercedes; ship was due to sail to Yemen; vessel, cargo entirely destroyed FleetMon

Cerus containers Fire broke out in cargo hold of containership (28,700 gt, 2003) sailing from Koper to Libya; Italian coastguard FleetMon coordinated response, dealt with fire; ship made Brindisi, where dozens of containers were offloaded

6/7/22 Arabian Sea Global King 1 unknown Bitumen tanker (6,700 dwt, 2007), heading from Khor Fakkan to Karwar, reported taking on water 70 nm FleetMon West of India; all 22 crew rescued; vessel drifting, likely to sink; not known if vessel was in cargo at the time

MISCELLANEOUS INCIDENTS

Date Location Plant type Substance Details Source

26/5/22 Calahorra, biofuel plant biodiesel Two people, possibly contractors, were killed in explosion at biodiesel plant; area evacuated, 1-km security Xinhua Rioja, Spain perimeter established; fire crews managed to prevent blaze spreading to storage tanks

30/5/22 Omaha, chemical chemicals Major fire broke out at Nox-Crete plant; fire crews fought blaze from outside the building due to presence of AP Nebraska, US plant chemicals, propane cylinders inside; several small explosions heard; some nearby residents evacuated

30/5/22 Wadena, Minnesota, US building agrochems Fire broke out in large industrial building being used to store agricultural chemicals; sand dike built to contain WCCO leaking chemicals, fire water; fire crews had to stop work temporarily as tornado passed through

2/6/22 Kumbotso, gas filling propane At least 20 people injured by explosion at gas cylinder refilling station, thought to have been caused by flames Xinhua Kano, Nigeria shop from a fish fryer near the shop; several nearby shops were burned down by the fire

3/6/22 Fatehpur Beri, chemical chemicals Five firefighters needed hospital treatment after fighting blaze in warehouse at chemical plant; not clear from PTI Delhi, India plant reports what chemicals were being stored but the fumes caused breathing difficulties

4/6/22 Chittagong, container chemicals At least 49 people killed after fire broke out in containers at BM Container Depot; fire tore through depot, Maritime Bangladesh terminal causing several explosions; suspected that fire started in a container with hydrogen peroxide Executive

4/6/22 Mosta, Malta fireworks fireworks Two workers injured by explosion, fire at fireworks factory; second explosion around an hour later; police Times of factory warned people to stay away in case of further blasts; factory said to be well equipped with safety features Malta

8/6/22 Quintana, LNG plant LNG (?) Explosion, fire at Freeport LNG plant, which accounts for 20% of US LNG exports; plant was shut down for Maritime Texas, US at least three weeks; no injuries or pollution reported; investigation underway Executive

16/6/22 Lanzhou, chemical sludge At least six people killed, eight injured by explosion in sludge drying unit at Binnong Tech pesticide plant ANI Gansu, China plant located in industrial park; explosion cause power outage in residential area; cause not yet known

17/6/22 Black Jack, house Missouri, US fireworks Four people, three of them under 20, were killed, another injured by explosion at house during the assembly AP of fireworks in the garage; two men, said to be running an unlicensed fireworks business, charged with murder

18/6/22 Jinshan, chemical ethylene At least one person killed when fire broke out in ethylene glycol unit at Sinopec petrochemical complex; CNN Shanghai, China plant glycol explosion heard some time after fire broke out; fire was brought under control in five hours

21/6/22 La Porte, chemical ethylene Fire broke out in pump at OxyChem’s VCM plant; fire was out in three hours without injury; area deemed ABC Texas, US plant dichloride safe but some locals expressed concern about air quality impact of lingering pollutants

26/6/22 Haifa, Israel warehouse chemicals Fire broke out in industrial logistics facility, spreading through several buildings containing hazardous materials; some explosions heard; three nearby residents rescued from their home Jerusalem Post

29/6/22 Henderson, pipeline crude oil Some 4,800 bbl crude oil spilled from Mid-Valle Pipeline, with some oil reaching nearby creek; spill said WPLN Tennessee, US said to be Tennessee’s second largest oil spill ever; reports suggest mower struck and damaged line