One person is dead and up to 40 reported injured after two explosions and a fire at a cosmetics plant in upstate New York. The plant is owned by Verla International, a contract packaging and filling company for cosmetics and…
The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has announced it will fine Didion Milling Inc. a total of $1.8 million for not complying with federal safety standards, which investigators say could have prevented the huge explosion on May 31…
Russian officials had previously denied any knowledge of a nuclear accident – but now the country's meteorological service admits finding traces of an isotope only produced by splitting atoms in a reactor. Russia has said it found "extremely high" concentrations…
Link to Preliminary 2D Animation of Events Leading to 2017 Fire at Arkema Chemical Plant in Crosby, Texas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZmUVQMh9qM
TransCanada Corp’s Keystone pipeline has leaked an estimated 5,000 barrels (818,000 litres) of oil in north-eastern South Dakota, the company said on November 16. The pipeline was shut down and emergency response procedures were activated after a drop in pressure…
The US Chemical Safety Board, concerned about the increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events and natural disasters, is warning the chemical industry to rethink its emergency plans in light of the Arkema fires in Crosby, Texas, that followed…
The U.S. Coast Guard has reported a fire on Shell's "Enchilada" oil platform, an offshore pipeline hub that is located 160 nm southwest of New Orleans. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report at 0120 hours on Wednesday that…
The death toll from the explosion at NTPC’s Unchahar coal-fired power plant in Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, has reached 36 . A total of 21 of the seriously injured were flown by air ambulance to New Delhi for specialist treatment after…
ANKARA, - A fire at an Iranian oil refinery in Tehran’s Shar-e Rey district killed six workers and injured 14 others on Friday but firefighters have brought it under control, state TV reported. Since sanctions were lifted last year under…
The Rural Fire Service and NSW Fire and Rescue have said raised levels of PFAS [per and poly fluoroalkyl substances] in the Shoalhaven River could not have been the result of the recent West Nowra fires in September. Earlier this…
