Belgium – Entire Village Evacuated Following Nitric Acid Tank Leak The provincial disaster plan has been declared in the hamlet of Zevekote (Gistel - West Flanders) after nitric acid leaked from a manure processing factory. The local mayor yesterday ordered…
Fukushima Internal Radiation Levels At Highest Level Since 2011 Meltdown, Cost Reach $150 BILLION Radiation levels inside a damaged reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station are at their highest since the plant suffered a triple meltdown almost six…
Ukraine Ammunition Storage Facility Fire Causes Evacuation Of 20,000 https://youtu.be/6dX2HOo_gms Around 20,000 people have been evacuated from the area around the Balakliia ammunition storage facility in the eastern Kharkiv region of Ukraine after it caught fire on the morning of…
Jasim Issa Mohammed Hassan gave 'ultimate sacrifice' in boarding burning plane, says agency Tributes have been paid to the "ultimate sacrifice" of a firefighter who died rescuing 300 passengers and cabin crew, when a plane crashed and burst into flames…
Marathon's Galveston Bay refinery partially evacuated after butane leak Marathon Petroleum Corp evacuated workers from a portion of its Galveston Bay refinery in Texas City, Texas on Wednesday due to a butane leak, the company said, but no injuries were…
Shell Evacuates Oil Personnel After Chevron Platform Bombing Shell has evacuated nearly 100 essential oil personnel from a major production facility in the Niger Delta, following a series of attacks from a newly formed militant group that has vowed to…
Statoil to evacuate workers from Snorre B platform amid hurricane forecast Statoil will evacuate its workers from its Snorre B platform in the Snorre oil and gas field in the Norwegian Sea due to forecasts of hurricane-force winds. The high…
USA - Federal Investigators Seek Cause Of Passenger Plane Fire At Florida Airport The National Transportation Safety Board started investigating the jet fire that injured several passengers on the tarmac at a South Florida airport Thursday. Some luggage remains on…
After a three-month internal investigation, Norwegian oil and gas group Statoil said that a condensate leak on the Gudrun platform in the North Sea on 18 February 2015 had been classified to be of the highest degree of seriousness. According…
A train carrying highly volatile crude oil derailed and erupted into flames on Wednesday morning, forcing the evacuation of a small town in North Dakota, according to local and federal officials. It was at least the sixth oil train accident…
