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Semi-Truck Leaking Sodium Bisulfiate Shuts Down Edens Expressway Ramp in Skokie — 11 Fire Departments Respond as Crews Offload Chemical Onto Second Truck
SKOKIE, ILLINOIS — A semi-truck leaking sodium bisulfite shut down a portion of the northbound Edens Expressway in Skokie early Monday morning, triggering a...
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Semi Hauling Liquid Hydrogen Overturns on I-5 Near Patterson — Unrestrained Passenger in Sleeper Berth Airlifted With Major Injuries; Gas Smell Closes Both Directions...
PATTERSON, CALIFORNIA — Interstate 5 closed in both directions Friday morning after a semi-truck hauling a trailer filled with refrigerated liquid hydrogen overturned near...
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Hazmat Responds After Tractor-Trailer Clips Power Line in Phelps, New York, Knocking Down Telephone Pole and Causing Transformer Fluid to Leak Onto Truck
PHELPS, NEW YORK — A tractor-trailer clipped a power line on Waddell Road in Phelps, bringing down a telephone pole and causing fluid from...
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NTSB Says Tanker Driver Reported Leak to His Company 20 Minutes Before Chemical Tank Explosion That Killed Him
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA — A tanker truck driver reported a leak on his vehicle to his company approximately 20 minutes before the truck exploded...
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Tractor-Trailer Carrying Liquid Nitrogen Flips Over in Rockport, Maine — Nitrogen Leaks but Firefighters Confirm No Explosion Risk
ROCKPORT, MAINE — A tractor-trailer carrying liquid nitrogen flipped over Wednesday morning on Rockland Street in Rockport, closing the road for six and a...
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Truck Drivers Are Hauling Radioactive Fracking Waste Without HAZMAT Certification — Some Don’t Know What’s in the Tank
Across the United States, truck drivers are hauling oil and gas waste containing radioactive materials at levels more than 2,000 times the federal legal...