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Fire-fighting water was provided to the site by tank trucks normally used for domestic potable water distribution. [18] A major rescue operation mounted, which reached its climax between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. Around 4000 people participated in rescue and medical activities, including 985 medics, 1780 paramedics, and 1332 volunteers. 363 ...
The police officers and firefighter were responding to reports of a truck fire in Arlington Heights, about 25 miles northwest of downtown Chicago, around 4 p.m. Friday and assessing the scene ...
The Los Alfaques disaster was a tank truck explosion that occurred near a holiday campsite on Tuesday 11 July 1978 in the municipality of Alcanar, Spain, and near the town of Sant Carles de la Ràpita. The exploding truck, which was carrying 23 tons of highly flammable liquefied propylene, killed 215 people and severely burned 200 more. Several ...
A 911 call to local police reported the leak at 17:04 hours, and the explosion occurred at 19:10 hours. [22] When first informed of the leak, Pemex did not initially close the valve because they did not consider the leak "important". [23] It took four hours to extinguish the explosion's fire. [4] [17] Residents from the surrounding areas were ...
An investigation is underway into the fatal chemical leak at a Houston area oil refinery owned by Mexico's state oil firm Pemex, the company's top executive said on Friday. Pemex, as Petroleos ...
In a statement to ABC News Thursday, PEMEX Deer Park said the gas release was reported at one of its operating units at 4:40 p.m. CDT. MORE: Evacuation order over railcar chemical leak in Ohio ...
February 21, 1978 - An explosion & fire at a Rialto pipeline tank farm injured a passerby. [13] February 9, 1980 - A tank farm fire in Kern County. [14] April 10, 1989 – An explosion and fire occurred in a cracking column at the Chevron Richmond refinery. A total of 8 workers and firefighters were injured.
Site after explosion. An evacuation of the area had been begun in the minutes following the explosion. [6] In the hours after the blast, about 30 people were reported to be trapped in debris, [6] and searches continued into the next day, as Pemex CEO Emilio Lozoya said there were indications that some people remained under the rubble. [7]