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The Graniteville train crash was an American rail disaster that occurred on January 6, 2005, in Graniteville, South Carolina. At 2:39 am EST, two Norfolk Southern trains collided near the Avondale Mills plant in Graniteville. [1] Nine people were killed and over 250 people were treated for toxic chlorine exposure.
A fire broke out at the BioLab plant in Conyers, Ga., on Sept. 29. About 17,000 people have evacuated in Rockdale County, with businesses being asked to close until the shelter-in-place is lifted
Chlorine gas poisoning is an illness resulting from the effects of exposure to chlorine beyond the threshold limit value. Acute chlorine gas poisoning primarily affects the respiratory system , causing difficulty breathing, cough, irritation of the eyes, nose, and throat, and sometimes skin irritation .
Shelter-in-place recommendations and evacuation orders have been lifted Monday after a fire at a Georgia industrial plant caused a chemical reaction that prompted around 17,000 people to evacuate ...
A gas leak at a South Carolina BMW facility sent 10 workers to the hospital. ... ensuring all essential parts are where they need to be for cars to be produced. ... The plant produces more than ...
The gas later exploded, damaging the school and injuring six. Classes were not in session at that time. [80] July – Excavation work in Merrill, Wisconsin caused a gas leak and gas explosion that killed ten people. [81] October 5 – A ditching machine used in laying a water main hit an 8-inch natural gas pipeline in Sarasota, Florida. Nine ...
All lanes were closed to traffic for hours after a chemical leak at a nearby plant.
August 9 – United States – While a Pennsylvania Railroad tank car holding 80,000 US gallons (300,000 L) of chlorine was being unloaded at a chemical plant in Philadelphia, the line broke and the gas was released. Two hundred and seventy-five people required hospitalization. [67]