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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 ...
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 .
A swimming pool at the London sports complex that hosted the 2012 Summer Olympics was evacuated Wednesday and ambulance crews treated a number of people after chlorine gas was released inside the ...
Chlorine gas is toxic to humans. When inhaled and mixed with moisture within the human body, it creates hypochlorous and hydrochloric acid, both which can create oxygen free radicals that break down cell walls in the pulmonary system, which can lead to irritation under mild exposure, but can be as toxic to create pulmonary edema, acute respiratory distress syndrome, chronic respiratory ...
A chlorine gas leak at Grand Canyon National Park’s main water supply has forced park officials to close all inner canyon corridor trails until further notice.
Graniteville train crash, two Norfolk Southern freight trains collided, releasing toxic chlorine gas which killed 10 and injured 250 others Hazardous Materials Transportation Act Lac-Mégantic rail disaster , a Montreal, Maine and Atlantic freight train carrying crude oil derailed, resulting in an explosion which killed 47
ONEIDA COUNTY, N.Y. – Days of concentrated lake-effect snow resulted in feet of fresh powder being dumped on several counties in upstate New York.That was enough snow to collapse the roofs of ...
April 17, 2017 – A severed flow line, from a gas well, leads to a gas explosion in a home, killing 2 people, in Firestone, Colorado. [32] [33] May 8, 2017 – Fire broke out at a tank for a fracking well near Greeley. [34] May 25, 2017 – An oil tank explosion and fire in northern Colorado killed a worker, and burned three others. [35]