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peter mackay

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Nearly live news of accidents, incidents and general mayhem involving mishaps in the transport of dangerous goods

 Rye, UK
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3 men found unconscious in tanker trailer at Liberal, Kan. truck wash, 1 dead kctv5.com/2023/09/01/3-men-f…
3 men found unconscious in tanker trailer at Liberal, Kan. truck wash, 1 dead

3 men found unconscious in tanker trailer at Liberal, Kan. truck wash, 1 dead

The Liberal, Kan. Police Department said one of three men found unconscious in a tanker trailer Friday morning at a truck wash died at a nearby hospital.

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Chemical leak, fire reported at Louisiana refinery; evacuations lifted ky3.com/2023/08/25/chemical-…
Chemical leak, fire reported at Louisiana refinery; evacuations lifted

Chemical leak, fire reported at Louisiana refinery; evacuations lifted

A spokesperson for Marathon Petroleum says naptha leaked from a storage tank and caught fire in an area surrounding the tank.

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One person dead, 57 injured after explosions at Romanian gas station reuters.com/world/europe/one…
One person dead, 57 injured after explosions at Romanian gas station

One person dead, 57 injured after explosions at Romanian gas station

One person died and 57 were injured after two explosions at a liquefied petroleum gas station in the Romanian town of Crevedia near the capital Bucharest on Saturday.

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Photos: Tanker Truck Goes Into the Columbia River Near The Dalles scq.io/4ikvDSl Empty, fortunately
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19 hospitalised after gas leakage at chemical factory in Gujarat ‘s Bharuch hindustantimes.com/cities/ot…
19 hospitalised after gas leakage at chemical factory in Gujarat ‘s Bharuch

19 hospitalised after gas leakage at chemical factory in Gujarat ‘s Bharuch

Bharuch superintendent of police Mayur Chavda said the conditions of the hospitalised people is now stable and the gas leakage has been controlled

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Video: Fire Aboard Domestic Chinese Product Tanker Kills Two Crewmembers scl.io/ClsFbCs
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M1 footage shows fire rip through tanker before motorway closure nottinghampost.com/news/loca…
M1 footage shows fire rip through tanker before motorway closure

M1 footage shows fire rip through tanker before motorway closure

Fire crews have been battling the blaze

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Car carrier still burning near Dutch UNESCO World Heritage Site splash247.com/?p=190437 via @splash_247
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One dead and several injured in major fire onboard car carrier splash247.com/?p=190359 via @splash_247
One dead and several injured in major fire onboard car carrier - Splash247

One dead and several injured in major fire onboard car carrier - Splash247

Around midnight on July 25, the Dutch coastguard received a report that a major fire broke out on the car carrier. The vessel, owned by Shoei Kisen and chartered by K Line, had 23 crew members...

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Fire, explosions at Dow Chemical in Plaquemine prompts shelter in place; all accounted for theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/… via @theadvocatebr

Fire, explosions at Dow Chemical in Plaquemine prompts shelter in place; all accounted for

The massive Dow Chemical complex near Plaquemine caught fire late Friday night and experienced multiple explosions, forcing about 350 people nearby to shelter inside and for La. 1 to be

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Video: Fires and Explosions Kill Four on Bangladesh Product Tanker scq.io/INkZbpc
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‘The size of an apartment building’: Two dead after massive fireball explodes from crashed tanker truck on Highway 401 in Pickering thestar.com/news/gta/2023/06… via @torontostar
‘The size of an apartment building’: Two dead after massive fireball explodes from crashed tanker...

‘The size of an apartment building’: Two dead after massive fireball explodes from crashed tanker...

Police said both drivers of two transport trucks were found without vital signs and pronounced dead at the scene.

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LPG tanker stuck under EDSA footbridge philstar.com/nation/2023/06/…
LPG tanker stuck under EDSA footbridge

LPG tanker stuck under EDSA footbridge

An 18-wheeler tanker carrying liquefied petroleum gas became stuck under the EDSA-Quezon Avenue footbridge in Quezon City at past midnight yesterday, causing a traffic buildup that lasted hours.

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Cleanup continues after train carrying 'potential contaminants' derails into Yellowstone River in Montana abcnews.go.com/US/train-dera…
Cleanup continues after train carrying 'potential contaminants' derails into Yellowstone River in...

Cleanup continues after train carrying 'potential contaminants' derails into Yellowstone River in...

Three of the railcars that derailed into the Yellowstone River were carrying hot asphalt and four were carrying molten sulfur, a county official said.

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Four killed as Methanol tanker catches fire on Pune-Mumbai expressway toi.in/LC3ejY/a24gk via @timesofindia
Four killed as Methanol tanker catches fire on Pune-Mumbai expressway | Pune News - Times of India

Four killed as Methanol tanker catches fire on Pune-Mumbai expressway | Pune News - Times of India

Four people, including a woman and two minors, were charred to death while 3 others sustained severe burns after a methanol tanker turned on its side

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Section of heavily traveled I-95 collapses in Philadelphia after tanker truck catches fire chicago.suntimes.com/2023/6/…
Section of heavily traveled I-95 collapses in Philadelphia after tanker truck catches fire

Section of heavily traveled I-95 collapses in Philadelphia after tanker truck catches fire

The northbound lanes of the East Coast’s main north-south highway were gone and the southbound lanes were ‘compromised’ by a fire. U.S. officials vow to rebuild fast.

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Arms depot battle rages in Sudan as fuel facility burns aje.io/bob9sz via @AJEnglish
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Video: MSC Containership on Fire in Persian Gulf Near UAE scl.io/UZQQBcD Confirmed as MSC Rita, though not clear if the fire is in containers (seems to have discharged most in Dubai)
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Driver of petrol tanker burnt beyond recognition in Centurion fire, N1 partially reopened sowetanlive.co.za/news/south… via @SowetanLIVE
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Lightning strike blamed for fire at Louisiana oil tank farm that prompted evacuations nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fir… via @nbcnews
Lightning strike blamed for fire at Louisiana oil tank farm that prompted evacuations

Lightning strike blamed for fire at Louisiana oil tank farm that prompted evacuations

The fire at Calcasieu Refining Co. in Lake Charles triggered evacuations and a shelter-in-place order.

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