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Plane catches fire at airport
Okinawa, Japan - A China Airlines jet exploded into flames at an airport in Japan after arriving from Taiwan today, but there were no injuries among the 157 passengers. At least two crew members were rushed to a hospital, according to national broadcaster NHK ...
20 August 2007 - The Age Two treated after house fire
Atawhai, New Zealand - Two people were treated for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out at an Atawhai house on Friday afternoon. The fire, which started around 3.20pm, took 12 firefighters more than two hours to put out ...
18 August 2007 - The Nelson Mail Water staff hurt in chemical leak
Devon, United Kingdom - Three workers at a South West Water (SWW) treatment works in Devon are in hospital after breathing in a cloud of chlorine vapour ...
10 August 2007 - BBC Chemical leak sends two men to hospital
Toronto, Canada - One man is in critical condition after a chemical leak at an electronics manufacturing company in the city's northwest end. Two employees were transferring a drum of chemicals into a waste disposal unit ...
8 August 2007 - CTV Toronto Blaze at Blenheim restaurant
Blenheim, New Zealand - Fire tore through the kitchen of a restaurant in an historic building in central Blenheim this afternoon, sending thick black smoke billowing over the town. The Bamboo Garden restaurant was closed and a chef is believed to have been the only person in the building when the fire started just after 3pm. He was taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation ...
2 August 2007 - The Marlborough Express 15 in hospital from smoke inhalation after Paris Metro fire
Paris, France - A small fire in a Paris Metro car Sunday sent black smoke into a subway tunnel, causing 15 people to be taken to a hospital for smoke inhalation, officials said. The car had been stopped between two stations — Varennes and Invalides — in the 7th district of Paris when the fire broke out in the car's suspension mechanism ...
29 July 2007 - International Herald Tribune Two hurt in health centre blaze
Adelaide, Australia - TWO fire victims were treated for smoke inhalation this morning after flames destroyed a health centre on Grand Junction Rd. A man and a woman tried to extinguish the blaze using buckets of water but when firefighters arrived at Barry's Health Centre about 9.30am it was completely engulfed by flames ...
25 July 2007 - AdelaideNow Fears grow of fallout from Ukraine toxic spill
Kiev, Ukraine - Scores of people sought medical help on Wednesday after a poisonous chemical spill in Ukraine, Greenpeace said, and warned of the dangers to health and the environment from the toxic fumes. The environmental campaign group said 16 people were taken to hospitals on Tuesday and another 55 sought treatment on Wednesday ...
18 July 2007 - Reuters Shops evacuated amidst Bowen chemical scare
Bowen, Queensland - A chemical spill yesterday in the centre of Bowen, in north Queensland, forced the evacuation of more than 12 shops. Police say a small freight truck spilt five litres of formaldehyde after making a delivery ...
18 July 2007 - ABC Australia 24 Sent to Area Hospitals After Chemical Leak
Buena Park, California - Twenty-four workers were sent to area hospitals after a carbon-dioxide leak at a business in Buena Park. The people sent to the hospital were having breathing problems ...
11 July 2007 - ABC America Chlorine leak sends four to the hospital
Collier County, Florida - Officials with Collier County say that after an evacuation, the Immokalee Sports Complex has been closed because large amounts of chlorine leaked into the pool. Camden Smith, with the Collier County Public Services Division, said that the building, located at 505 Escambia Street, was evacuated around 11 p.m. because of a suspected chemical leak ...
29 June 2007 - NBC2 Queen's evacuated after chemical spill
Belfast, N. Ireland - Streets around Queen's University in Belfast were sealed off last night after a chemical spillage in its medical and biology centre. About 60 firefighters attended the centre in the south of the city after reports of fumes seeping from the building ...
29 June 2007 - The Irish Times Qld priest treated for smoke inhalation
Brisbane, Australia - A priest was treated for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out at a college dormitory in Brisbane's west, authorities say. The blaze started in the Brother Andrew Villa at St Mary's Marist Brothers' College in Frasers Road, Ashgrove, shortly after 6.30am (AEST) on Thursday ...
28 June 2007 - AAP Woman critical after house fire
Melbourne, Australia - woman is in a critical condition after firefighters rescued her from a burning home in Melbourne's outer-east this morning. Fire crews from the Country Fire Authority and the Metropolitan Fire Brigade were called to the Croydon home at about 9am after neighbours heard the woman's cries for help ...
14 June 2007 - The Age House fire leaves woman critical
Sydney, Australia - Two people are in hospital following two separate house fires south of Sydney. A 47-year-old woman was in critical condition this morning after being rescued from a house fire near Wollongong, police said ...
12 June 2007 - The Sydney Morning Herald Gas leak injures workers at Belgian factory of painting company Alro
BRUSSELS, Belgium - At least 18 workers at a industrial painting plant in Belgium were overcome Friday by a poisonous gas cloud caused by mixed chemicals, Belgian media reported. According to the Belga news agency, the accident occurred in the factory of specialised painting company Alro ...
8 June 2007 - Forbes.com Man pulls wife from burning Aylmer house
Nearly two years after tragedy struck Joel Mercier's family, the Aylmer man is crediting his home's smoke alarms with averting another. As it is, the Merciers' small, cottage-style house is a burned-out shell ...
25 May 2007 - The Ottawa Citizen Chemical spill victims out of hospital
Three people who inhaled noxious gases released by a chemical spill at a Brisbane hospital have been given a clean bill of health ...
24 May 2007 - The Sydney Morning Herald 'No one should ... die that way'
In a chaotic few minutes, six lives were gone. Five never got out, one died at a hospital. Seven others were badly hurt - some clinging to life last night - in one of the deadliest fires in Baltimore's history ...
23 May 2007 - Maryland News Man, 50, found dead from apparent smoke inhalation
GLOUCESTER CITY, NJ - A 50-year-old man was found dead today inside his residence in Gloucester City, apparently as the result of smoke inhalation from an earlier fire. The victim is Charles Hagen Sr., who lived at 20 Yale Avenue where he was found ...
22 May 2007 - Gloucester County Times Fifteen in hospital after chemical leak
Fifteen people, including a four-month-old baby, were taken to hospital suffering from vomiting and shortness of breath tonight after a chlorine leak at a holiday park swimming pool ...
20 May 2007 - Suffolk & Essex online Coal miners treated for smoke inhalation
FOUR workers were treated for smoke inhalation after an incident at a central Queensland coal mine today. Xstrata Coal communications manager James Rickards said the Oaky Creek number one coal mine at Tieri, west of Rockhampton, had been closed to allow a safety audit to be conducted ...
18 May 2007 - The Australian Two Seriously Injured In Chemical Spill
Sunset Hills, MO — Two people remain hospitalized with injuries following a chemical spill at a Sunset Hills business. The chemical spill happened in the C & A Metal Finishing Company in the 1100 block of Gravois Industrial Court around one pm on Thursday ...
10 May 2007 - CW11 Sydney Airport chemical spill
Firefighters were called to Sydney Airport at 1.10pm Thursday following a chemical spill in an arrivals loading dock. A fire brigade source said 1 kilogram of mercury spilled from a machine in loading dock 6 ...
10 May 2007 - The Leader Chemical spill in Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt, New Zealand - Around two dozen firefighters are involved in cleaning up a chemical spill in the Lower Hutt suburb of Seaview. Two hundred litres of hydrochloric acid was spilt when a container apparently fell off the back of a truck inside an industrial building in Toop Street ...
3 May 2007 - NZCity Gas leak at fertiliser plant in China
A sulphur dioxide leak at a chemical fertiliser plant in southwestern China has put about 140 students and teachers in hospital with respiratory problems. Exposure to sulphur dioxide, a colourless gas, can lead to death ...
18 April 2007 - ABC Radio Australia Chemical spill hits Matamata
Businesses were evacuated, roads were cordoned off and two men needed medical treatment following a chemical spill in Matamata yesterday morning ...
17 April 2007 - Waikato Times Father, son in hospital after house fire
An elderly man and his middle-aged son were taken to hospital suffering smoke inhalation after fire gutted their 100-year-old house in Melbourne's inner north-west ...
11 April 2007 - The Age San Jose Fire wrapping up at scene of morning acid spill
San Jose, California - A San Jose Fire Hazardous Materials team has been released from the scene of an early morning acid spill at a San Jose recycling and waste management company, San Jose Fire Capt. Alberto Olmos said. A paper PH test came back negative indicating that the air inside the building was clear of the acid vapor that sent five people to the hospital ...
10 April 2007 - CBS5 Osage woman died of smoke inhalation
OSAGE, Iowa — Authorities have determined that 56-year-old Dianne Trusty of Osage died of smoke inhalation as a result of a fire in her Vine Street home last week. According to a news release today from the Osage Police Department, the results of an investigation into the fire also found that the fire started after a kerosene lamp was accidentially knocked over. ...
9 April 2007 - globegazette.com Pool shut by chemical alert
Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK - NINE people, including one child, were treated for chemical irritation and inhalation after a suspected chemical leak at a popular holiday park. Fire and ambulance crews were called to the Martello Beach Park, Pevensey Bay ...
8 April 2007 - EASTBOURNE Today Chemical spill in Waco sends a man to the hospital
A chemical spill at a Waco battery plant sent a delivery truck driver to the hospital. About ten gallons of Cadmium Nitrate spilled while the driver was transferring the chemical to Marathon Norco Aerospace on Industrial Boulevard ...
6 April 2007 - NBC6 News Evacuations after chemical spill
Queensland, Australia - Business in a southside street have been evacuated and roads closed after a chemical spill this morning. Just before 7am police were advised that a tanker was leaking a chemical in McCotter Street, Acacia Ridge. As a result McCotter Street is closed and businesses in this street have been evacuated ...
6 April 2007 - Courier Mail Three dead after blaze in Burnley Tunnel
Three people are dead and there are fears for others as Melbourne's roads were thrown into turmoil after a multi-vehicle crash in one of the city's busiest tunnels. Hundreds of drivers were forced to abandon their cars in the Burnley tunnel in the moments after the crash as dense black smoke ...
23 March 2007 - The Australian Gas leak forces evacuation
A GAS leak in Melbourne's inner-east has forced the evacuation of people from the area.Victoria Police said the leak occurred at the corner of Glenferrie and Evandale roads, Malvern, cutting tram and train services to the area ...
23 March 2007 - The Courier-Mail Diners flee sickening fumes
Diners staggered vomiting from a restaurant and a firefighter was treated by paramedics after mystery fumes filled a Melbourne restaurant last night. Almost 100 diners and ...
23 March 2007 - The Age Salute to gas-leak medics
A HOSPITAL consultant has praised the way medical staff dealt with the aftermath of a chemical leak, which sent a cloud of ammonia in the air above an Oldham factory. Twenty-four workers at the 3663 refrigeration plant on the Salmon Fields Business Park at Royton ...
22 March 2007 - Manchester Evening News Authorities clean up toxic spill at Perth freight terminal
Emergency crews spent four hours last night cleaning up a toxic chemical spill at a rail freight terminal in Perth. Emergency services were alerted to a chemical leaking from drums of pesticide at the Pacific National rail terminal ...
19 March 2007 - ABC News Online Woman Dies In New Plymouth House Fire
One woman is dead after a house fire in a New Plymouth suburb. Emergency services say they were called to the fire just before ten o'clock this morning. The Ambulance Service says two by-standers went into the house to try and rescue the woman, and have been taken to Taranaki Base hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation ...
17 March 2007 - Newswire.co.nz Durban paint factory razed
Two factory workers were treated for smoke inhalation after a paint factory caught fire in Durban. Preliminary investigations show that no one was in the factory when the blaze started ...
15 March 2007 - SABC News Woman suffers smoke inhalation in house fire in Lakeridge area
Seattle, WA -- A woman in her 70s suffered smoke inhalation and was hospitalized after a house fire Wednesday night in the Lakeridge area south of Seattle ...
15 March 2007 - The Seattle Times Workers hurt in factory chemical leak
Nineteen workers were taken to hospital after a dangerous chemical leak at a Sheffield factory today. Highly flammable acetic acid was spilled at the Cadbury Trebor Bassett factory, off Penistone Road, at Owlerton. Four people suffered burns and a further 15 were affected by inhaling fumes in the incident ...
14 March 2007 - The Star Chemical overflow send four to hospital
KINGSBURY -- A minor chemical overflow at Kingsbury Industrial Park sent four workmen to the hospital Tuesday morning.The Kingsbury Fire Department and La Porte County HAZMAT responded to an incident at Roll Coater Inc., in which a container of sulfuric acid overflowed ...
14 March 2007 - Herald-Argus Fire crews tackle chemical spill
About 1,000 litres of hydrochloric acid, creosote and an unidentified liquid leaked out at Suffolk and Essex Supplies Ltd on the Lady Lane estate. Suffolk fire crews washed some of the liquid into a holding tank ...
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