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Posts Tagged ‘explosion’
Pollution, May 7th, 2012,
On Sunday 12 people were killed and 129 injured in a fire at a chemical plant in eastern Thailand, reports Pakistan’s Daily Times. Just over two years ago I posted about Thailand’s Map Ta Phut industrial port in Rayong province and the environmental pollution the Thai petrochemical hub has wrought on the local population. This latest deadly incident at Map Ta Phut caused hundreds of residents to evacuate the area, though loud rains prevented many people from hearing the calls to leave. This prompted Thailand’s industrial minister to call for an upgrade of Map Ta Phut’s warning systems. From the…
Tags: chemical, explosion, fire, Map Ta Phut, plant, Thailand
Pollution, Videos & Documentaries, Mar 15th, 2011,
Japan has suffered greatly in recent days after a 9.0 earthquake struck the north of the country and triggered a tsunami which destroyed countless homes and likely killed over 10,000 people. Millions have been left without electricity, while food and water scarcity as well as lack of heat are threatening parts of northern Japan. Most of the media, however, has been gripped by the explosions and resultant radiation leaks at three reactors at a Japanese nuclear power plant called Fukushima Daiichi in Fukushima prefecture. The nuclear safety crisis that Japan now finds itself in the grip of is perhaps the…
Tags: Daiichi, diaster, earthquake, explosion, Fukushima, japan, nuclear, plant, radiation, tsunami
Videos & Documentaries, Sep 10th, 2010,
One person has died and 53 homes have been destroyed due to fires resulting from a gas pipeline explosion in the community of San Bruno, a suburb of San Francisco, California in the United States. A further 30 people are reported to be injured from the explosion and an additional 120 houses damaged from the fire. Firefighters continue to battle the blaze stemming from the ruptured Pacific Gas & Electric Co. pipeline. From a Euronews report: The blaze covers an area measuring forty thousand square metres, although authorities say it is being contained. See this video report from Reuters for…
Tags: explosion, fire, gas, pipeline, San Bruno, San Francisco
Politics, Videos & Documentaries, Aug 15th, 2010,
BP has agreed to pay $50.6m (€39.7m) in fines to US government’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for failing to rectify safety hazards after a 2005 explosion at a Texas City oil refinery killed 15 workers and injured 170. BP already paid a $21.3m (€16.7m) record breaking fine to OSHA following the deadly 2005 explosion. Besides both fines BP has agreed to set aside $500m to correct safety conditions at the refinery for current workers. From an RTT News report: The settlement resolves 270 of 709 citations OSHA issued at the Texas refinery in October 2009, BP said in…
Tags: 2005, BP, explosion, Gulf, Maddow, Mexico, oil, OSHA, Rachel, refinery, safety, Texas, violations
Pollution, Jul 17th, 2010,
A 15-hour fire raged from Friday night into Saturday after an oil pipeline explosion at a busy port in Dalian, China. It is not known what caused the pipeline – owned by the state-owned China National Petroleum Corp. – to explode at the port, but the fire started after a large oil tanker unloaded its cargo. Though the fire has been put out, Chinese environmental protection officials warned that the area is still unsafe due to airborne chemicals. From an Associated Press report: State-run media said the pipeline blew up Friday evening and more than 2,000 firefighters worked overnight to…
Tags: China, Corp., Dalian, explode, explosion, fire, national, oil, petroleum, pipeline, port
Climate Change, Pollution, Wildlife & Flora, Apr 25th, 2010,
Some stories don’t have happy endings and unfortunately, it seems the Louisiana oil rig explosion may be one of them. The Coast Guard reported that oil is leaking from the damaged well. Officials estimated up to 1,000 barrels of oil is escaping from the well head (located on the ocean floor) every day. This comes after a brief bit of relief yesterday, when officials said there was no sign of oil leaking at all. Oh, and there’s more bad news. The search for the 11 missing workers has been called off. It would seem they are presumed to be dead…
Tags: bad news, explosion, Louisiana, oil leaking, oil rig, search called off, update
Climate Change, Pollution, Apr 23rd, 2010,
Well, I have good news and bad news about the recently exploded (and now sunken) Deepwater Horizon oil rig. The good news is there appears to be no signs of oil leak or spill from the rig. The bad news is those 11 missing workers are still missing. The rig burned for almost 2 days straight, until it finally sank into the Gulf of Mexico yesterday morning. Although the fire was finally put out, officials were concerned that up to 336,000 gallons of crude oil could rise up from the sea floor every day. Crews are still keeping a watchful…
Tags: 11 workers missing, coast, Deepwater Horizon, explosion, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, oil rig, potential oil spill, sunken rig
Climate Change, Pollution, Wildlife & Flora, Apr 21st, 2010,
An explosion and fire happened off the coast of Louisiana late Tuesday night, leaving a titled offshore drilling platform and at least 11 missing workers in its wake. The Deepwater Horizon rig, located about 52 miles from the coast, was still burning Wednesday morning. The good news is most of the 126 people on board are believed to have escaped to safety. However, they did not go unharmed. At least 7 people had critical injuries, including 2 that were taken to a trauma center and another 2 that were sent to a hospital. According to Greg Panagos, spokesman for the…
Tags: Deepwater Horizon, explosion, fire, Louisiana, missing people, oil rig, Transocean
Politics, Science & Technology, Apr 18th, 2010,
It’s been only a week since federal inspectors started their investigation of Massey Energy operations and they’ve already found 60 serious safety violations. If you haven’t been following the news much lately, an explosion at the Upper Big Branch coal mine of West Virginia killed 29 miners last week, making it the worst US coal mine disaster since 1970. The mine is owned by Massey Energy and it’s believed the cause of the blast had to do with methane and lack of proper ventilation systems in the mine. Massey Energy has a long history of violations and filing numerous appeals…
Tags: blast, coal mine, explosion, inspection, investigation, Massey energy, mines, MSHA, safety violations, Upper Big Branch
Climate Change, Politics, Pollution, Apr 10th, 2010,
After a long week of worry, hope, fear, and stressful conditions, the search for the 4 missing miners finally came to an end. None of them survived. Governor Joe Manchin stated: “We did not receive the miracle that we prayed for.” … “The rescue workers told us they’re sure no one suffered.” … “So, this journey has ended and now the healing will start.” All 4 bodies were shattered by an explosion that happened in West Virginia’s Upper Big Branch mine earlier this week, raising the death toll to 29 and making it the worst US coal mine disaster since…
Tags: blast, bodies found, coal mine, death toll rises, debris, end, explosion, investigation, Massey energy, missing miners, MSHA, poisonous gases, rescue, safety violations, search, Upper Big Branch, West Virginia
Climate Change, Politics, Pollution, Apr 8th, 2010,
There is finally a glimmer of hope in finding the 4 missing miners. West Virginia Governor, Joe Manchin, announced that rescue crews were finally able to enter the Upper Big Branch mine at 4:55 am this morning. The rescue crew consisted of 4 teams of 8 members each and they made their way into the mine by car, foot, and rail. The search had to be postponed for at least 2 days, so holes could be drilled into the mine to ventilate several poisonous gases, including carbon monoxide, hydrogen and methane. The methane is what most blamed for the explosion,…
Tags: 4 missing miners, blast, coal mine, explosion, Massey Energy Co., methane, poisonous gases, rescue, search, Upper Big Branch, West Virginia
Climate Change, Pollution, Apr 7th, 2010,
It has been 2 days since the explosion occurred at the West Virginian coal mine and there is still no sign of the 4 missing miners. Rescue teams are drilling 3 holes into the mine in an attempt to ventilate the poisonous gas from the mine so they can continue the search. After the first hole was finished, rescue workers banged on a drill pipe for nearly 15 minutes, but there was no response. The miners are trained to bang on the drill’s casing in return, as well as on metal bolts connected to the mine roof, as a response….
Tags: 4 missing people, blast, coal mine, drilling, explosion, Massey energy, methane, MSHA, poisonous gas, rescue work, Upper Big Branch, West Virginia
Politics, Nov 22nd, 2009,
Rescue workers have been hurrying to free trapped coal miners in northern China after a gas explosion took place in a state coal mine on Saturday (November 21). According to an article by the Associated Press, reports from China put the number of dead at 42, with 31 rescues and many still trapped. China Daily puts the death toll at 74 as of early Sunday. 80% of coal mines in China are unregulated, the AP article goes on to say, but the government has been closing many, which has seen a dramatic reduction in the amount of deaths of miners….
Tags: China, coal, coal mine, explosion, gas
