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CTV News
2 days ago
- General
- CTV News
200+ employees evacuated after acid spill in S.E. Calgary industrial area
A building in an industrial area in southeast Calgary was evacuated on Wednesday afternoon after several hundred litres of liquid acid were spilled. The Calgary Fire Department's (CFD) hazardous materials team was dispatched to the 6900 block of 55 Street S.E. around 12:15 p.m. for the spill. More than 200 employees were evacuated from the building. CFD said the room the spill happened in was built for containment. Crews were able to plug the leak to slow it down and identify the substance. '(The) spill has been contained and CFD crews are waiting for an independent contractor to mitigate the remainder of the spill,' a CFD spokesperson said in a statement. No injuries were reported because of the spill.
Al Jazeera
3 days ago
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
Ship carrying oil and hazardous cargo sinks off Kerala coast
NewsFeed Ship carrying oil and hazardous cargo sinks off Kerala coast Video shows a cargo ship capsizing off Kerala's coast in India, leaking oil and hazardous materials as authorities scramble to contain the spill.
