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CTV News
4 days ago
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- 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.
RNZ News
22-05-2025
- General
- RNZ News
Wastewater spill into Lake Wakatipu
Lake Wakatipu. Photo: Unsplash / Kishan Modi Queenstown Lakes District Council is investigating what it calls a regrettable wastewater spill into Lake Wakatipu. The council says up to 2000 litres of wastewater spilled into the lake on Monday, from a site on Frankton Arm where council contractors were working. The overflow lasted less than two minutes. The council has set up warning signs around the lake and is doing water quality testing. It was confident any contaminants would be within permitted limits when the results are back later on Thursday. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
2,500 gallons of fuel spill in Whitehall: fire official
WHITEHALL, Ohio (WCMH) – An ongoing hazmat emergency is affecting people in Whitehall. According to Whitehall Mayor Michael Bivens, there was a kerosene spill, with some of it running into a local creek. As of 11 p.m., clean-up crews were still active on Robinwood Avenue, where there appeared to be oil buildup on Mason Run, with several booms placed into the water to help with cleanup. The spill started around 7 p.m. Tuesday, with crews spending hours using special equipment to survey the area and monitor the air quality. Columbus Division of Fire Lt. Nicholas Davis said the spill started at a gas company on Fifth Avenue. The company was pushing fuel through pipes into a railcar and at some point, a leak started and it wasn't caught right away; Davis estimated it was approximately 2,500 gallons of fuel. Davis said there was nothing toxic in the air due to the spill. 'We have all our survey monitors that are in the area making sure of that, and if there is, of course, we would let the residents know and then the rest of the public,' he said. 'You're probably going to smell like it smells like a gas station. It's nothing to be concerned about right now. It's just more of a nuisance than anything. No danger to life or health at this point.' In addition to Columbus Fire, Whitehall Fire, EPA, EMA, and Columbus Public Health responded to the area. Davis said crews will be on scene until they know for sure that there is no danger to the public, continuing to monitor the air over the next few days. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
