MARIETTA – The Local Emergency Planning Commission will conduct a training exercise Tuesday at the Washington County Emergency Operations Center focused on handling a hazardous materials incident.

A high-hazard emergency spill is defined as a chemical spill that is immediately dangerous to life and health due to the chemical properties (i.e. toxicity, reactivity) and/or volume of spilled ...

A July 2024 chemical leak in Springfield, Massachusetts, spotlighted the need for urgent action and notification when hazardous substances are spilled. Workers at Astro Chemicals were transferring a ...

A train derails and spills at least 1,000 gallons of hazardous materials in the U.S. about once every two months. Nearly half of those derailments resulted in evacuations; more than a quarter resulted ...

Around 3:26 p.m., Holland Fire Department (HFD) initiated a hazardous materials protocols at LG Energy Solutions Michigan, Inc. for a chemical spill within the facility that sent 15 people to the ...

A portion of Dixie Highway has reopened in both directions in Fairfield, Ohio, after a "hazardous" chemical spill was reported by city police. Fairfield police closed the highway, also known as Ohio ...

Little Rock, Ark (KATV) — The Saline County Office of Emergency Management and Little Rock and Benton fire departments responded to a hazardous chemical spill in Saline County on Sunday. Officials ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Berea Police responded to a hazardous chemical spill Wednesday evening. They were called to the Mastronardi Produce USA at 5:20pm Wednesday for a possible hazardous material ...

COLLETON COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD)- A Sunday evening crash between two tractor-trailers in Colleton County caused hazardous chemicals to spill onto the interstate, according to officials with Colleton ...