Chemical Incident Reporting – Week of 8-31-24

NOTE: See here for series background.

Pittsburg, CA – 9-2-24

Local News Reports: Here, here, and here.

A small apparent chlorine leak from railcar resulted in local advisory. No injuries or damage reported.

Not a CSB reportable incident.

Laguna Beach – 9-2-24

Local News Reports: Here.

Oil spill from trash truck engine caused closure of city road for a couple of hours to allow for cleanup. No injuries or damage was reported.

Not a CSB reportable incident.

Sutter County, CA – 9-2-24

Local News Reports: Here, here, and here.

Two railcars containing consumer items that included lithium-ion batteries caught fire. No injuries were reported. Two intermodal containers were destroyed.

Not CSB reportable – transportation incident.

Akron, OH – 9-5-24

Local News Reports: Here, here, here, and here.

A fire at a local chemical manufacturing plant which involved methanol, xylene, and propane resulted in at least one explosion, a collapsed building, and one fire fighter admitted to hospital.

CSB Reportable.