A massive explosion has ripped through a chemical factory in Massachusetts, with one worker still missing and four others hospitalised. Firefighters rushed to Seqens, a pharmaceutical manufacturing company in Newburyport, at 12.45am local time. The explosion was so big that an industrial-sized
Fire crews are responding to an incident at a petrol chemical plant in Lemont following reports of a possible explosion, officials have confirmed. Firefighters have reported a fire at the Illinois Seneca Petroleum Company plant on Tuesday morning. The Lemont Fire Department
A chemical leak at a swimming pool partly owned by Olympian Rebecca Adlington forced swimmers to be evacuated and left two people with breathing difficulties. Emergency services were called to Swim! Oldbury, Birmingham, at 9.55am today, just six weeks after the swimming
A Sutton Coldfield hospital was evacuated after people inside reportedly “felt nauseous”. Firefighters evacuated Sutton Cottage Hospital this afternoon following reports of an unknown spillage. West Midlands Ambulance Service said three people have been assessed after falling ill. They are expected to
Fear and uncertainty have been swirling in East Palestine, Ohio and across the country in the wake of the Feb. 3 train derailment, which was followed by a chemical spill and a massive fire. As images of toxic smoke plumes continue to
Syria on Thursday dismissed the global chemical weapons watchdog’s statement, which said that investigators had found “reasonable grounds to believe” the Syrian air force dropped two cylinders of chlorine gas in 2018 on then-rebel-held town of Douma. The Organization for the Prohibition
A global chemical weapons watchdog group released the results of a nearly two-year-long investigation into the use of chemical weapons in Douma, Syria, in 2018, on Friday, concluding that Syrian government forces were behind the attack. The Organization for the Prohibition of
A chemical spill at a major hospital has triggered an evacuation with several fire crews arriving on site to clean up and decaminate the hospital. Emergency services were spotted outside the hospital this morning after cleaning chemicals spilled in Watford General Hospital.