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  • Fourteen hospitalized after "life-threatening" carbon monoxide leak at Ohio hotel, police say

    January 29, 2022 9:24 PM

    MARYSVILLE, Ohio - Fourteen hotel guests, including some in critical condition, were hospitalized Saturday after a "life-threatening" carbon monoxide leak at the hotel's indoor pool. Marysville Police Chief Jay Riley told ABC News that investigators discovered "life-threatening levels of carbon monoxide in the pool area." Officials are still investigating... more »
  • Crash involving overturned cement truck causes brief hazmat situation in Central

    September 21, 2020 9:37 AM

    CENTRAL - On Monday morning, before 8 a.m., a crash involving an overturned concrete truck and a second vehicle on Joor Road and Lovett Road resulted in a brief hazmat situation that was resolved by 8:28 a.m. CENTRAL: Crash involving diesel leak and overturned truck on Lovett at... more »
  • Officials remove overturned 18-wheeler from I-10 East near Lobdell Play Video

    August 31, 2020 6:06 AM

    WEST BATON ROUGE - Early Monday morning, a traffic incident on I-10 East just before the Lobdell exit occurred when an 18-wheeler carrying a flammable substance overturned. Authorities began moving the incident around 8:30 a.m., causing lane closures. As of 9 a.m. only one lane was closed as officials... more »
  • TRAFFIC: I-10 closed both ways near Highland due to tanker spilling HAZMAT

    August 22, 2020 5:46 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Officials have closed down I-10 West and East due to a disabled tractor trailer Saturday afternoon. Around 4:30 p.m. both sides of I-10 closed down due to a tanker spilling hazardous materials on the interstate near the parish line at Ascension Parish. I-10 West is... more »
  • Substance leaking from train not hazardous, officials say

    July 12, 2017 11:06 AM

    BATON ROUGE – Multiple fire departments responded to reports a white substance leaking from a freight train that rolled through the region Wednesday. Reports started earlier in the day when callers reported seeing something coming from a train in Livingston Parish. Authorities in Baton Rouge received similar complaints and... more »
  • Fire crews dispatched to nitric acid leak in Baton Rouge

    May 31, 2017 10:15 AM

    BATON ROUGE - Fire crews were dispatched to a nitric acid leak from a chemical trucking facility Wednesday morning. Crews were dispatched to 6735 Airline Highway in reference to a hazmat situation around 9 a.m. The address is listed as the address of at least two chemical transportation companies. ... more »
  • Drivers trapped on spillway for hours after I-10W crash Wednesday night

    April 6, 2017 8:10 AM

    LAPLACE - Travelers driving westbound on I-10 were trapped on the Bonne Carre Spillway for more than six hours after a crash closed the roadway late Wednesday night. According to WWLTV, "hazardous tanker trucks" were involved in a crash around 11:30 p.m. between the I-310 and I-55 exits, two... more »
  • Blackwater Road reopened following chlorine leak

    December 22, 2016 4:14 PM

    CHENEYVILLE – Louisiana State Police Hazmat investigators were on the scene of a chlorine leak at a parish water company facility on Thursday afternoon. The facility is located on Blackwater Road, which closed following the lead. The road reopened after 10 p.m. Baton Rouge Fire Department Hazmat and Louisiana... more »
  • Lanes open after Friday gas leak along highway Play Video

    July 1, 2016 12:02 PM

    BATON ROUGE - One lane of Scenic Highway remained closed Saturday morning after a gas/diesel leak Friday. Officials finally opened the road completely after 9 p.m. Saturday. The leak was contained Friday afternoon after Hazmat crews responded to the leak near Scenic Highway and Blount Road. Baton Rouge Firefighters... more »
  • Hazmat crew on scene after 18-wheeler crash in WBR Parish

    June 20, 2016 5:23 PM

    WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH - Louisiana State Police say a Hazmat crew is on the scene of an 18-wheeler crash on I-10 West to monitor clean up and recovery efforts. The crash happened at milepost 144 between Port Allen and Rosedale. While all lanes remain open, motorists are experiencing... more »
  • Platform fire will keep burning into Tuesday evening

    March 15, 2016 10:23 AM

    BAYOU SORREL - A fire at an oil platform deep in the swamp will continue to burn into Tuesday evening as crews in boats monitor containment boom in the area after an explosion earlier in the day. Shortly after 9 a.m. a storage tank exploded on the platform in... more »
  • BRFD, HAZMAT on scene of commercial building fire on Darryl Drive

    February 17, 2016 10:58 AM

    BATON ROUGE - Fire and HAZMAT crews are on the scene of a fire at an unoccupied building on Darryl Drive. Investigators say the fire was started when construction workers were trying to replace metal walls at a building located in the 11000 block of Darryl Drive and a... more »
  • Early morning fire at Exxon refinery Play Video

    December 18, 2015 6:27 AM

    BATON ROUGE- Emergency crews responded to a fire the Exxon refinery in Baton Rouge around 4 a.m. Friday. A large boom could be heard throughout the city just before the blaze broke out. Heavy smoke and flames could be seen from many miles away from the facility on Scenic Highway.... more »

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