hazardous materials

Substance sickens 11 at Antioch JCPenney

A hazardous materials crew tonight is attempting to find the source of an unknown substance at a department store in…

7 years ago

Hazardous materials spark fire at Stanford hospital

Whatever hazardous materials were in a room at the Stanford Medical School where a fire broke out this morning were…

7 years ago

Union City company accused of smuggling hazardous chemicals

An East Bay chemical company and its owner are being indicted on charges of smuggling hazardous materials and conspiracy to…

7 years ago

Pool chemicals caused hazmat incident in Benicia garage

Pool chemicals that mixed accidentally caused a hazardous materials incident in a Benicia garage Monday.

7 years ago

Shell incident due to equipment malfunction

An equipment malfunction at the Shell Chemical Company in Martinez resulted in a brief flaring incident Wednesday night.

7 years ago

Alaska Airlines crewmembers sickened during flight

One crewmember on Alaska Airlines Flight 322 was transported to a hospital Thursday evening due to a hazardous materials incident.

7 years ago

Woman airlifted after lead oxide exposure

A woman who was exposed to lead oxide in Hollister and then flown to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in…

7 years ago

Student hospitalized from pepper spray exposure in classroom

A student exposed to pepper spray released at a San Jose middle school classroom Tuesday morning has been sent to…

7 years ago

Airport foul-up floods foam onto city streets

Large amounts of white foam have spilled from a hangar near Mineta San Jose International Airport and blanketed a street…

7 years ago

SJ gas leak capped, most evacuations lifted

Utility crews have capped a gas leak in San Jose that caused evacuations of several city blocks Tuesday.

7 years ago

East Bay customs workers return to work following hazmat scare

Two U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees who felt ill after opening an envelope for inspection in Alameda on Wednesday…

8 years ago

Odor sickens 12 at Palo Alto Westin

Palo Alto fire crews responsded to a report of a suspicious odor at the Westin Hotel on El Camino Real…

9 years ago

Hazardous waste dumped by office building

A property owner may be cited for code violations after fire officials found hazardous waste at an office building in…

9 years ago

Mountain Lake playground set for $3.1 million makeover

The playground at Mountain Lake Park is set to undergo a much-needed extreme makeover.

9 years ago

Hazmat crew cleaning up ‘chemical soup’ left after 4-alarm fire

A hazardous materials crew is cleaning up a "chemical soup" at an automotive plating and metal work business in North San…

9 years ago

Dow cleans up after chemical release

More than 20 workers cleaned up an unintended chemical release at Dow Chemical's waterfront processing facility in Pittsburg Friday afternoon, according to…

9 years ago

Search warrant turns up meth, guns and cash

Four people were arrested Wednesday after police found guns, cash, methamphetamine and materials commonly used to manufacture the drug while…

9 years ago

Overturned tanker spills fuel on HWY 1

An overturned tanker that spilled fuel has closed state Highway 1 north of Jenner, a community in Sonoma County, according…

9 years ago

Mysterious hazmat scare hospitalizes two

A hazardous materials team left an area in San Francisco's Sunset District this evening after taking two people to a…

10 years ago

Hazmat scare forces shelter-in-place, road closure

A hazardous materials incident in Hayward this afternoon has prompted a widespread shelter-in-place order and a road closure off of…

10 years ago

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