ALERT CENTER

Oil refinery fire in Martinez, CA led to evacuations and a shelter-in-place order. The fire is out, but air quality monitoring continues.

Fierce fire at Epping fuel company; Exeter Fire Department battles multiple oil tanker blaze. No details on injuries or cause... (more)

IAEA believes discharging treated radioactive water from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea is safe for... (more)

British Petroleum (BP) has been dumping industrial waste at sea after the UK’s decommissioning regulator gave it clearance to drop... (more)

A fire burning at a NC fertilizer plant forces emergency responders to evacuate 6,000 people and relocate over 200 prison inmates... (more)

A chemical spill overnight briefly shut down a couple major highways around Charlotte Wednesday (January 19) morning... (more)

A severely corroded pipeline ruptured and spilled more than 300,000 gallons of diesel fuel after operator delayed needed repairs... (more)

A massive spill of raw sewage in California on Friday forced the city of Long Beach to close all swimming areas at nearby beaches... (more)

Chicago firefighters responded to a hazmat situation in a building in the city’s River North neighborhood Sunday night... (more)

About 100 homes have been evacuated in the San Francisco Bay Area after a fuel tanker overturned Christmas Eve and leaked gasoline... (more)

Two hotel workers were hospitalized after acid spilled into a pit of water, causing the release of a noxious gas... (more)

Seven employees at a food and beverage plant in northwest suburban Harvard had to be hospitalized Tuesday night after an acid spill...(more)

The Henderson County Sheriff's Department is currently working to evacuate the entire town of Eustace due to a large gas leak... (more)

The Ohio Township Fire Dept responded to investigate an unknown chemical leaking down the hill from an industrial facility... (more)

Officials in southern Minnesota say a train carrying ethanol derailed with about eight cars running off the tracks... (more)

A Friday morning explosion and house fire that injured five people, two of them seriously, was caused by the construction of... (more)

Cargo ship loses 43 containers after catching fire due to two damaged containers carrying hazardous materials used in mining... (more)