Could anyone plz tell me something about chemical spill in bogalusa(Louisiana).?

Question

Could anyone plz tell me something about chemical spill in bogalusa(Louisiana).?

Answer 1

From the National Transportation Safety Board's Hazardous Materials Accident Brief:

"At 3:55 p.m. on October 23, 1995, at the Gaylord Chemical Corporation plant in Bogalusa, Louisiana, yellow-brown vapors began leaking from the dome of the DOT class 105A railroad tank car UTLX 82329 that contained a mixture of nitrogen tetroxide, which is a liquefied poisonous gas and oxidizer, and water. The vapors initially formed a plume between 10 and 15 feet in diameter. Plant personnel notified emergency response agencies and used two plant fire hoses to spray water into the plume to suppress the vapors. About 4:30 p.m. Bogalusa fire personnel arrived at the plant and set up fire hoses to help-suppress the vapors.

The head on the B-end of the tank car failed about 4:45 p.m., resulting in one end of the tank car jacket being torn away and thrown about 350 feet. The tank car was then propelled 35 feet down the track and derailed at a track bumping block. A large reddish-brown vapor cloud was released from the tank car. Vapors continued to be released from the opening in the tank car for another 36 hours until the chemical reaction that had occurred within the tank was brought under control through neutralization and dilution.

Some 3,000 people were evacuated from the area as a result of the vapor cloud. Of 4,710 people who were treated at local hospitals, 81 people were admitted."

The main legal settlement was in 2005. Here are some recent articles from the Bogulusa Daily News on additional legal cases related to the spill:

http://www.edailynews.info/articles/2008...

http://www.edailynews.info/articles/2008...