Thursday 3/2912:02 pm
By Melissa Hartman
One home has been evacuated and 10 others have been issued an order to shelter in place in San Jose after a construction crew hit a high-pressure gas line with a backhoe and ruptured it, according to fire officials.
Wednesday 2/146:15 pm
By Daniel Montes and Melissa Hartman
A substance found Wednesday in a package sent to the Stanford University professor responsible for leading the recall campaign against Judge Aaron Persky has been determined to be an inert powder.
Tuesday 6/139:42 pm
By Daniel Montes
A hazardous materials crew tonight is attempting to find the source of an unknown substance at a department store in Antioch, which sickened several people, according to the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District.
Fire officials first reported the incident…
Saturday 3/115:46 pm
By Bay City News
Whatever hazardous materials were in a room at the Stanford Medical School where a fire broke out this morning were consumed by the fire.
Sunday 2/1912:35 pm
By Alex Kekauoha
An East Bay chemical company and its owner are being indicted on charges of smuggling hazardous materials and conspiracy to defraud the U.S.
Thursday 1/2612:25 pm
By Jade Atkins
An equipment malfunction at the Shell Chemical Company in Martinez resulted in a brief flaring incident Wednesday night.
Thursday 1/1210:42 pm
By Bay City News
One crewmember on Alaska Airlines Flight 322 was transported to a hospital Thursday evening due to a hazardous materials incident.
Thursday 12/111:19 am
By Jamey Padojino
A woman who was exposed to lead oxide in Hollister and then flown to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose Wednesday morning is in serious condition.
Tuesday 11/2210:34 am
By Jamey Padojino
A student exposed to pepper spray released at a San Jose middle school classroom Tuesday morning has been sent to a hospital.
Friday 11/181:09 pm
By Jamey Padojino
Large amounts of white foam have spilled from a hangar near Mineta San Jose International Airport and blanketed a street in Santa Clara Friday afternoon.
Thursday 2/253:05 pm
By Scott Morris
Two U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees who felt ill after opening an envelope for inspection in Alameda on Wednesday have been released from the hospital while the cause of their ailment remains unclear, an agency spokesman said.
Things were …
Friday 10/3012:39 am
By Dennis Culver
Palo Alto fire crews responsded to a report of a suspicious odor at the Westin Hotel on El Camino Real Thursday evening.
Saturday 8/292:47 pm
By Erin Baldassari and Keith Burbank
A property owner may be cited for code violations after fire officials found hazardous waste at an office building in Richmond.
Tuesday 5/1910:58 am
By Jamey Padojino & Keith Burbank
A hazardous materials crew is cleaning up a “chemical soup” at an automotive plating and metal work business in North San Jose where a four-alarm fire took place earlier Tuesday morning, a fire captain said.
The blaze left puddles combined…
Friday 3/273:14 pm
By Dave Brooksher
More than 20 workers cleaned up an unintended chemical release at Dow Chemical’s waterfront processing facility in Pittsburg Friday afternoon, according to a Dow Chemical spokesman.
The incident began at 2:50 a.m. at 901 Loveridge Road when a proprietary chemical…
Thursday 2/1911:21 am
By Dave Brooksher
Four people were arrested Wednesday after police found guns, cash, methamphetamine and materials commonly used to manufacture the drug while serving a search warrant in Dublin.
While searching a residence in the 6300 block of Gatwick Court, Dublin police detained…
Sunday 2/812:13 pm
By Bay City News
An overturned tanker that spilled fuel has closed state Highway 1 north of Jenner, a community in Sonoma County, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Sunday 11/28:18 pm
By Scott Morris
A hazardous materials team left an area in San Francisco's Sunset District this evening after taking two people to a hospital, a fire dispatcher said.
Tuesday 8/263:39 pm
By Bay City News
A hazardous materials incident in Hayward this afternoon has prompted a widespread shelter-in-place order and a road closure off of state Highway 92, city and California Highway Patrol officials said.
Monday 7/812:54 pm
By John Marshall
A 62-year-old Bay Area man was convicted of endangering the safety of an aircraft by trying to ship hazardous materials.
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