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Tag: hazmat

California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Environment

Highway 121 remains closed due to overturned, leaking fuel tanker

State Highway 121 near Sears Point remains blocked Saturday afternoon in both directions, five hours after a big-rig hauling a tanker overturned and ...
By Bay City News5 days ago0
San Mateo Police Department
Environment

Police say San Mateo hazmat incident caused by leaking freezer

The source of a strong ammonia smell that prompted the hazardous materials closure of a block of South B Street in San Mateo ...
By Nik WojcikNovember 10, 20190
Jesse Garnier/SFBay
East Bay

Two lanes reopen on I-680 after big rig collision, gas spill

Two lanes of northbound Interstate Highway 680 have reopened near Fremont on Monday morning after a collision between two big-rigs led to a ...
By Bay City NewsSeptember 16, 20190
San Jose Fire Department
Environment

Officials confirm one fatality in Fairmont Hotel hazmat incident

Officials have confirmed one fatality in connection with a hazardous materials emergency at the Fairmont Hotel in downtown San Jose on Saturday. According to ...
By Nik WojcikAugust 31, 20190
Jesse Garnier/SFBay
News

Potential fentanyl exposure at Los Altos Police Department

Firefighters were responding to a possible fentanyl exposure at the Los Altos Police Department Monday morning. Fire Capt. Bill Murphy of the Santa Clara ...
By Bay City NewsAugust 12, 20190
Google Maps
Environment

Palo Alto southbound Hwy 101 remains closed through morning

All lanes of southbound U.S. Highway 101 south of Embarcadero Road in Palo Alto will remain closed until some time after noon, following ...
By Bay City NewsAugust 4, 20190
Jesse Garnier/SFBay
Environment

One man dies, Hwy 101 lanes close after multiple-vehicle crash, diesel spill

All lanes of southbound U.S. Highway 101 in Palo Alto are currently closed and one man has died after a box truck rear-ended ...
By Bay City NewsAugust 4, 20190
Vallejo Firefighters Association
Environment

Carbon monoxide leak prompts Vallejo Police Department evacuation

The Vallejo Police Department was evacuated Thursday morning because of a carbon monoxide leak, police said. Dispatchers reported a rotten egg smell around 5:15 ...
By Bay City NewsJuly 25, 20190
Jesse Garnier/SFBay
Environment

Hazmat crews remove five abandoned containers of cannabis waste, ethanol

Emergency crews in Sonoma County responded Thursday to help identify and remove five 55-gallon containers filled with used cannabis oil by-product and ethanol. On ...
By Bay City NewsJuly 20, 20190
Jesse Garnier/SFBay
East Bay

Overturned tanker spills liquid asphalt on Richmond Parkway

A tanker overturned on the Richmond Parkway overpass above Interstate Highway 80 Thursday morning, causing the spilling of liquid asphalt and prompting a ...
By Bay City NewsJuly 18, 20190
Menlo Park Fire Protection DIstrict
Environment

Officials say Facebook HQ sarin scare was false alarm

A Facebook spokesman said authorities have found no dangerous substances in a mail and package room at the tech giant’s Menlo Park campus ...
By Bay City NewsJuly 2, 20190
Jesse Garnier/SFBay
Environment

National Guard specialists join investigation of possible sarin threat

Hazardous materials specialists from the California National Guard’s 95th Civil Support Team have been called in to assess a suspicious package shipped to ...
By Bay City NewsJuly 1, 20190
Jesse Garnier/SFBay
Health

Crews clear three of four Facebook buildings after package tests positive for sarin

Emergency crews evacuated four of Facebook’s buildings in Menlo Park Monday morning after the possible presence of a chemical weapon was detected on ...
By Bay City NewsJuly 1, 20190
Jesse Garnier/SFBay
Environment

Update: Hazmat crews wait for FBI in possible Sarin exposure investigation

Emergency crews have evacuated Facebook’s package handling facility in Menlo Park after the possible detection of a chemical weapon on mail delivered by ...
By Bay City NewsJuly 1, 20190
Jesse Garnier/SFBay
Environment

Hazmat crews set up at Facebook for possible Sarin threat

Firefighters with hazardous materials training are setting up at Facebook’s shipping and receiving building in Menlo Park after crews operating a security machine ...
By Bay City NewsJuly 1, 20190
Jesse Garnier/SFBay
Environment

Hazmat crew clears spilled pool chemicals, intersection reopens

Pool chemicals that spilled onto a Vacaville intersection Monday morning were cleaned up and all streets were reopened around noon, according to police. Vacaville ...
By Bay City NewsJune 17, 20190
Jesse Garnier/SFBay
Environment

Vacaville hazmat incident prompts intersection closure

A “hazardous materials incident” has prompted the closure of an intersection in Vacaville on Monday morning, police said. Vacaville police wrote on Twitter at ...
By Bay City NewsJune 17, 20190
Jesse Garnier/SFBay
Environment

Unknown liquid dumped in Fairfield prompts street closure

The Fairfield Police Department says Madison Street is closed between Texas and Missouri streets for a hazardous materials incident involving the apparent dumping ...
By Bay City NewsMay 20, 20190
Jesse Garnier/SFBay
East Bay

Oily sheen on Lake Merritt draws hazmat response

An oily sheen on Lake Merritt was reported Wednesday evening to Oakland fire officials.
By Bay City NewsMarch 13, 20190
News

San Jose evacuation lifted, Google building hazmat incident cleared

San Jose firefighters have canceled a hazardous material evacuation at a Google office building Tuesday morning after crews found no dangerous materials during ...
By Bay City NewsFebruary 26, 20190
Environment

Hazardous materials incident prompts San Jose evacuation

San Jose firefighters are asking people to avoid the area around 75 E. Trimble Road on Tuesday morning while they investigate a hazardous ...
By Bay City NewsFebruary 26, 20190
News

Hazmat responds to leaking package in Menlo Park

A hazardous materials spill led to a shelter-in-place order in Menlo Park Tuesday, according to Menlo Park Fire Protection District Chief Harold Schapelhouman.
By Bay City NewsOctober 2, 20180
News

Swim club hazmat incident hospitalizes 20

Twenty people have been hospitalized at a swim club in San Jose because of a hazardous materials situation.
By Bay City NewsJune 14, 20180
News

Stanford professor leading recall campaign targeted with rape threat

A substance found Wednesday in a package sent to the Stanford University professor responsible for leading the recall campaign against Judge Aaron Persky ...
By Bay City NewsFebruary 14, 20180
News

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 Antioch, which sickened ...
By Bay City NewsJune 13, 20170
News

26 fall ill after hazmat incident at Pier 96

Two people were hospitalized Friday morning after a hazmat incident at a recycling center at San Francisco's Pier 96.
By Bay City NewsNovember 11, 20160
News

Health alert lifted as refinery flames snuffed

Hazardous materials officials lifted a health alert this afternoon for the Rodeo community in Contra Costa County.
By Bay City NewsAugust 2, 20150
News

Dozens fall sick at Antioch Water Park

About 40 people, mostly children, fell ill Thursday afternoon due to a possible chemical exposure.
By Bay City NewsJune 18, 20150
News

Chemical smell shuts down Kaiser

A suspicious smell shut down the Kaiser Hospital in Santa Clara and made one man ill this evening, according to the Fire Department.
By Bay City NewsDecember 1, 20140
News

Hazmat crews clearing oil spill in Sunol

Hazmat teams are cleaning an oil spill after a tractor-trailer slid off Interstate Highway 680 during heavy rains this morning in Sunol, an ...
By Bay City NewsNovember 22, 20140
News

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 hospital, a fire ...
By Bay City NewsNovember 2, 20140
News

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 state Highway 92, ...
By Bay City NewsAugust 26, 20140
News

Man dead in possible hazmat situation

A man was found dead at an Outer Richmond home where there was a possible hazardous materials incident.
By Bay City NewsJune 30, 20140
Crime

FBI hunts SF man with possible explosives

FBI seeks public's help finding Ryan Kelly Chamberlain II, 42, who is considered armed and dangerous.
By Bay City NewsJune 1, 20140

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