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Huge Ammonia leak forces evacuations in New Zealand
New Zealand police have ordered people to evacuate buildings as hazmat teams are responding to an ammonia leak at a property in Mount Maunganui.
“Police are currently responding to an ammonia leak at a property on Mark Road, Mt Manganui,” police announced. “We ask that people please follow the instructions of police in the area and evacuate immediately.”
Hull Road, through to Tukorako Drive...
ISS crew locks down inside Russian sector after cooling system glitch
The threat of a possible toxic leak in the US sector of the ISS forced the American astronauts on board to isolate their module and move to the Russian sector. The hatch was reopened hours later after no leak was detected, NASA reported.
The decision to reopen the hatch was done after receiving data readings from a variety of sensors aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and carefully studying...
Thousands of fish dead in China over chemical leak
A dead fish in the East Lake in Wuhan, Hubei province, on August 20, 2012.
Hundreds of thousands of fish have died in the central Chinese province of Hubei after a chemical leak into a river, officials say.
According to local sources on Wednesday, about 100,000 kilograms of dead fish were gathered from the Fu River, located in the capital city of Wuhan.
Local environmental officials say the chemical...