Chemical Accident in USA on Saturday, 19 May, 2012 at 05:40 (05:40 AM) UTC.
Fire officials say a large cargo ship has been evacuated in Los Angeles harbor as firefighters work to find the source of a gas leak.The incident began early Friday afternoon. Fire spokesman Matt Spence says the type of gas is unknown and may be coming from a container at the bottom of a deep stack of containers.About 25 firefighters, wearing gas masks, are working to find the source of the gas by removing the containers piece by piece.Spence says the ship was outbound from the Port of Los Angeles, and it's unclear what its haul is.Spence says there's no immediate cause for alarm or immediate indication of terror threat as firefighters investigate the situation.
Vehicle Incident in Poland on Friday, 18 May, 2012 at 07:58 (07:58 AM) UTC.
A Swedish StenaLine ferry crashed into a crane at the Polish Baltic Sea port of Gdynia Thursday due to a strong gust of wind, a company spokeswoman said, as quoted by Polish press agency PAP.Two port workers were seriously injured and hospitalised when the ferry crashed into a crane loading containers as the ship was leaving the port, Gdynia police spokesman Michal Rusak told Poland's TVN24 news channel.None of the ferry's 120 passengers was harmed but the ship was forced to abort its journey to Karlskrona in Sweden and return to port for a damage assessment, the AFP reports. According to StenaLine, the damage appeared to be minor."A violent gust of wind, which suddenly caused the ferry to deviate from its course, was behind the accident," StenaLine spokeswoman Agnieszka Zembrzycka-Kwiatkowska said.
Technological Disaster in USA on Friday, 18 May, 2012 at 08:01 (08:01 AM) UTC.
A second-story apartment complex walkway that had partially detached Wednesday night in Southeast Austin collapsed Thursday morning as city officials were interviewing affected residents.Officials had evacuated more than two dozen residents of the Wood Ridge Apartments on Wednesday night over fears that the second-floor walkway could collapse, officials said. Austin Fire Department officials said several residents had called apartment management when they felt the balcony sagging underneath them while they were walking. Structural engineers surveyed the complex in the 1900 block of Burton Drive, north of Oltorf Street east of Interstate 35, and determined the walkway was detaching.
Shortly before noon Thursday, as city officials were questioning residents, the balcony collapsed onto another balcony attached to a building next door, said Ron Potts, assistant division manager at the City of Austin Code Compliance department.As a safety precaution, the residents of six units in that building also were evacuated, he said.Red Cross officials were assisting at least a dozen families, officials said. The newly displaced residents, like the 25 residents from Wednesday night, will be given vouchers to stay at a hotel, but after that, "will be on their own," Potts said.For now, parts of both buildings are under the control of the city's code compliance department, he said. Both areas have been fenced off and public access is limited, Potts said.City workers were evaluating all the walkways and balconies at the complex and could block from public use any additional areas deemed unsafe, Potts said."It's a possibility," he said, especially if workers find evidence of "imminent danger of collapse."Apartment complex officials did not return phone calls seeking comment.Once city officials complete their review, they will hand over control of the fenced-off buildings to complex management and contractors, he said.It will be up to the apartment complex to request new permits and make the repairs, he said. City officials, however, will be involved in the process, he said.The apartments were built in 1972, according to Travis Central Appraisal District records.
Vehicle Accident in Venezuela on Saturday, 19 May, 2012 at 05:37 (05:37 AM) UTC.
Venezuela’s defense minister says a military helicopter has crashed during a training flight, killing four servicemen.Minister Gen. Henry Rangel Silva says one of the five on board the helicopter was injured but survived.Rangel says the Russian-made MI-17 helicopter crashed during a training flight at an airport in the western town of San Felipe.He said among those killed in Friday’s crash was Col. Oscar Martinez Mora, a flight instructor and commander of a helicopter battalion in the town.Rangel says the helicopter had been about 10 meters (11 yards) off the ground when it suddenly dropped and crashed. He says officials are investigating what might have caused the accident.
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