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Truck spills chemical

WV accident dumps tonnes of hazardous sodium chlorate

A TRUCKING accident along the Squamish Highway car- Pacific pulp mill in Bellingham, ment Assistant Chief John dumped the load down the em-

ly Thursday evening sent) most of a 15-tonne (2,400 U.S Washington, Rowlands said) the trailer tipped bankment. We couldn't actualiv
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. . aye ee eae . “asthe . An investigator said) Friday 9 over and its tank rolled approxi: see, so thats why we left it there

gallons) load of hazardous sodium: chlorate spilling down that, as with last month's aceie mately $0 feet down the embank- until this morning. A fair amount

an embankment near Horseshoe Bay. dent, the truck trailer appeared to came out | would think.”’
sodium chlorate is a

The cheniical spill is the secand 7 have disconnected frem the truck 46 Liquid

trucking accident along the high- By Michael Becker and crashed. See photo, page 3 water-soluble oxidizer used in the
wav in less than a month invely- News Reporter But in Thursday’s accident the
ing a@ cargo of sodium chlorate. Joaded tank tumbled down a steep ment. While not combustible itselt.
On Sept. 12 a truck trailer carry- Both accidents involved trucks embankment before coming to Emergency: crews ainved at the sodium chlorate: can cause com
ing 24000 LES. gallons of the operated by Arrex. a Portland. rest approximately U5 feet from seene just before @ pum. bustion. Burning the chemical
chemical disconnected from othe Oreran-based carrier. the BC Rail maintine about Li: Rowland said) it was tage’ releases toxic chloride funtes. dn
truck and crashed. That relativels The load of chemicals invelved kilometres north oof  Eforseshoe thought that the tink had) coo. contact with acids. i cam tok.
minor spill resulted in the release in) Thursday's aecident was on its Bay. According tea Canadian tated its loud. tosic chforine and: chlerine- dioxide
of approximately 500 gellons of way from the Squamish Canadian Occidental spokesman at least “Bur apparentiy dims mearniny gases,

sodium chlorate into a ceadside Occidental plant, where the chem- 2.000 U.S. gallons spilled out sbriday) now chat ies tiehes he The chemical is also hermtul to
ditch. ical is) produced, to a Georgia West Vancouver Fire Oeparte said. “i seems ot had aetuadiy See Caommpaits pace &

prlp-making process.

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