Chlorine gas is very toxic and can cause severe irritation of the nose and throat, severe lung damage or death. Symptoms may include coughing, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing and tightness ...

USERS of chlorine now regulated by the newly created 2003 International Fire Code and the 2003 Edition of the Uniform Fire Code are pleased to find they are no longer required to have a scrubber when ...

Ahmedabad: A day after two Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Services (AFES) personnel were hospitalised following a chlorine gas leak near Madhav Baug garden in Ghatlodia, Sola police on Monday said the ...

Spokane firefighters gather in a decontamination area outside the Pacific Steel and Recycling building Wednesday after responding to a chemical leak. (Dan Pelle) Buy this photo Three Pacific Steel and ...

No injuries were reported Friday afternoon after a chlorine gas cylinder leak was discovered at a Willmar Municipal Utilities building. Individuals in protective suits begin work to investigate a ...

Crews have contained a chlorine leak Monday morning at Ephrata’s public works facility. Police said a 150-pound chlorine gas cylinder was leaking inside the facility at 301 Church Avenue. A worker was ...

A Syrian Civil Defense rescue worker, aka the "White Helmets," shows his grief after the Douma chemical attack. (Syrian Civil Defense photo) A new report released by the Organization for the ...

Two cylinders that were dropped on the rebel-held Syrian city of Saraqeb in February — sending nearly a dozen people to seek medical help for nausea and other symptoms — had contained chlorine, ...

Six different emergency response units, including the hazardous materials team, were called to a chlorine gas leak on Hilton Head Island Monday, according to the Town of Hilton Head Island. The leak ...

A 59-year-old man died, and 18 others, including five fire brigade personnel, were hospitalised after chlorine gas leaked from an old cylinder in Vasai town in Maharashtra's Palghar district on ...

Ahmedabad: Two personnel of Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Services (AFES) were affected while attending to a chlorine gas leakage near an Auda garden in Ghatlodia on Sunday. A fire officer said the ...