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• Spills · 7 messages1994-03-22 → 1994-06-30Custom house minor mystery spill; customs house marina, hampton, virginia

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One mention so far. The message has its own page: NOAAORR-7006. This page grows when the name is issued again.

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   Spills·NOAAORR-70061994-04-15 00:00Z → cancelled 1994-04-29 00:00Z
   Port of hampton roads, norfolk, virginia
   Barge Liberty Trader; Port of Hampton Roads, Norfolk, Virginia · North Atlantic Ocean

   Barge Liberty Trader; Port of Hampton Roads, Norfolk, Virginia.
   Port of Hampton Roads, Norfolk, Virginia.
   1. Early evening on April 15, 1994, the Coast Guard was alerted that the barge Liberty Trader, under tow by the tug Alert, had containers on fire and there were hazardous materials onboard. The hazardous materials included two containers filled with 55-pound paper drums of potassium hydroxide and a third container loaded with small aerosol cans including 200 pounds of nitrogen and 2,000 pounds of 1,1,1-trichloroethane. The Atlantic Strike Team (AST) was requested onscene and arrived later that evening, The U.S. Navy responded with tugs, and fire fighting operations began that evening An overflight by the AST early the next morning showed fires still burning inside some of the containers and fire water from the tugs was not reaching the hot spots. The containers for these materials were not on fire. USCG district 5. Keyword: none.
   2. COMMODITY: 1,1,1-TRICHLOROETHANE, CO2, COMPRESSED NITROGEN, AEROSOL CANISTERS, AND POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE.
   3. POSITION 36.933N 076.400W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7006: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7006