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San francisco, california

Container Freight Services Terminal; San Francisco, California · NOAAORR-6685

issued
1989-03-31 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1989-04-14 00:00Z
self-cancels
1989-04-14 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
North Pacific Ocean
position
37.786, -122.424
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Container Freight Services Terminal; San Francisco, California.
San Francisco, California.
1. On March 31, 1989, the terminal manager at Container Freight Services in San Francisco learned that a shipment of pressurized cylinders of the highly combustible liquefied gas silane had been loaded next to cylinders of nitrous oxide, a strong oxidizer. USCG district 11.
2. COMMODITY: LIQUEFIED GAS SILANE,  NITROUS OXIDE.
3. POSITION 37.786N 122.424W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6685: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6685

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Timeline · 7 messages since 1989-01-31 · closed 1989-05-01

  1. Stevedoring services of america 2; san francisco, california1989-01-31 → 1989-02-14
  2. San francisco, california1989-02-04 → 1989-02-18
  3. Mystery oil Spill4; suisun bay, concord, california1989-03-06 → 1989-03-20
  4. San francisco, california this message1989-03-31 → 1989-04-14
  5. On april 10, 1989, there was an explosion and fire at chevron's hydrocarbon cracking tower at the richmond…1989-04-10 → 1989-04-24
  6. On april 12, 1989, a fuel line ruptured at the alameda county transit company in emeryville, california,…1989-04-13 → 1989-04-27
  7. Army 87th explosive ordnance detachment; san rafael, california1989-04-17 → 1989-05-01

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