Charleston, south carolina

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C/V Newark Bay; Charleston, South Carolina.
Charleston, South Carolina.
1. In the early morning of August 11, 1993, a vapor cloud was seen moving over the Columbus Street Terminal in Charleston, SC. The cloud seemed to be coming from the deck of the 939-foot container vessel Newark Bay. The ship carried two 5,000-gallon intermodal tanks; one tank contained acetaldehyde oxime (CAS 107-29-9), the other chloroacetic acid (CAS 79-11-8). Either chemical could have caused the vapor cloud and, since the tanks were stacked one on top of the other, it was not initially known which was on top. These chemicals are incompatible and if they had combined in the proper proportions, there could have been a violent reaction. The Charleston Fire Department (FD) HAZMAT team performed the initial site survey in Level A protection from a crane that hoisted them over the deck of the ship. No vapor cloud was visible and neither tank appeared to be leaking. The FD HAZMAT team later [...]
2. COMMODITY: CHLOROACETIC ACID. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 10000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 32.792N 079.923W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6955: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6955