Fair 52°
Tag:

HazMat

Police & Fire
Battery Explosion At NJ High School Sends 14-Year-Old To Burn Center: Police Battery Explosion At NJ High School Sends 14-Year-Old To Burn Center: Police
Battery Explosion At NJ High School Sends 14-Year-Old To Burn Center: Police A power bank charger exploded while in a New Jersey student's pocket, sending them to the hospital on Friday, Jan. 9, authorities said. At 1:05 p.m., law enforcement responded after the charger exploded at Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, authorities said. The 14-year-old student was walking in a hallway near the main cafeteria at the time of the malfunction, police said. ​The resulting fire was extinguished, and the student was treated on-scene by school staff and responding emergency personnel, police said. The student sustained partial-thickness burns to the leg and was subsequently tr…

SHARE

by Sam Barron
News
Corrections Staff Sound Alarm After Officers Given Narcan In Prison Drug Exposures In Fishkill Corrections Staff Sound Alarm After Officers Given Narcan In Prison Drug Exposures In Fishkill
Corrections Staff Sound Alarm After Officers Given Narcan In Prison Drug Exposures In Fishkill Correction officers are demanding action after multiple staff and inmates were hospitalized from exposure to unknown substances at a Hudson Valley prison.  According to the New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association, thirteen staff members and six inmates were treated at Fishkill Correctional Facility on Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 15 and 16. The union said three officers and one nurse needed Narcan to reverse their symptoms.  The association said the incidents are part of a growing crisis inside state prisons, where both sworn and civilian staff have e…

SHARE

by Ben Crnic
News
Small Plane Crashes, Explodes At Pennsylvania Retirement Community: Officials Small Plane Crashes, Explodes At Pennsylvania Retirement Community: Officials
Small Plane Crashes, Explodes At Pennsylvania Retirement Community: Officials A plane crashed and exploded near a retirement community in Lancaster County, injuring multiple people and triggering a massive emergency response on Sunday, March 9, officials said. The aircraft, a Beechcraft A36TC Bonanza registered as N347M and owned by Jam Zoom Yayos LLC, went down near Fairview Drive and Meadowview Court in Manheim Township at 3:18 p.m., according to emergency dispatchers. The 1981-manufactured plane had five occupants, all of whom survived but sustained injuries of varying severity. New video from the plane crash site in Manheim Township, Pennsylvania. Reports of m…

SHARE

by Jillian Pikora
Politics
Crystal Meth Mailed To Board Of Elections Office In Hudson Valley Crystal Meth Mailed To Board Of Elections Office In Hudson Valley
Crystal Meth Mailed To Board Of Elections Office In Hudson Valley State and federal law enforcement officials are investigating after a Board of Elections office in the region received a suspicious package from an unknown foreign sender via UPS. The incident occurred in Dutchess County at the Dutchess County Board of Elections (DCBOE) in Poughkeepsie on Monday, Oct. 7. Office officials said a team escalated a particular piece of mail to management for a higher review "due to advanced training and heightened awareness." Wearing personal protective equipment, this team and management commissioners thoroughly examined the suspicious package and contacted l…

SHARE

by Kathy Reakes