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Nitric acid leak at plant raises health concerns, scrutiny toward Austin Powder Company
A nitric acid leak at Austin Powder’s Red Diamond plant in Vinton County raises health, safety, and environmental concerns in ...
Nitric acid leak creates plume of smoke from Ohio manufacturing plant, prompting evacuations
Thousands of gallons of nitric acid leaking from a tank at the Austin Powder manufacturing facility prompted evacuations in ...
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Chemical leak at Vinton County plant prompted evacuation: What we know
Here's what we know about the leak that happened at the Austin Powder plant near McArthur, Ohio at about 7:15 a.m. June 11. According to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, the leak occurred ...
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Chemical leak prompts evacuation near Austin Powder plant in Vinton County, Ohio
VINTON COUNTY, Ohio (WCHS) — Phyllis Campbell said she has lived in her home just down the road from Austin Powder's Red Diamond Plant in Vinton County, Ohio for 23 years. She said this morning ...
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Evacuation order lifted after gas leak from Ohio explosives maker Austin Powder stopped
The leak happened at about 7:15 a.m. June 11 at the Austin Powder Red Diamond plant at 32000 Powder Plant Road (State Route 677), which is northwest of McArthur, the county seat, and southwest of ...
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Wind Direction Drives Toxic Plume Northeast After Nitric Acid Spill In Vinton County, Ohio
A nitric acid leak at the Austin Powder Plant in Vinton County has released a toxic orange plume of gas. Here's how light ...
Potential symptoms, safety risks after chemical leak
“The plume has really dissipated quite a bit, so we felt like the levels were safe,” Deshaies said. “The concentration anyway ...