About 600 gallons of the highly corrosive acid was released from a rail car on the arsenal grounds. Workers at the military munitions plant were told to shelter in place for a time.

Emergency services responded to an overturned tanker carrying nitric acid near Wellington, with no reported injuries and minimal environmental impact.

A tanker carrying nitric acid has overturned outside Wellington, and heavy rain is hampering recovery efforts. Cape Winelands District Municipality spokesperson Jo-Anne Otto said fire services ...

According to the CSB, the nitric acid release took place at the facility in Greene County, owned by Austin Powder Company, on Nov. 24, 2024.

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A federal agency opened an initial investigation into the nitric acid leak at a manufacturing facility in Vinton County on Wednesday.

According to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, an “unknown contaminant entered the nitric acid tank,” causing the chemical reaction to occur.

A nitric acid leak at the Austin Powder Plant in Vinton County released a toxic orange plume of gas and nearby residents were forced to evacuate.

According to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, the leak occurred after "an unknown contaminant" entered a 5,000-gallon tank containing nitric acid, creating a chemical reaction that ...

A chemical reaction that created nitrogen oxide gas, which was vented to the atmosphere, forced evacuations and raised concerns in southeast Ohio on Wednesday, June 11.

Parts of Vinton County in southeastern Ohio were evacuated Wednesday following a chemical leak. A gas release at the Austin Powder chemical plant about 30 minutes west of Athens has been stopped and ...