He says several buried acetylene gas cylinders are found in ... disposed of in accordance with a law on high-pressure gas safety. Toya said whoever uses such cylinders should take them away ...

Containers from a Liberian cargo ship that sank off the Kerala coast have started washing ashore, while the oil spill spreading from the vessel has prompted authorities to issue a high alert along the ...

Adding to the woes, some containers were carrying hazardous substances such as calcium carbide--a chemical that reacts with seawater to release highly flammable acetylene gas, officials said.

In the event such a container does reach land, several agencies including the Fire Force, Chemical Explosives Department, Petroleum and Explosives Safety ... can produce acetylene gas and calcium ...

Sri Lanka is once again facing a significant marine environmental crisis, as tiny plastic pellets, commonly known as nurdles, ...

According to the report, 13 containers were carrying calcium carbide, a chemical that reacts with water to produce highly flammable acetylene gas.

The Kerala government has declared a statewide emergency after the MSC ELSA 3, a Liberian container ship carrying 640 containers, including 13 hazardous ones, capsized and sank off the state's ...

Sri Lanka is once again facing a significant marine environmental crisis, as tiny plastic pellets, commonly known as nurdles, ...

With four red flag warnings before the first day of summer, agencies managing public lands implemented fire restrictions on ...

The recent capsize of a cargo vessel off the Kerala coast has put an already fragile marine ecosystem under threat. In a press meet held in Kochi on Wednesday, ...

Safety Town is a first-of-its-kind facility for Unitil — a provider of electricity and natural gas to customers in New ...