Ammonia Week in Review | August 29, 2014

Unusual use of ammonia in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review…… 

Downtown Ucluelet Core Evacuated After Ammonia Leak – Ucluelet Mayor Bill Irving was in the district office around 11:30 a.m. when Ucluelet Harbour Seafoods contacted the district’s emergency services manager Karla Robison to advise an ammonia leak had occurred at the company’s Cedar Street facility. […keep reading]

Ammonia Leak In Mission Forces Brief Closure of Highway, Rail and River – Hazardous materials crews in B.C.’s Fraser Valley faced a tense situation early Friday morning when a cloud of ammonia gas spewed from a food processing plant. […keep reading]

Heartless Burglars Blind Dog With Ammonia – In a case that has outraged animal advocates, burglars temporarily blinded a dog with ammonia while breaking into a home in Manchester, England, on Aug 15. […keep reading]