Fire as a result of tar dripping into a Chemistry Department laboratory [York University]
A fire broke out in the Chemistry department, probably caused by hot tar dripping in through the roof, causing a full evacuation and impacting lectures and student interviews. www.yorkvision.co.uk/news/fire-reported-at-chemistry-department/
Laboratory fire caused by the solvent hexane [Massachusetts Institute of Technology]
A fire that began when a researcher in a chemistry lab accidentally broke a bottle of a flammable solvent closed parts of the main campus for several hours.
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/1998/fire-1028.html
A students dies from injuries sustained in a fire caused by tert-butyllithium [University of California]
A research assistant in the University of California, Los Angeles, department of chemistry and biochemistry died from injuries sustained in a laboratory fire. http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/87/i04/8704news1.html
Explosion caused by mixing acid with chemical waste [U of Maryland]
Students were conducting an experiment using nitric acid and sulfuric acid. The combination of these 2 acids does not normally cause such a violent reaction, however, when the combined product was introduced into a chemical waste container; a violent chemical reaction occurred causing an explosion with fire. http://pgfdpio.blogspot.co.nz/2011/09/university-of-maryland-chemical.html
The death of a French professor in a laboratory explosion caused by ethene in pressure vessel [National Institution of Higher Learning in Chemistry, France] The death of a French professor in a loboratory explosion in March was a shocking reminder that research can be a risky business. www.bnl.gov/esh/shsd/PDF/How_Dangerous_is_Chemistry_Article1.pdf
