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Drug Lab Investigation

Police Find Suspected Drug Lab In Hell’s Kitchen

Two floors of an apartment building in Hell’s Kitchen were evacuated Monday evening, after police discovered what might have been a drug lab.

2013/01/21

(credit: nuischool.org)

Several Students Treated After Passing Out At South Brunswick School

The incident began at around 10:15 a.m., police said, when one child turned blue. A second child turned blue and a teacher passed out shortly afterward, police said.

2012/05/03

Threatening letters containing a white powder that turned out to be cornstarch were sent to multiple Wells Fargo locations around the city. (credit: Sonia Rincon, 1010 WINS)

Threatening Letters Containing White Powder Sent To Manhattan Banks

Five of the envelopes were sent to Wells Fargo banks, one was sent to JP Morgan Chase headquarters and another was sent to the mayor’s office and ended up in a mailroom on Gold Street.

2012/04/30

Hazmat team investigates car in Lawrence. (credit: CBS 2)

Police: Father May Have Tried To Kill Self, 2-Year-Old Daughter In Car In Lawrence

A father and his 2-year-old daughter are fighting for their lives after being found in respiratory distress inside their car. However, police say the heartbreak in this disturbing case may be that the father intentionally poisoned them both.

2011/10/04

Hazmat team investigates car in Lawrence. (credit: CBS 2)

Father, 2-Year-Old Daughter Found Unconscious In Lawrence Parking Lot

Hazmat crews were not taking any chances and suited up to investigate a mysterious white powdery substance found in a car, where a man and his daughter were discovered unconscious in Lawrence.

2011/10/03

Threatening letters

Threatening Letters, Suspicious Powder Sent To Staten Island Neighborhood

The street is called Tone Lane. It features attached townhouses of many immigrants. But anonymous mailings are frightening the people here, calling one neighbor, for example, a “deadbeat, child molester and degenerate.”

2011/09/29

Police and Hazmat crews responded to the Taco Bell on Merrick Road after a child, and a police officer, fell ill. (Credit: CBS 2)

Hazmat Crews Respond After Poisoning Scare At Long Island Taco Bell

It was a scary afternoon at a Long Island Taco Bell, as Hazmat crews had to be called in after a customer, and a police officer, complained of falling ill.

2011/07/01

Yonkers house of horrors

Elderly Man’s Remains Found In Yonkers Home As Many As 8 Years After His Death

It is a real house of horrors. Police have confirmed the discovery of human remains inside — from an elderly person who passed away years ago.

2011/05/13

Middlesex County Tanker Crash

N.J. Roadway Reopens After Tanker Crashes, Spills Fuel

Emergency crews are still on the scene where a tanker crashed in Middlesex County on Saturday evening.

2011/04/10

Police said the tanker truck's driver was cut off prior to the crash. (credit: CBS 2)

Residents Relieved Tanker Crash On I-95 Wasn’t Worse

The driver of the truck was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. Police said he lost control when another car cut him off.

2011/02/08

Generic Firefighter File Photo (credit: CBS 2)

Overturned Truck Spills Diesel Fuel In East Harlem

Most of it flowed right into a storm drain and the FDNY sent a HazMat crew as a precaution.

2010/11/10

A member of the specially trained hazmat unit - Babylon, NY - Oct 27, 2010 - Photo: Sophia Hall / WCBS 880

Long Island Town Boasts New Hazmat Unit & Building

There are 100 specially training men and women inside the new hazmat building in Babylon.

2010/10/27

A Garbage Truck - File / Photo: Tim Boyle/Getty Images

Westchester Garbage Workers Sickened By Fumes

The two workers were overcome by the fumes in the middle of their routine residential garbage pickup.

2010/10/13

Freak Accident Leaves Ramapo Man Dead

Fumes from bleach are being blamed for a man’s death.

2010/09/21

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