A possible hazardous waste spill late Monday morning caused an hourslong closure on southbound Highway 167 near Highway 18 in Auburn. A cargo truck with multiple drums of an unspecified substance ...

Six large drums filled with toxic chemicals encased in concrete were discovered buried under a Long Island park in a community long-plagued by cancer concerns among residents.

Hazardous waste truck crash with spill shuts down I-80 West ... Protection spokeswoman Colleen Connolly said the department’s Emergency Response Team was working at the crash in the Drums area ...

New York officials are outraged after finding six 55-gallow chemical drums filled with liquid toxins buried underneath a park in Long Island. Residents have raised concerns about health issues.

Enough coal ash slurry to fill 800 Olympic swimming pools swallowed a town in 2008, carrying toxins, sickness and bitter ...

Rocky Mount firefighters responding to a report of a spillage of hazardous materials on North Wesleyan Boulevard found a leaking 55-gallon drum sitting up-right shortly after 11 a.m. that snarled ...

The Williston Fire Department arrived at BSP Transportation at 11:27 a.m. on Monday and found that a chemical drum had failed, leaking about 55 gallons of the substance into the roadway.

Facilities that dispose of hazardous waste—such as those receiving shipments from the Norfolk Southern spill—could also be exempted from regulations on safe disposal.