# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1990010037 — METHANOL — FAIRBANKS, AK

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1990010037  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1989-10-03  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1989-10-03 in FAIRBANKS, AK.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1990010037.
Incident date: 1989-10-03.
Location: FAIRBANKS, AK.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: ALASKA RAILROAD.
Shipper: CELANESE CANADA LTD.
Materials: UN1230; METHANOL; hazard class 3; 2501 LGA released | UN1230; METHANOL; hazard class 3; 4318 LGA released.
Reported failure causes: Vandalism.
Reported result: Spillage.
Reporter-submitted DOT Form 5800.1 data may be incomplete, corrected, supplemented, or misreported. A record, serious-incident classification, failure description, or relationship to a reporting rule is not a PHMSA causal finding, compliance determination, or finding of a violation.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=Thu3NYaLytwsd%2BCxExqd2A%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `c6325e07527eccb26e6400151005ddeddda6e019e0616b8767825b587b188e54`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T10:21:29.480Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1990010037`

### Source metadata

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