# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997100468 — LIGHTER REFILLS CONTAINING FLAMMABLE GAS NOT EXCEEDING 4 FLUID OUNCES (7.22 CUBIC INCHES) AND 65 GRAMS OF FLAMMABLE GAS — FULTON, AR

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997100468  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1997-09-25  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1997-09-25 in FULTON, AR.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1997100468.
Incident date: 1997-09-25.
Location: FULTON, AR.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: ACE HARDWARE.
Shipper: ACE HARDWARE.
Materials: UN1057; LIGHTER REFILLS CONTAINING FLAMMABLE GAS NOT EXCEEDING 4 FLUID OUNCES (7.22 CUBIC INCHES) AND 65 GRAMS OF FLAMMABLE GAS; hazard class 2.1; 0.375 LGA released | UN1075; PETROLEUM GASES, LIQUEFIED OR LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; hazard class 2.1; 535.5 LGA released | UN1090; ACETONE; hazard class 3; 1.75 LGA released | UN1133; ADHESIVES, CONTAINING A FLAMMABLE LIQUID; hazard class 3; 120 LGA released | UN1139; COATING SOLUTION ( INCLUDES SURFACE TREATMENTS OR COATINGS USED FOR INDUSTRIAL OR OTHER PURPOSES SUCH AS VEHICLE UNDERCOATING, DRUM OR BARREL LINING ); hazard class 3; 8.75 LGA released | UN1223; KEROSENE; hazard class 3; 5.63 LGA released | UN1263; PAINT INCLUDING PAINT, LACQUER, ENAMEL, STAIN, SHELLAC SOLUTIONS, VARNISH, POLISH, LIQUID FILLER AND LIQUID LACQUER BASE; hazard class 3; 6121.5 LGA released | UN1263; PAINT RELATED MATERIAL INCLUDING PAINT THINNING, DRYING, REMOVING, OR REDUCING COMPOUND; hazard class 3; 1362.5 LGA released | UN1268; PETROLEUM DISTILLATES, N.O.S. OR PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, N.O.S.; hazard class 3; 64.629997 LGA released | UN1294; TOLUENE; hazard class 3; 0.25 LGA released | UN1748; CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE, DRY OR CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE MIXTURES DRY WITH MORE THAN 39 PERCENT AVAILABLE CHLORINE (8.8 PERCENT AVAILABLE OXYGEN); hazard class 5.1; 216 SLB released | UN1805; PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 0.5 LGA released | UN1866; RESIN SOLUTION, FLAMMABLE; hazard class 3; 0.75 LGA released | UN1950; AEROSOLS, FLAMMABLE, (EACH NOT EXCEEDING 1 L CAPACITY); hazard class 2.1; 1.5 LGA released | UN1992; FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS, TOXIC, N.O.S.; hazard class 3; 2 LGA released | UN1993; FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS, N.O.S.; hazard class 3; 0.5 LGA released | UN2468; TRICHLOROISOCYANURIC ACID, DRY; hazard class 5.1; 84 SLB released | UN2880; CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE, HYDRATED OR CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE, HYDRATED MIXTURES, WITH NOT LESS THAN 5.5 PERCENT BUT NOT MORE THAN 16 PERCENT WATER; hazard class 5.1; 24 SLB released | 17.879999 LGA released.
How failed: Burst or Ruptured.
Reported failure causes: Fire, Temperature, or Heat; Rollover Accident; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage.
Reported result: Fire.
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
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