Reported Chemical & Hazardous Material Incidents: Week of Sep 7–Sep 13, 2026
The National Response Center received 110 reported chemical or hazardous material incidents across the United States and its territories for the week of September 7 to September 13, 2026, of which 13 met this page's notable-tier criteria. Among these, a reported hazardous material release in Wake, North Carolina had a fatality noted in the initial report. Reports came from 34 states and territories.
Most reports include GPS coordinates or a street address; a small number with neither (or an address that couldn't be matched to a location) aren't shown on the map, though every report is still counted in the stats above and the state breakdown below.
State & territory breakdown
| State/territory | Total reported | Notable-tier |
|---|---|---|
| California | 14 | 2 |
| Louisiana | 11 | 0 |
| Texas | 8 | 0 |
| Washington | 6 | 0 |
| Florida | 6 | 0 |
| New York | 5 | 4 |
| Ohio | 4 | 0 |
| Alaska | 4 | 0 |
| Massachusetts | 4 | 0 |
| Virginia | 3 | 0 |
| Tennessee | 3 | 2 |
| Illinois | 3 | 1 |
| New Jersey | 3 | 0 |
| Vermont | 3 | 0 |
| Michigan | 3 | 0 |
| South Carolina | 3 | 0 |
| West Virginia | 3 | 1 |
| Colorado | 2 | 0 |
| Missouri | 2 | 0 |
| North Carolina | 2 | 2 |
| Mississippi | 2 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania | 2 | 0 |
| Georgia | 2 | 0 |
| Connecticut | 2 | 0 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 0 |
| Arkansas | 1 | 0 |
| Oregon | 1 | 0 |
| Kentucky | 1 | 0 |
| Utah | 1 | 0 |
| Nebraska | 1 | 0 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 0 |
| Indiana | 1 | 0 |
| Alabama | 1 | 0 |
| Maryland | 1 | 1 |
"Notable" means the initial NRC report indicated at least one of: fire involvement, an evacuation, an injury, a fatality, or a transportation corridor (road, rail, waterway, or air) closure. Everything else is "routine" — real, and included in the totals above, but not individually described. Drill/exercise calls are excluded entirely from this page.
This page reflects initial, self-reported notifications made to the National Response Center. NRC's own published data explicitly describes these as reports that have not been validated or investigated by a federal or state response agency — they are not confirmed findings. For the full, unfiltered public dataset, see the National Response Center. For more on what "self-reported" and "unvalidated" mean in practice, see our Health & Environmental Data guide.
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