The Silfab Solar facility in Fort Mill paused operations Thursday following a hydrofluoric acid leak, and neighbors expressed ...

South Carolina environmental officials ordered the Silfab Solar facility in Fort Mill to immediately cease all operations ...

In a matter of days, on Tuesday, March 3, potassium hydroxide and on Thursday, March 5, hydrofluoric acid spilled or leaked, ...

Company officials said the first spill occurred Tuesday, followed by another incident on Thursday involving hydrofluoric acid.

The chemical is one of the most dangerous industrial substances in use. It was an integral part of the unit that exploded at PES back in June. Flames and smoke emerge from the Philadelphia Energy ...

Philadelphia firefighters gather at the entrance to Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refinery, while a large flare burns off fuel to prevent it from feeding the massive fire at the refinery. Workers at ...

When the Torrance refinery exploded in February 2015, showering residential neighborhoods with industrial ash, the event ignited a three-year public debate over hydrofluoric acid that continues to ...

Dublin, Jan. 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Hydrofluoric Acid (CAS 7664-39-3) Industry Research 2025: Global and Regional Market Trends 2019-2024 and Forecast to 2029" report has been added to ...

The vast majority of a toxic chemical stored at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery has been neutralized, according to Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel. The chemical – hydrofluoric ...

Note: First Aid must be started within seconds of HF contact in any form! Hydrogen fluoride and hydrofluoric acid cause severe, deeply penetrating burns to the skin, eyes and lungs. Although ...

Philadelphia City Council plans to propose a ban that would prevent any future refineries in the city from using the toxic chemical hydrofluoric acid. More than 5,000 pounds of hydrofluoric acid were ...