Twelve employees of the sprawling Dean?s Ice Cream plant southwest of Fabyan Parkway and Kirk Road suffered injuries not considered life-threatening late Thursday night during an ammonia leak inside the facility.

A fire in a big rig hauling flammable methanol closed a heavily traveled portion of Interstate 95 in southwestern Connecticut for hours early Monday, diverting tens of thousands of rush-hour commuters.

A 56-year-old Millstadt man is in critical condition at St. Louis University Hospital after a chemical scare at a car wash in Smithton Wednesday morning.