Industrial Fire World

Hexham, U.K.: Fire spread through the ductwork at a clipboard factory.

Wed, 26 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Huntsville, AL: A worker at a pressure cylinder manufacturing plant was injured when a hot piece of metal burned through his right thigh, severing the femoral artery.

Wed, 26 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Visalia, CA: A fire at a pecan processing plant destroyed $1 million worth of pecans and left one worker with severe facial burns.

Wed, 26 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Stoney Creek, Ontario: One worker was critically injured in an explosion at a lamination plant. The nearby area was evacuated as a precaution.

Mon, 24 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Portsmouth, VA: Approximately 20,000 gallons of waste oil and water mixture leaked from a holding tank at a boiler cleaning company.

Sun, 23 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Kansas City, MO: A 24-car accident on I-29 killed at least 8 people. An 18-wheeler carrying hydrochloric acid caught fire, forcing firefighters to temporarily cease rescue efforts.

Sun, 23 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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North Tonawanda, NY: More than 150 firefighters battled a factory blaze for almost five hours. The fire caused an estimated $200,000 in damage.

Sun, 23 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Wallingford, CT: A large chemical factory suffered a fire on the roof.

Sun, 23 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Portsmouth, VA: A holding plant at a boiler cleaning company leaked approximately 20,000 gallons of waste oil and water.

Sun, 23 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Lancaster, PA: A duct-work fire idled three production lines at a flooring factory.

Sun, 23 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Tamaqua, PA: Four workers were injured in an explosion at a magnesium-processing plant.

Sat, 22 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Highgate, VT: Fire destroyed a maintenance shop at a wood products plant.

Sat, 22 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Clovis, N.M.: An explosion at a grain storage plant sent three workers to the hospital. The workers were using cutting torches at the time of the blast.

Sat, 22 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Grande Prairie, Alberta: An electrical fire in the control for a main conveyor belt shut down a pulp mill for two days.

Sat, 22 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Portsmouth, VA: Heavy fire was reported inside a wall at a plant for converting trash to steam.

Sat, 22 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Minooka, IL: A release of ethylene vapors from a local plant was reported.

Sat, 22 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Bow, NH: A pallet factory caught fire.

Fri, 21 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Flint, MI: One in a string of 55 33,000 gallon propane railroad tank cars caught fire, triggering an evacuation for a one-mile radius.

Fri, 21 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Bow, N.H.: A major fire was reported at a pallet factory.

Fri, 21 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Clermont-Ferrand, France: A 42-hour fire at a tire factory consumed 1,300 metric tons of synthetic rubber.

Thu, 20 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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St. Louis, MO: A haz mat incident and fire at a chemical plant was made more difficult by a -13o F windchill.

Thu, 20 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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St. Louis, MO: A tractor trailer at an industrial complex spread to a nearby building.

Thu, 20 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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East Windsor, CT: A worker was killed when he was crushed between the back end of an excavator and a steel wall at a recycling plant.

Thu, 20 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Tamaqua, PA: An explosion at a magnesium-processing plant injured four workers.

Thu, 20 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Temple, TX: Four workers were injured in a fire that destroyed a foam plastics plant.

Wed, 19 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Elk Grove, OH: A working fire was reported at a local factory.

Tue, 18 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Penninsula, OH: A three-alarm fire broke out on the roof of a two-story factory.

Tue, 18 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Shreveport, LA: Two workers were injured, one critically, after a naptha explosion at a refinery.

Tue, 18 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Sulphur, LA: A flash fire at a gas well injured five workers, two of them seriously.

Tue, 18 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Boston Heights, OH: Fire spread through a two-story factory building.

Tue, 18 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Chesterfield Township, MI: Fire broke out on the roof of a stamping plant. Frozen hydrants hindered fire operations.

Mon, 17 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Hackensack, NJ: Smoke from a four-alarm fire at a candle company was visible for 25 miles.

Mon, 17 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Kiel, WI: A small methanol spill resulted when a railroad tanker car derailed and overturned. Several hundred area residents were evacuated.

Mon, 17 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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St. Paul, MN: At least 12 chemical plant workers were overcome by fumes from leaking tetrahydrofuran.

Mon, 17 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Dover, N.H.: Fire broke out on the roof of the batch plant at a concrete factory.

Sun, 16 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Balatonfuzfo, Hungary: An explosion destroyed a gunpowder plant, killing one worker.

Sat, 15 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Dearborn, MI: A spectacular, but not destructive fire broke out in a raw storage stockhouse at a steel plant, part of an auto making complex.

Fri, 14 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Durham, N.H.: A rollover involving a tractor-trailer carrying sodium hydroxide did not result in a spill.

Fri, 14 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Reesedale, PA: A professional diver drowned while doing maintenance on a hydro-electric plant. At the 20-foot mark all three of his connecting lines broke for an unknown reason. Firefighters searched the Allegheny River for him with no success.

Thu, 13 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Berks Co., PA: More than 800 gallons of milk spilled onto the roadway after an accident that brought high tension power lines down onto a tanker truck.

Wed, 12 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Niles, IL: An explosion and fire collapsed a portion of a one-story factory. Four workers were transported.

Wed, 12 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Clifton, NJ: A fire at large cloth factory destroyed a shed and damaged a restroom.

Mon, 10 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Edinburgh, IN: Two firefighters trapped on a catwalk 85 feet in the air were burned while battling a fire at a furniture veneer plant.

Sun, 09 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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North Branford, CN: Several workers were burned in an industrial fire involving various chemicals.

Sat, 08 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Chicago, IL: Fire spread through a four-story factory building.

Thu, 06 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Cleveland, OH: Fire was reported on the roof of a one-story factory.

Wed, 05 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Davie, FL: An explosion and ammonia leak at an ice plant sent two people to the hospital.

Tue, 04 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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Lansdowne, PA: A fire gutted a pigment factory, resulting in at least 35 people being evacuated from their homes.

Tue, 04 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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West Hartford, CN: Fire broke out in a two-story heat treating plant.

Tue, 04 Jan 2000 06:00:00 GMT

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