Industrial Fire World

Brazoria County, TX: Two chemical plant workers using a grinder to patch a hole in a N-Propylacete storage tank were injured in a small explosion.

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Darmstadt, Germany: An explosion rocked a pharmaceutical plant.

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Ice Harbor, IA: About 500 gallons of lignin used in paper manufacturing reached an iced over portion of the Mississippi River after spilling from a storage tank.

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Lemoore, CA: Fire broke out in an expansion under construction at a cheese processing plant.

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Manvel, TX: A flash fire injured two chemical plant workers working on a storage tank that had previously held cleaning fluid.

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Molo, Kenya: More than 100 people who gathered to collect gasoline spilling from an overturned tanker truck burned to death when the gasoline ignited.

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Campinas, Brazil: Sulfuric acid and chromium metal being collected for disposal reacted violently, burning two workers and injuring 50 others at a transport company.

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Dinwiddie, VA: Fire broke out at a steel recycling and fabrication plant.

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Fort Wayne, IN: Crews worked with a chain saw and crane to remove blocks of ice from the St. Marys River after an estimated 300 gallons of chemicals spilled from a wire factory.

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Gulfport, MS: An explosion in a 40,000-gallon asphalt tank caused massive flames at an emulsions plant.

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Hyderabad, India: Roofs were blown off two buildings in an explosion that killed two chemical plant workers.

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Jacksonville, FL: A storage tank containing 1,500 gallons of hydrocarbon resins caught fire at an ink plant.

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Joensuu, Finland: Fire destroyed a lock factory.

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Portland, CT: Ice along the shoreline of the Connecticut River helped contain more than 5,000 gallons of oil leaked from an asphalt plant.

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Rodeo, CA: A small oily discharge into a safety detention basin was reported at an oil refinery.

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Verdun, QC: A five-alarm fire at a door and window factory forced the evacuation of nearby residences.

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Wheatfield, IL: Firefighters rappelled down a 500 foot power plant smokestack to reach a worker stranded in an external elevator.

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Brantford, ON: Firefighters rescued an injured worker from atop a elevated platform at a cat litter factory by using an aerial ladder.

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Dunkirk, France: One worker died and six were injured in an explosion and fire in a maintenance workshop at a refinery.

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Eibenstock, Germany: An explosion destroyed a plant that makes wood pellets for heating.

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Longwood, FL: Fire broke through the roof at a sheet metal fabrication plant.

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Mainz, Germany: A chemical accident at a paper mill injured 10 workers.

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Melbourne, Australia: Fire spread through air conditioning ducts at a radiator factory located next door to a fire station.

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Reading, PA: A welder suffered smoke inhalation when a fire broke out at a plastics manufacturing plant.

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Batavia Twp., MI: An electrical fire broke out at a former auto plant.

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Gela, Italy: A flash fire involving a furnace killed a worker at a petrochemical plant specializing in regenerating exhausted catalysts.

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Grand Rapids, MI: Fire destroyed a factory specializing in workworking tools.

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Marshall, MO: An ammonia leak forced meat packing plant workers to evacuate.

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Pahiatua, New Zealand: A broken seal filled an entire floor of a powder plant with smoke.

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Ayrshire, U.K.: A bridge collapsed in the derailment of a freight train carrying diesel and heating oil that caught fire.

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Clear Lake, IA: A worker at a company specializing in structural concrete died when he was buried by sand inside a metal hopper.

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Dothan, AL: A flash fire injured a worker at a plant making audio and video tape.

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Edmonton, AB: An explosion and fire tore through a processing unit at an oil refinery.

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Kosching, Germany: Three contract workers at an oil refinery were injured when exposed to nitrogen.

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Tellin, Belgium: A truck carrying acetone caught fire.

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Texarkana, TX: Fire destroyed a warehouse at an oil services company.

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Waycross, GA: Fire spread through a mobile home plant in an industrial park.

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Grand Rapids, MI: Fire destroyed a factory specializing in woodworking and machine knives.

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Mildura, Australia: Fire spread through a fruit processing plant.

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Bradford, PA: An equipment fire at a sawmill shut down operations for the day.

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Canton, OH: Paramedics treated a plant worker badly injured by equipment.

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Eastlake, OH: Fire ignited in the wall of a power plant building where coal is desposited.

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Mackenzie, BC: Government officials seized a closed pulp mill out of fear that freezing temperatures might rupture a massive storage of chlorine.

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Navasota, TX: Hydraulic fluid from a ruptured line ignited an equipment fire at a foundry.

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Port Hedland, Australia: An iron ore producer suspended loading operations after a worker was killed.

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Terre Haute, IN: The second fire in five weeks swept through a paper mill, collapsing the building.

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Eugene, OR: A 500-gallon diesel spill from a storage terminal reached the Willamette River.

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Waxahachie, TX: A jam in a paper-shredding machine at a box plant led to an equipment fire.

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Falcon state, Venezuela: Seven people were injured in an oil refinery fire.

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Lakeland, FL: About 20 citrus packing plant workers were examined for carbon monoxide exposure after a forklift was left running in a large freezer.

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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