Industrial Fire World

Hancock, MD: An ammonia leak at a cold storage facility resultsin evacuation of the area nearby.

Sun, 31 Oct 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Dade City: A juice plant was partially evacuated due to a naturalgas leak. It was the second such evacuation in two months.

Sat, 30 Oct 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Livonia, MI: An explosion and flash fire at a chemical plantunleashed a plume of acrid gas that drifted over a nearby freeway during rush hour.

Sat, 30 Oct 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Cascade, MI: Three people were injured when a contractor struck anatural gas pipeline.

Thu, 28 Oct 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Ponca City, OK: Two workers inspecting a gasoline storage tank ata refinery were critically burned when the tank burst into flames.

Thu, 28 Oct 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Gold Coast, Australia: Earth-moving equipment had to be used toreach smoldering plastic buried beneath debris after a packaging factory fire.

Thu, 28 Oct 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Reedsville, WI: An explosion in a propane-fed corn dryer at afeed mill injured seven people.

Wed, 27 Oct 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Toba Tek Singh, Pakistan: A gas pipeline being repaired exploded,killing 15 and injuring 35.

Sat, 23 Oct 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Basking Ridge, N.J.: A repair crew working on a water line strucka natural gas line, triggering an explosion. No injuries were reported.

Fri, 22 Oct 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Clifton, MA: Three workers suffered minor injuries in anexplosion at a laminating plant.

Fri, 22 Oct 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Surajpura, India: Five people were injured in an explosion at acracker factory.

Fri, 22 Oct 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Madison, WI: A manufacturing plant was evacuated after a chemicalspill.

Fri, 22 Oct 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Boone County, KY: An electric transfer switch overloaded andexploded, knocking out power to most of a battery plant.

Fri, 22 Oct 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Cape Breton, Nova Scotia: The Trans-Canada Highway was closed forhours when a truck carrying 18,000 kilograms of liquid dynamite overturned.

Thu, 21 Oct 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Darmstadt, Germany: An explosion extensively damaged a specialtychemicals plant , leaving three injured.

Wed, 20 Oct 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Medina Township, OH: Hydrochloric acid leaking from a truckclosed Interstate 71 for nearly 12 hours.

Tue, 19 Oct 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Memphis, TN: A two-alarm fire damaged a warehouse at a tissuefactory.

Mon, 18 Oct 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Didsbury, Alberta: Two main buildings of a hay processing plantburned to the ground.

Sat, 16 Oct 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Richland, WA: A worker at a federal facility for storing nuclearwaste was severely burned when sprayed with nearly 55 gallons of sulfuric acid.

Fri, 15 Oct 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Cordova, IL: Three workers were injured in an explosion at aplant that makes adhesives.

Fri, 15 Oct 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Greensburo, N.C.: A fire in an air filtration system at a yarnplant temporarily shut down production.

Fri, 15 Oct 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Duluth, MN: Operations continued at an oil refinery despite afire that hospitalized several workers and caused minor equipment damage.

Wed, 13 Oct 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Paul, ID: Nearly 80,000 sacks of potatoes burned in a fire inpotato cellar.

Wed, 13 Oct 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Sydney, Australia: An explosion and fire cut the power supply todowntown Sydney and other areas of the city.

Tue, 12 Oct 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Eastpointe, MI: Fire damaged a metal plating plant.

Tue, 12 Oct 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Muskegon, MI: One worker was killed and two others injured in anexplosion at a steel foundry.

Mon, 11 Oct 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Tyseley, UK: Two workers at a battery factory were hospitalizedafter inhaling fumes from a chemical spill.

Thu, 07 Oct 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Brackenridge, PA: A worker died with third degree burnsover 95 percent of his body after an accident involving molten metal.

Wed, 06 Oct 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Nachez, MS: Two workers were seriously injured in a fire at a tireplant.

Mon, 04 Oct 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Homestead, FL: A warehouse owned by a fertilizer company burned,releasing pesticides in the air.

Mon, 04 Oct 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Olathe, CO: A fire and explosion at a plywood plant killedone worker and caused extensive damage.

Sun, 03 Oct 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Portage County, WI: A major fire damaged a potato processingplant.

Sat, 02 Oct 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Barberton, OH: A fire at a plasticfactory resulted in extensive damage. Nearly 500 people were evacuated. An employeesuspended for absenteeism was later charged with arson.

Fri, 01 Oct 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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