Industrial Fire World

Mount Pleasant, SC: A portion of a tractor plant was damaged by an electrical fire.

Sun, 31 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Cebu , Philipines : Three workers were killed when a petroleum gas tank exploded inside a factory canteen at a jewelry shop.

Sun, 31 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Kuwait : Three refineries had to shut down due to power failure caused by maintenance.

Sun, 31 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Sasolburg, S. Africa : Fuel at a loading bay spilled, causing a fire that injured three people.

Sat, 30 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Newport , Australia : Up to 100 liters of aviation fuel leaked from a ruptured pipeline carrying chemicals from an oil refinery.

Sat, 30 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Carteret , NJ : Three people suffered minor burns when a tank leaked thousands of gallons of a caustic liquid into a shipping waterway.

Sat, 30 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Baroda , India : Sixteen workers were injured in an explosion at a gasoline refinery.

Fri, 29 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Winooski , VT : A sawdust hopper caused a fire at a furniture plant. Employees were evacuated.

Thu, 28 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Greeley, CO : A worker was killed after he was caught in a conveyor belt while unloading sugar beets from a truck at a sugar factory.

Thu, 28 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Westmoreland , TN : A faulty internal valve caused a spill of coal tar distillates during a chemical transfer.

Thu, 28 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Daquing , China : An explosion at an oil refinery killed seven workers.

Wed, 27 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Suffolk , VA : Forty workers were evacuated when a fire caused a gas cylinder to explode at a food factory.

Wed, 27 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Del Rey , CA : A dehydration plant was shut down after a mechanical malfunction caused a fire.

Tue, 26 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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New Orleans , LA : An equipment malfunction and fire at a power plant led to an outage affecting several industrial plants.

Mon, 25 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Indianapolis , IN : A forklift at a diesel engine plant rolled into a pit sending one worker to the hospital.

Mon, 25 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Rogersville , TN : Factory employees were evacuated when a worker caused a small fire at an automotive plant.

Sat, 23 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Paraguana, Venezuela: Firefighters battled a blaze for nearly 2 hours at an oil refinery.

Sat, 23 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Lugansk , Ukraine : One person died and several others were injured in a gas explosion that destroyed a 30 unit apartment building.

Thu, 21 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Sayreville , NJ : Cleanup crews and fire officials were busy after a tanker exploded, forcing the evacuation of 60 people because of gas fumes.

Wed, 20 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Hershey , PA : A fire was confined to the exhaust system of a chocolate factory.

Wed, 20 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Beijing , China : A gas explosion in a coal mine killed at least 56 dead and left many more missing.

Wed, 20 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Sydney , Australia : An air injection system failure led to a fire at a steel manufacturing company.

Wed, 20 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Ajaokuta , Nigeria : An explosion at a power plant destroyed an electric motor in a circulating water pump.

Wed, 20 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Melbourne , Australia : A worker lost part of his arm when it became entangled in a mixing machine at a plastics factory.

Tue, 19 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Akron , OH : Officials battled a fire at a machine tool manufacturing plant that sent one firefighter to the hospital.

Tue, 19 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Canton , OH : A gallon of concentrated acid was accidentally mixed with an oil bath at an engine cooling system manufacturing plant. Employees were evacuated.

Tue, 19 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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October 20 Thomastown , Australia : Several firefighters underwent decontamination after asbestos was found in the roof of a trailer factory that burned.

Tue, 19 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Garner, NC: A fire started in a conveyor belt at a soda plant.

Mon, 18 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Brisbane , Australia : About 500 kg of powdered chlorine was spilled causing the evacuation of nearby work sites.

Mon, 18 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Belgrade , Serbia : No leakage was reported following the derailment of three railcars carrying 150 tons of sulfuric acid.

Sun, 17 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Mattoon , IL : Sprinkers stopped the spread of a fire near electrical switch gear at a bagel plant.

Sun, 17 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Tokyo , Japan : A fire broke out at a desulphurization plant.

Sat, 16 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Chambersburg , PA : A pile of rubber stored in an open-air shed caught fire at a recycling plant.

Sat, 16 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Magland , France : A gas leak caused 30 km of a major road to be closed.

Fri, 15 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Hickory , NC : A fire at an industrial tape manufacturing company forced the evacuation of employees.

Thu, 14 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Saraland , AL : A fire resulted when liquid that was not supposed to be in a flare overflowed at a gasoline refinery.

Thu, 14 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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South Connelsville , PA : Residue in an idle exhaust system caught fire when employees tried to restart the equipment at a glass plant.

Thu, 14 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Hope Mills, NC: An explosion at a propane company injured three and forced an area evacuation.

Thu, 14 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Martinez , CA : A fire broke out in a holding tank at a refinery, taking three hours to extinguish.

Thu, 14 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Storm Lake , IA : A train hit a stolen propane tank left across the tracks, causing it to explode.

Thu, 14 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Alton , IL : Four workers were injured when an automatic loading machine exploded at an ammunition plant.

Thu, 14 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Ivanovo , Russia : An oil pipeline broke, causing a fire covering 1,000 square meters.

Thu, 14 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Palmasola , Mexico : Two people were injured when an oil pipeline exploded. Nearly 500 people were evacuated.

Wed, 13 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Tonawanda , NY : Fire officials worked to extinguish a fire caused by electrical equipment at a chemical plant.

Wed, 13 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Corpus Christi , TX : A construction worker was killed when a concrete foundation collapsed on top of him.

Wed, 13 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Buffalo , NY : A mixture of acetonitrile and methanol spilled at a medical supply manufacturing company. Six employees were hospitalized.

Wed, 13 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Green Bay , WI : A fire broke out in a bank of three electrical transformers, knocking out the power at a mill.

Tue, 12 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Bremen , Germany : Production at a foam insulation manufacturing plant came to a halt when a fire broke out in a dust collector.

Tue, 12 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Tadotsu , Japan : An explosion inside a freighter at a shipyard injured three workers.

Tue, 12 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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San Antonio , TX : A tower at an oil refinery caught fire. Responders worked to keep spilled oil from seeping into a river.

Tue, 12 Oct 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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