Industrial Fire World

Willstatt, Germany : A gas cloud was released after a fire at a chemical plant.

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Neshannock Township : The driver of a tanker truck carrying liquid oxygen was killed when it crashed and caught fire.

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Huntingdon, WV : A hydrogen line running to a furnace caught fire at a metals plant.

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Norcross, GA : One hundred gallons of aluminum sulphate spilled onto the road when the tanker truck carrying it overturned.

Tue, 29 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Branthamn, UK : A man was severely burned in an explosion at a plastics plant.

Tue, 29 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Hanging Rock, OH : There was a small fire in a chemical plant.

Tue, 29 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Pashamylaram, India : One person was killed in an explosion when cloxacillian sodium was being dried.

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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NeaPeramos, Greece : A crude oil pipeline exploded during repair work.

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Branford, FL : Two employees were sent to a hospital burn unit after a fire and explosion at a cement plant.

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Thomasville, AL : The driver of a tanker truck was killed when he ran off the road and his truck caught on fire.

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Ostende, Belgium : A person was killed in an explosion at a chemical plant.

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Cuiweigan Village, China : Four people were killed in and explosion at an illegal fireworks factory.

Sun, 27 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Flayer County, FL : A neighborhood was closed off for 3 hours because of a chlorine gas leak.

Sat, 26 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Yorktown, VA : Fire fighters fought 10.5 hours to put out a fire in an oil refinery.

Fri, 25 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Angra bos Reis, Brazil : A fire in a transformer shut down 2 sections of a nuclear power plant.

Fri, 25 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Dianjiang County, China : An explosion at a chemical plant killed one person.

Thu, 24 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Momence IL : Two trains collided and caused chemicals to spill and nearby residents to be evacuated.

Thu, 24 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Sarnia, Canada : A fire and explosion occurred inside a steam boiler at a refinery.

Thu, 24 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Voronezh, Russia : It took 3 hours to extinguish a fire at a synthetic rubber plant.

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Columbia, SC : The top of a 35-foot-tall cylindrical tank was blown off after an explosion in an asphalt plant.

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Melville, LA : A natural gas explosion burned the face and arms of a man.

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Sumgait, Azerbaijan : A fire and explosion halted operations at a chemical plant.

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Taiwan : A fire at an industrial park caused $1.3 million in damages.

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Leaside, Canada : Several businesses were evacuated due to a fire at an abandoned chemical plant.

Tue, 22 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Magdalenaapasco, Mexico : Five people were killed in an explosion at a fireworks factory.

Tue, 22 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Atlanta, GA : Fire fighters evacuated a nearby apartment complex after a natural gas line leaked and ignited.

Tue, 22 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Rheinfeldon, Germany : Two hundred kg of ammonia was released from a reactor after a seal failed.

Tue, 22 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Kelambakkam, India : It took over 5 hours to bring a fire under control at a medicinal balm factory.

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Purkhoo, India : Three people were killed in an explosion at a scrap metal shop.

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Houston TX : Employees were evacuated from an oil refinery due to a power failure.

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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St. Marys, PA : A man was injured in an explosion at a carbon plant.

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Thailand : An equipment failure on board an offshore oil tanker leaked crude oil in the ocean.

Sun, 20 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Ciudad Madero, Mexico : Three people were killed when condensed sulphuic acid leaked from a natural gas processing plant.

Sun, 20 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Noida, India : Fire broke out at a printing plant.

Sun, 20 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Salt Lake City, UT : A hazmat team was called to a potentially dangerous leak at a refinery.

Sun, 20 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Niederau, Germany : Several workers were hospitalized after chlorine was detected at a paper mill.

Sun, 20 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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OFallon MO : Workers were evacuated from a semi conductor plant after a chemical fire broke out.

Sun, 20 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Fowler CO : A truck overturned on the highway and spilled diesel fuel and calcium carbide.

Sat, 19 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Boras, Sweden : One thousand liters of sulphuric acid leaked from a chemical company building.

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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China : A chemical reactor exploded at a chemical company and caused a leakage of heating oil.

Thu, 17 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Waller, TX : A huge fire destroyed an empty grain shed at a rice drying plant.

Thu, 17 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Lyons Falls, NY : Fire broke out in a pulp and paper mill.

Thu, 17 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Billings, MT : Sulpher dust at a sulpher plant ignited and caused an explosion.

Thu, 17 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Africa : a nuclear power station was shut down after a brush fire affected one of the transmission lines.

Wed, 16 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Towanda, PA : A pressure relief valve failed and natural gas was released in an energy building.

Wed, 16 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Jones OK : A train derailed and leaked a molten sulpher product.

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Marcaibolake, Venezuela : One person was injured in a fire at a natural gas compressor plant.

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Vionnaz, Switzerland : A seal on a tank failed and spilled 400 liters of hydrochloric acid at a pharmaceutical plant.

Mon, 14 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Chropyle, Czech Republic : A fire broke out at an industrial waste incineration plant.

Mon, 14 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Yemanzhelinsek, Russia : A man was killed in an explosion in an industrial plant.

Mon, 14 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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