Industrial Fire World

Bais Godaam, India: Firefighters worked for two hours to keep a chemical depot fire from spreading into a paint storage area.

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Mississauga, ON: A worker at a factory making cleaning products suffered second degree burns over 80 percent of his body due to a chemical spill that ignited.

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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North Bay, ON: An explosion and fire damaged equipment at a tire plant used to retread tires for heavy equipment.

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Norwalk, OH: A grain silo explosion was so powerful it knocked a nearby home off its foundation.

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Manchester, NH: Firefighters quickly extinguished a small fire on the roof of a plant making velcro.

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Beaumont, TX: A leaking valve at an oil refinery released sulfur dioxide and hydrogen sulfide.

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Mantova, Italy: A sulfur dioxide leak at an oil refinery sickened workers at a nearby power plant.

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Richmond, CA: A ruptured pipe at an oil refinery leaked 1,300 barrels of petroleum.

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Beaumont, TX: Workers isolated and contained a valve leak at an oil refinery coker gas plant.

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Zeebrugge, Belgium: Three people were overcome by toxic fumes when a tanker truck carrying 30 tons of isopropylamine crashed.

Sun, 28 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Tulsa, OK: A sulfur dioxide release was reported at an oil refinery.

Sat, 27 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Norco, LA: Benzene and other contaminants were released at an oil refinery due to equipment failure.

Sat, 27 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Meraux, LA: A leak of more than 500 pounds of sulfur dioxide was reported at an oil refinery.

Sat, 27 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Mönchengladbach, Germany: Five people were injured when chromic acid spilled at a printing plant.

Sat, 27 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Edmonton, AB: An alarm sounded all clear after flaring and venting steam at an oil refinery.

Fri, 26 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Tula, Mexico: An explosion at an oil refinery left five workers injured, three in critical condition.

Fri, 26 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Dade City, FL: Fire punctuated by explosions destroyed a warehouse at a company making fragrant oils.

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Azhavangadu, India: Five workers at an ordnance factory died in an explosion that collapsed a building.

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Sherwood Park, AB: Firefighters were called to an oil refinery due to a small butane leak.

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Ruwaishid, Jordan: Two people died when an oil tanker truck exploded, setting another 19 tankers ablaze.

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Narbonne, France: Concern about leaking hydrofluoric acid that shut down rail traffic for several hours was a false alarm.

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Los Laureles, Paraguay: An explosion damaged a laboratory specializing in pharmaceutical products.

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Roxana, IL: A catalytic cracker at an oil refinery emitted more than 500 pounds of sulfur dioxide before being shut down.

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Karachi, Pakistan: One person was killed and four seriously burned in a boiler explosion at an oil refinery.

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Chengde City, China: Six people were killed and 10 injured in a fireworks plant explosion.

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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St. Clair Twp., OH: A 1,000-pound cylinder of chlorine leaked at water treatment plant.

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Beaumont, TX: Refinery firefighters handled a small fire within 30 minutes.

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Ndola, Zambia: A fire due to a ruptured pipe shut down an oil refinery.

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Houston, TX: An oil refinery had a small fire during the restart of a process unit.

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Yancheng City, China: Twenty-one people were treated for chlorine gas exposure after a leak at a chemical plant.

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Haifa, Israel: Three people died and seven were injured by a release of hydrogen sulfide gas at a refinery closed for maintenance.

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Ramat Hovav, Israel: A tanker truck carrying 21 tons of bromine leaked a small amount of cargo.

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Haifa, Israel: An empty bromine tank shipped back from The Netherlands was discovered to be leaking residue.

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Shanghai, China: A gas leak at a refinery released a noxious odor across the city.

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Selby, UK: An ignition of methane gas forced miners to evacuate a coal mine.

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Vadodara, India: A worker was killed and four injured when fire erupted at a chemical plant.

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Kaduna, Nigeria: Vandalism to an oil pipeline shut down a refinery.

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Taloja, India: More than 40 people were admitted to hospitals after exposure to ammonia gas at a fish processing plant.

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Yellowknife, NWT: A frozen pipe leaked 10,000 liters of arsenic at a closed mine site.

Sun, 21 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Amherstburg, ON: A leak of more than 45 gallons of hydrofluoric acid created a vapor cloud above an electronics plant.

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Jinzhong, China: An explosion at a chemical factory killed four and injured 37.

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Nasr City, Egypt: A broken oil pipeline stopped local traffic for hours.

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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New Town, ND: Oil and water spilled after a wellhead valve at an oil well failed was contained in a lined pit.

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Huntsville, TX: Operators shut down an oil pipeline after about 100 barrels of crude spilled.

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Off the Taranaki coast, New Zealand: An offshore oil spill was reported from an FPSO unit.

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Jinzhong City, China: An explosion and fire at a chemical plant killed three people.

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Cambridge, ON: A worker was pinned by a load of fallen steel at a galvanizing plant.

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Takahama, Japan: A fire broke out in a non-critical facility inside a nuclear power reactor.

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Off the Newfoundland Coast: 33 workers were removed from an offshore oil platform after elevated levels of hydrogen sulfide was detected in two storage tanks.

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Joliet, IL: Nearly 160 pounds of ammonia gas escaped from an oil refinery.

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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