Industrial Fire World

San Antonio, TX: Firefighters scrambled to shut off the fuel supply after an explosion at a refinery.

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Port Arthur, TX: A sulfur dioxide leak at a chemical plant resulted in a 45 minute shelter-in-place order.

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Commerce City, CO: Oil leaked from a refinery into a local creek, threatening the community's water supply.

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Kadirenahalli, India: A 3-story factory making incense sticks was gutted in an 11 hour fire.

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Changzhou, China: 5 workers drowned in a biochemical reaction basin at a facility to dispose of used slurry from silicon carbide and polyethylene glycol

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Melbourne, Australia: An explosion rocked a business park when a barrel once containing ethanol was being cut apart.

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Bakersfield, CA: Fire ruptured a storage tank being degassed for inspection at an oil refinery.

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Theresa, WI: A worker at an electronics plant died and another was injured when exposed to spilled chemicals.

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Pydibhimavaram, India: 3 workers were injured in a fire in a powder processing unit at a pharmaceuticals plant.

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Fountain, CO: A small fire broke out in a dust collector at a coal fueled power plant.

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Newcomerstown, OH: A 95,000-square-foot insulation factory was destroyed by fire.

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Janesville, OH: An insulation factory collapsed after flames swept through it.

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Cumming, GA: An equipment fire broke out at a poultry processing plant.

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Hanford, CA: Fire broke out in a 75-foot silo at a feed processing plant.

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Floyd, IA: Fire broke out in a grain bin dryer at an ethanol plant.

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Modesto, CA: An abandoned aluminum manufacturing plant being torn down by illegal scavengers caught fire.

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Clinton, OK: Smoke from a chemical plant fire forced a limited evacuation of the area.

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Nava, Mexico: 4 workers conducting maintenance died in an explosion at a power plant.

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Quarryville, PA: Sprinklers helped contain a small fire at a plant making cleaners and lubricants.

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Evanston, IL: Two walls of a utility building collapsed in an explosion at an aviation plant.

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Mason City, IA: A heating system fire at a food processing plant triggered an evacuation.

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Peoria, IL: Oil leaked from an air conditioning unit being dipped into a vat of liquid zinc, igniting a fire at a galvanizing plant.

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Bloomfield, CT: About 100 workers at an aerospace manufacturer were evacuated after a refrigerant leaked from a freezer.

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Henry County, VA: An attempt to steal a charged copper cable triggered a fire at a furniture plant.

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Xintai, China: An explosion in the melamine production unit of a chemical plant killed 14 people.

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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San Pedro, CA: Firefighters rescued a man who fell 30 feet while doing maintenance on an underground fuel storage tank.

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Sydney, Australia: A slow leak of sodium hypochlorite was found in a railroad tank car.

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Philadelphia, PA: A small fire broke out inside a phenol and acetone plant.

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Lanester, France: A fire in a pharmaceutical plant dryer triggered an explosion.

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Xintai, China: 14 workers died and 5 were injured in a chemical plant explosion.

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Findlay, OH: Firefighters battled flames at a recycling plant.

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Zarafa, Sudan: An explosion involving a gasoline tanker killed 10 and injured nearly 100.

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Rivière-du-Loup, QB: An explosion in a dust separator triggered a fire at a paper mill.

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Ras Eisa, Yemen: Sabotage to a pipeline shut down a refinery.

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Al-Kharatta, Syria: An oil pipeline exploded.

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Plymouth, MA: Steam leaking from a valve forced the shut down of a nuclear power plant.

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Roxana, IL: A compressor trip at an oil refinery released nearly 500 pounds of sulfur dioxide.

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Rock Springs, WY: Nearly 44,000 gallons of gasoline spill in a tank farm at an oil refinery.

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Milwaukie, OR: A metal finishing plant worker was treated after falling into a vat of nitric acid and sodium dichromate.

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Delaware City, DE: A release of sulfur dioxide happened at an oil refinery.

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Ulster, NY: An automatic warning about a hydrogen leak at a computer components factory turned out to be a false alarm.

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Anaheim, CA: An explosion while mixing chemicals at a spa-manufacturing plant injured 1 person.

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Newton County, TX: An 18 wheel truck that was being used to pump hot oil at a well site caught fire and injured three workers.

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Luke, MD: A chemical leak sent 4 workers at a Maryland paper mill to hospitals for evaluation.

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Huntington Canyon, UT: A transformer caught fire at a power plant.

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Luke, WV: 4 people were hospitalized after exposure to chlorine dioxide at a paper mill.

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Yambol, Bulgaria: Workers alerted a neighboring factory about a chlorine leak.

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Glouster, OH: An explosion in an interstate natural gas pipeline destroyed 2 homes.

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Abuja, Nigeria: Fuel tankers caught fire at 2 different locations.

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Pingxiang, China: A spill of molten metal resulted in an explosion at a steel mill.

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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