Industrial Fire World

Covington, GA: Fire broke out in the dust filtration system at a cardboard products plant.

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Lincoln, NE: A roof fire broke out at a meat processing plant.

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Maceió, Brazil: Eight power plant workers clearing an evaporation box were burned when a closed inlet burst.

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Birmingham, UK: Responders rescued two workers from a burning meat packing plant.

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Calcutta, India: Fire broke out at a plywood factory, spreading to nearby military quarters.

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Central Iran: An explosion at an armaments factory killed eight people.

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Corbin, KY: Nearly 600 people were evacuated after an ammonia spill at an ice plant.

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Dearborn, MI: The roof collapsed on a storage building at a steel plant.

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Jamshedpur, India: A worker at a steel plant was killed by a release of gas from a blast furnace.

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Lincolnshire, IL: A hazmat emergency forced workers to evacuate an electronics plant.

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Mumbai, India: A minor fire temporarily halted operations at a foundry.

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Penn Twp, PA: Smoke filled a ball bearing plant after fire broke out.

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Saki Naka, India: Fire destroyed an incense factory.

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Tukwila, WA: Fire swept through a rendering plant.

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Camas, WA: A dust fire between the ceiling and the roof of a paper mill required firefighter to strip away a 300-foot section of roofing tiles.

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: A three-hour fire broke out at a glass factory.

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Jemeppe-sur-Sambre, Belgium: A flammable cloud of vinyl chloride rose from a chemical plant but did not ignite.

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Maricopa, AZ: An explosion at a grain elevator left three workers with severe burns.

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Marysville, WA: A section of factory roof collapsed under heavy snow, with the damaged sprinkler system dumping water that turned to ice.

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Uinta County, WY: A crane collapsed at a metal fabrication plant, killing the owner.

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Valdez, AK: A 2½–hour fire burned at a refinery specializing in jet fuel and marine diesel.

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia: Three buildings in a fisheries complex were destroyed by fire.

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Cwmbran, UK: A solvents fire at an aircraft seat factory was confined to a single room.

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Detroit, MI: Doctors performed surgery at a pasta factory to help free a worker’s mangled arm from a machine used to knead dough.

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Greeley, CO: A fork lift operator died after a semi backed into him at a meat packing plant.

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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King’s Lynn, UK: A printing press at a packaging plant caught fire.

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Wilsonville, OR: A tractor-trailer rig loaded with 10,000 gallons of gasoline crashed and burned, killing the driver.

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Chongqing, China: Six workers died and 12 others injured after molten manganese spilled out of an electric furnace at a foundry.

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Danville, PA: Flames erupted at an auto parts plant.

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Delphi, IN: A 17,000-ton pile of corncobs caught fire at a grain mill.

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Santa Maria, CA: Three spills in as many days resulted in officials temporarily revoking a refinery’s permit to operate.

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Alfredo Guedes, Brazil: Two tankers carrying 20,000 gallons of diesel fuel each derailed and caught fire.

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Memphis, TN: Fire broke out at a chemical plant.

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Rushden, UK: A tire recycling plant burned throughout most of the weekend.

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Santa Maria, CA: Crude oil and water spilled from a ruptured production line at a refinery.

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Billings, MT: A fire broke out at a refinery with no injuries reported.

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Chicago, IL: A three-hour fire collapsed the roof at a meat-packing plant.

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Chingola, Zambia: A fire broke out in a flashing furnace at a smelter.

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Laurel, MT: Fire erupted in a low sulfur diesel hydrotreater at an oil refinery.

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Mandaue, Philippines: A tissue factory burned in a five-hour fire.

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Mossel Bay, South Africa: A fire broke out at an oil-from-gas plant.

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Shenzhen, China: Three workers died in a fire at a plastics factory.

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Tuticorin, India: Fire destroyed a large quantity of cotton stored in a warehouse.

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Amuay, Venezuela: A fire damaged the furnace of a naphtha unit at an oil refinery.

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Calgary, AB: A warehouse at a boat manufacturing plant burned.

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Ellesmere Port, UK: The sprinkler system activated when an equipment fire broke out at a paper mill.

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Gettysburg, OH: A backhoe was used to spread out and extinguish the burning contents of a grain elevator.

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Hebei province, China: Seventeen workers were killed and 27 injured in a blast furnace gas leak at a steel plant.

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Kansas City, MO: Only a few hundred gallons of methyl ethyl ketone were in a six-story vertical storage tank that caught fire at a pharmaceuticals plant.

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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Macon, GA: An exhaust fan fire spread through a tire retreading plant.

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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