Industrial Fire World

Ciudad Madero, Mexico: A flash fire in an oil refinery coker unit injured three workers.

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Clintonville, PA: Seven miles of interstate highway were closed after a 4,000 gallon hazmat spill.

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Council Bluffs, IA: Fire broke out on the roof of a power plant

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Corpus Christi, TX: A small fire at an oil refinery was extinguished within minutes.

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Hawkins County, VA: An electrical arc triggered a confined space fire at a power plant.

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Kiamesha Lake, NY: Nitric acid spilled at a bottled water plant.

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Newcastle, S. Africa: A gas leak at a steel plant killed four workers.

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Rogerville, TN: A faulty circuit breaker caused an electrical flash fire at a coal-burning power plant.

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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St. Anna, WI: The contents of a burning dumpster at a manufacturing plant exploded when hit with water, killing a firefighter.

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Mesa, AZ: Fire broke out in a generator at an aircraft plant.

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Nicholasville, KY: Heavy smoke forced employees to evacuate an automotive parts plant.

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Longview, WA: The body of a chemical plant worker missing for two days was found buried in a massive salt pile.

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Norman, OK: Fire was reported at a pharmaceutical plant.

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Sannazzaro, Italy: A furnace was damaged when fire broke out at a refinery.

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Valdese, NC: Fire damaged the roof of a textile plant.

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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El Nadhour, Tunisia: Fire destroyed a plant specializing in automobile steering wheels.

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Fleetwood, UK: Fire broke out at a waste management facility.

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Madambibir Haat, Bangladesh: Four workers were killed in an explosion at a ship salvage yard.

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Billings, MT: A storage tank fire at an oil refinery released thick smoke.

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Osaka, Japan: Four workers atop a 26-foot tall boron trifluoride storage tank were killed in an explosion that blew the roof off a chemical plant.

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Texas City, TX: Separate fires broke out in a crude unit pump and a gas line at an oil refinery.

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Jefferson City, MO: Fire destroyed a recycling plant.

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Dundee City, UK: A heating system designed to keep stored bitumen soft caught fire.

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Ludwigshafen, Germany: A fire broke out in an ethylene cracker at a chemical plant.

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Minneapolis, MN: A forklift ruptured an ammonia line, forcing workers to evacuate a food canning plant.

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Nhlangano, Swaziland: Fire destroyed a garment factory.

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Thomaston, ME: An explosion rocked a cement plant.

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Ghaziabad, India: An explosion at a factory killed one person and injured four.

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Hopkinton, MA: Fire broke out in fine metal shavings at a manufacturing plant.

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Kansas City, MO: Eight workers were overcome by ammonia fumes at a food processing plant.

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Dublin, Ireland: Maintenance work touched off a fire in a storage building at a brewery.

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Emerald, Australia: A truck carrying 60 tons of ammonium nitrate overturned, spilling its load.

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Everett, WA: A small fire broke out in a paper processing machine at a paper mill.

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Heqing Town, China: An explosion in a reaction vessel killed a chemical plant worker.

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Ringaskiddy, Ireland: An explosion triggered a major fire at a recycling facility.

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Antwerp, Belgium: A broken naphtha pipeline ignited a steam cracker at a chemical plant.

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Bayport, MN: Two silo fires were reported at a plant specializing in replacement windows.

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Copperbelt Province, Zambia: An overturned tanker truck spilled acid into a stream feeding the Kafue River.

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Heraklion, Greece: An explosion and fire at a kernel oil plant injured a worker.

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Baesweiler, Germany: More than 264,000 gallons of fermented corn silage leaked from a biogas plant.

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Glasgow, KY: Fire broke out in an exhaust fan on the roof of a plant specializing in automotive castings.

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Ohrel, Germany: An explosion damaged the equipment room at a biogas plant.

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Veracruz, Mexico: A boiler at a sugar cane plant exploded.

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Guadalajara, Mexico: One person was injured in an explosion at a candy factory.

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Nong Khae, Thailand: One person died and four others were injured after inhaling hydrogen sulphide at a plant.

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Priolo, Italy: A fire broke out at a refinery.

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Uttar Pradesh, India: Two workers died and eight were injured in a fire at a pharmaceuticals plant.

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Point MacKenzie, AK: An explosion and fire at an LNG plant destroyed a maintenance building.

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Hamlar, Germany: An explosion in a fermentation tank extensively damaged a biogas plant.

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Medline, MA: A forklift accident at a medical supply company injured a worker and required a haz mat response.

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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