Industrial Fire World

Kafue, Zambia: An oxygen tank explosion damageed a steel mill.

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Denmark, WI: Welding was under way when fire broke out in the milk intake area of a cheese processing plant.

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Belvidere, IL: Leaking hydraulic fluid ignited a brief equipment fire at a manufacturing plant.

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Hays, KS: An overheated battery released hydrogen sulfide gas at a battery manufacturing plant.

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Columbia, PA: A 3-alarm fire broke out in a waste recycling plant.

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Katherine, Australia: A freight train derailment spilled close to 1,200 tons of toxic copper concentrate into the Edith River.

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Auckland, New Zealand: A factory fire required six fire trucks.

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Darshanpurwa, India: A large portion of a jute mill was destroyed by fire.

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Greeley, CO: A propane tank explosion at a food processing plant shook the building but caused no injuries.

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Chengdu, China: 4 workers were injured and 1 remains missing after a gas well explosion.

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Repentigny, QB: An explosion rocked an aircraft plant.

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Midland, TX: Welding work was underway when a hot oil tanker caught fire at a oil field equipment testing facility.

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Mineral Wells, TX: A steel storage vessel being cut up for scrape exploded.

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Dosquebradas, Colombia: A gasoline pipeline explosion killed 11 people.

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Leyland, UK: Tissue paper and chemicals fueled a large fire at an industrial park.

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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West Deptford, NJ: Worker were evacuated from a chemical plant when fire broke out in an outdoor filtering vessel.

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Minneapolis,MN: Chromium-contaminated water leaked from a metal plating plant.

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Houston, BC: A wood pellet plant reported its second fire of the year.

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Gainesville, GA: A worker died in a chemical solution explosion at a company specializing in treating contaminated water.

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Sandy, UT: A fire at a refrigeration plant knocked out power to more than 1,000 customers.

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Spring Hill, FL: A tank explosion rocked a propane plant, injuring a worker.

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Wangaratta, Australia: An unexpected reaction in a chemical plant production vessel triggered an odor that resulted in an area evacuation.

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Patancheru, India: 2 workers died in a fire that gutted a pharmaceuticals plant.

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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El Arish, Eygpt: 2 explosive devices blew up a pipeline stretching from Jordan to Israel.

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Sea of Okhotsk, Russia: Nearly 50 people died when an offshore oil drilling rig sank.

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Gulf of Mexico, Alabama: An offshore drilling rig shut down after an oil spill.

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Shanghai, China: An explosion and fire at a computer accessory factory injured 61 people.

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Port Kembla, Australia: Thousands of litres of acid leaked from a ship-to-shore pipeline at a chemical plant

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Elena, Bulgaria: 15 workers were injured by an ammonia leak at a dairy plant.

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Murmanks, Russia: At least 2 persons were killed in an explosion at a plant for the enrichment of phosphate minerals.

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Taunton, MA: A worker at a hummus factory died after he got his hand caught in a grinder.

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Mahtomedi, WI: Residents were asked to shelter-in-place after a chlorine leak at a water pumping station.

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Torrance, CA: A worker at an industrial gas plant was injured by an ammonia leak.

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Budyonnovsk, Russia: Fire broke out an ethylene plant.

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Petaqueros, Colombia: A natural gas pipeline explosion forced some station to suspend gas service.

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Takanini, New Zealand: An equipment fire broke out at a printing plant.

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Montebello, CA:An overpass damaged by a gasoline tanker fire had to be demolished.

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Texas City, TX: Residents living near a refinery were awakened by sirens this morning after a spill of a diesel-like fuel

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Basra, Iraq: 3 explosions ruptured an oil pipeline carrying oil from the Rumaila oil field.

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Muzaffarnagar, India: Fire engulfed a paper mill.

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Rastan, Syria: An explosion ripped through a natural gas pipeline.

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Sublette County. WY: A fire at a natural gas compressor station set off 2 explosions.

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Yazd, Iran: An explosion in a furnace at a steel factory killed 16 workers.

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Altona, Australia: A leak from a gasoline storage tank at an oil refinery was fully contained.

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Effurun, Nigeria: A crude oil pipeline caught fire.

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Rourkela, India: 4 laborers were burned in the latest accident at a steel that has seen 2 deaths the week before.

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Nemaha, NB: Pipelines ruptured by a bulldozer spilled 119,028 gallons of refined petroleum products.

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Cache County, UT: An interstate pipeline company declared force majeure after a fire in a natural gas pipeline.

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Pasadena, TX: A shelter-in-place order was issued after an explosion at a refinery that injured 1.

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Winnepeg, MB: A fire at a metals recycling plant damaged four vehicles.

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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