Industrial Fire World

Port of Catoosa, OK: Fire broke out at a fertilizer blending and bagging plant.

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Antalya, Turkey: A gas canister explosion in a welding shop on an industrial estate injured 6 workers.

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Edmonton, Alberta: Officials evacuated a 30 block area when a propane leak was reported at an oil refinery.

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Casselton, ND: A fire at an ethanol plant damaged a dryer and dust collection bin.

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Delta state, Nigeria: Vandals blew up a major crude oil pipeline.

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Lehmingen, Germany: Nearly 540,000 gallons of manure spilled from a silo at a biogas plant.

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Tuas View, Singapore: Fire chemical plant workers suffered burns when nitric acid leaked from a heat exchanger.

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Borger, TX: An explosion shut down part of a carbon black plant.

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Punta Cardon, Venezuela: A fire broke out at an oil refinery.

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Las Vegas, NV: An overturned tractor trailer spilled 5,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate.

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Youngstown, OH: An explosion at an oil refinery knocked a worker off a scaffold, critically injuring him.

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Klundert, Netherlands: Fire broke out at a chemical plant.

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia: A worker died in a sugar mill accident.

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Athens, AL: Water from tanks washed at a biodiesel plant caused a fish kill in a nearby stream.

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Fairford, UK: Thousands of gallons of jet fuel spilled from a military storage facility.

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Alton, IL: An explosion rocked a factory manufacturing explosive devices for the military.

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Champaign, IL: An explosion and fire spread through a grain tunnel at an agricultural processing facility.

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Lenoir, NC: A fire broke out at a furniture factory.

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Los Barrios, Spain: An explosion damaged a steel mill.

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Allansford, Australia: Nearly 2,700 gallons of hydrochloric acid leaked from a storage tank at a cheese factory.

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Malvern, OH: A battery of oil storage tanks caught fire.

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Carson, CA: Fire broke out in a 679-foot tunnel used to move petroleum coke beneath a busy rail corridor splitting a massive refinery. See Tunnel Vision, May-June 2009 IFW.

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Mackenzie, BC: A chlorine dioxide leak at a pulp mill forced an area evacuation.

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Somersby, Australia: The sprinkler system doused a small fire in a packaging area of a chemical factory.

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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North Richland Hills, TX: An ammonia leak was reported at a food processing plant.

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Kountze, TX: A fire damaged a biodiesel facility.

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Rafah, Egypt: A fire in a fuel storage tank at a pipeline facility killed a worker and injured two.

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Knowl Hill, UK: A fire broke out at a waste management facility.

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Callaway, MO: A hydrogen gas leak at a nuclear plant force workers to evacuate.

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Penrose, New Zealand: Molten glass spilled from a furnace at a glass plant.

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Niederkassel, Germany: A worker suffered minor injuries at a chlorine plant.

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Europoort, Netherlands: Fire broke out near the crude unit at an oil refinery.

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Boardman, OR: A welder at a metal fabrication plant died when he was buried by debris in an explosion.

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Follansbee, WV: A fire broke out at a carbon compounds plant.

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Saint Chamond, France: An aluminum foundry worker died in an explosion.

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Dormagen-Sturzelberg, Germany: An explosion in an aluminium shredder injured a worker.

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Bucyrus, IL: An explosion and fire were reported at a plant for processing waste paper.

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Delaware City, DE: A boiler shut down at an oil refinery creating a large amount of smoke.

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Moscow, Russia: 12 workers were injured in an ammonia leak at a meat processing plant.

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Ferrysburg, MI: A 10,000 gallon water-oil separator tank exploded at an oil refinery.

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Solon, OH: A chemical reaction triggered the sprinkler system at an epoxy resin plant.

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Rajkot, India: A worker at an acrylic bath tub plant was maimed when expired chemicals he was transporting by motorcycle exploded.

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Gordon County, GA: Hazmat responders dammed off a stream to contain sodium hydroxide spilling from an overturned tanker truck.

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Turlock, CA: An industrial complex was evacuated after ammonia vapors leaked from a cold storage facility.

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Sharjah, UAE: An office fire at an industrial complex threatened to spread to nearby warehouses.

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Katargam, India: An explosion in a pressure vessel at a textile mill killed 2 workers and injured 10.

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Manistee County, MI: An explosion at a gas processing plant injured a worker.

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Shreveport, LA: A fire at a lubricants refinery was quickly extinguished.

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Europoort, Netherlands: A fire broke out in the desulfurization unit at an oil refinery.

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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Sarnia, ON: A small coker unit fire at an oil refinery was quickly extinguished.

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

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