Industrial Fire World

Portsmouth, NH: Fire broke out in a wood crusher that helps fuel a power generating plant.

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Heybridge, UK: More than 80 residents were evacuated after fire broke out at a gas plant.

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Kakinada, India: Three containers filled with lithium batteries burned at an industrial parts plant.

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Belmond, IA: A worker at an engine valve plant died in an on-the-job accident.

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Cambridge, ON: A worker injured her leg while at work at an auto plant.

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Freeport, TX: A warehouse containing rubber hoses burned for three hours at a chemical plant.

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Heath, UK: Smoke in a laboratory tripped the fire alarm at an aircraft maintenance facility.

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Memphis, TN: An overturned tanker carrying vinyl acetate forced the closure of an interstate highway.

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Montpelier, LA: Fire gutted a food processing plant specializing in pickled pigs’ lips.

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Oxnard, CA: Firefighters extinguished a blaze that spread through a two-story pile of materials at a recycling center.

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Pasadena, CA: An orange cloud rising from a chemical plant prompted officials to order nearby residents to shelter-in-place.

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Troy, OH: Welding work was underway when fire broke out at a manufacturing plant.

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Vancouver, WA: Calcium oxide powder violently reacted with water, spreading fire through a recycling plant.

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Lynchburg, TN: A fire at an adhesives plant injured a worker.

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Montezuma, GA: Hazardous materials hindered the investigation of a fire at a plant that makes deck boards, fencing and railing.

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Nagpur, India: A boiler explosion at a steel plant killed three workers and injured nine.

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Rincon, GA: A worker at a paper mill was injured in a machine accident.

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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West Milwaukee, WI: A falling piece of sheet metal killed a worker at a heavy tool manufacturer.

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Dumfries, UK: A fatality accident was reported at a plant that processes animal by-products.

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Delta Twp., MI: A small fire broke out on the roof of the paint shop at an automobile plant.

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Hailsham, UK: A worker died in an industrial accident at a tire plant.

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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McKittrick, CA: Five workers were injured when an oil well violently released high pressure gases.

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Bridgeport, CT: Flames gutted a vacant firearms factory.

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Coopersville, MI: Fire destroyed the main building at a meat processing plant but did not reach nearby livestock.

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Ordale, UK: A worker trapped beneath a fork lift at a food processing plant died.

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Baltic, OH: Fire destroyed a building at a rubber manufacturing plant.

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Cleckheaton, UK: A loading bay fire damaged a meat processing plant.

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Baltic, OH: Fire collapsed a building in a rubber manufacturing plant.

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Dillard, OR: A dust explosion during a fire at a lumber mill power plant injured two firefighters.

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Erie, PA: Metal products were being treated with coating oil at a bolt manufacturing plant when flames shot up, igniting the roof.

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Fawley, UK: A feed drum caught fire at an oil refinery.

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Fakenham, UK: A fire at a factory was limited to one piece of equipment.

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Montgomery Twp., PA: Two workers were exposed to a hazardous chemical that spilled while being off loaded from a tanker truck.

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Alampur, India: Fire broke out at a plastic packaging plant.

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Broughton, UK: An equipment fire cause minor damage at an aircraft plant.

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Paterson, NJ: A three-alarm fire broke out at a plastics factory.

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Gillette, WY: Two conveyor belts that were not in use were damaged in an hour-long fire.

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Gujarat, India: Fire followed an explosion in a waste heat boiler at an ammonia plant.

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Little Wratting, UK: An oven fire spread through a meat processing plant.

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Meraux, LA: Liquid that somehow got into gas line caused heavy black smoke pouring from stacks at an oil refinery.

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Osage, MN: A section of roof at a textile plant collapsed under the weight of heavy snow.

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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West Paducah, KY: Fire broke out in a generator at a coal fired power plant.

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Yeerongpilly, Australia: A motor inside a silo caught fire at a food processing plant.

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Altona, Australia: A storage tank holding 2.5 million gallons of gasoline began leaking in a wetlands area.

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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New York, NY: Fire in a 10-pound vat of almonds produced heavy smoke at a chocolate factory.

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Crymlyn Burrows, UK: Firefighters used heavy equipment to break apart a 400 ton pile of waste material on fire at a waste treatment plant.

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Fort McMurray, AB: Fire damaged a sand-oil upgrader only a week after the second upgrader at the site returned to service from a December fire.

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Hunting Park, PA: Fire broke out in an oven at an industrial bakery.

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Oregon, IL: A fire in a dust collector at a plant specializing in resin coatings left a worker in critical condition.

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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Philadelphia, PA: A pump fire in a refinery crude unit reduced crude throughput.

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT

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