Industrial Fire World

Houston, TX: 3 firefighters were injured battling a blaze at a pallet manufacturing plant.

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Temple, TX: A broken refrigeration unit leaked ammonia at a bottling plant.

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Balagolla, Sri Lanka: Fire broke out in an incense factory.

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Manchester, UK: Thieves trying to steal the cab of a tanker truck drained the cargo of toxic xylene into the local sewer system.

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Pago Pago, American Samoa: Nearly 100 port works fled when an ammonia leak was discovered.

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Lakewood, WA: Tanks used to compress the natural gas that fuels local buses exploded inside a metal shed.

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Taltal, Chile: A copper mine explosion killed a worker and injured 2.

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Over Wallop, UK: A factory producing military flares was threatened when a flare ignited in a storage area.

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Portsmouth, NH: A fire in a wood chip crushing machine spread through a power plant.

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Chropyne, Czech Republic: Fire broke out at a plastics plant.

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Miyi, China: A waste dump at a mining company collapsed, burying an apartment building and killing 3 people.

Sun, 27 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Paulsboro, NJ: An oil refinery reported emissions after a compressor tripped.

Sun, 27 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Muhammad Bux Malik, Pakistan: Terrorists blew up a 5-foot section of a natural gas transmission line.

Sun, 27 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Amravati, India: A cottonseed products factory caught fire.

Sun, 27 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Panshi, China: A boiler exploded at a chemical plant, injuring 2 workers and releasing ammonia fumes.

Sun, 27 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Livona, MI: Firefighters drove their truck indoors to extinguish a machine fire at an auto transmission plant.

Sun, 27 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Baiji, Iraq: Miliants attacked the country's largest oil refinery, killing four workers.

Sat, 26 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Ennis, Ireland: A sulfuric acid spill forced workers to evacuate a plant making corrective lenses.

Sat, 26 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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University Place, WI: Only a small amount of lye leaked from four derailed tank cars.

Sat, 26 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Panshi, China: 2 chemical plant workers were injured in a boiler explosion that released ammonia fumes.

Sat, 26 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Texas City, TX: A pressure relief valve opened at an oil refinery, allowing hydrogen sulfide to escape.

Sat, 26 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Panshi, China: 2 workers were injured when a boiler blast released ammonia gas at a chemical plant.

Sat, 26 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Baiji, Iraq: Militants carried out bomb attack on an oil refinery, setting it on fire and forcing the refinery to shut down.

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Ennis, Ireland: Drums containing sulfuric acid fell from a fork lift and spilled, forcing the evacuation of a lens manufacturing plant.

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Chaiyaphum, Thailand: 31 workers were injured when a bio-gas pipe of a tapioca factory exploded, causing a massive fire.

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Mykolaiv, Ukraine: Red dust spread from an aluminum plant due to frozen slurry pits.

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Ivoz-Ramet, Belgium: Eight drums stored with other flammable products at a chemical plant showed signs of becoming unstable.

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Avella, PA: 3 contract workers were injured, one critically, in a fiery explosion that erupted during well testing at a natural gas drilling site.

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Rochester, NY: A fire at an abandoned auto battery plant was determined to be arson.

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Wahpeton, ND: A smoldering fire damaged the roof of an agricultural processing plant.

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Stuarts Draft, PA: A peanut roaster fire at a candy plant left one worker injured.

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Evansdale, IN: Incorrect chemicals poured into a mixer caused a fire at an adhesives plant.

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Sarnia, ON: A worker was hospitalized and 4 were treated after a power outage caused a hazardous materials leak at a refinery.

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Caseyville, IL: A reaction at an environmental services company created a chemical cloud.

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Grafton, MA: Firefighters extinguished a small fire under an acid tank at a foundry.

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Caseyville, IL: Ink mixed with chlorine for disposal exploded at an environmental haz mat company.

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Wuxi, China: An explosion at a chemical plant was followed by fire.

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Merced County, CA: A truck carrying granulated citric acid overturned.

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Lucknow, India: A boiler explosion at a plywood factory killed 3 people and injured 7.

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Rajahmundry, India: A fire at one of the country's oldest paper mills destroyed nearly 400 tons of product.

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Canton, OH: A release of vapors including hydrochloric acid forced the evacuation of refinery workers.

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Hartsville, SC: Bails of recycled cardboard caught fire at a packaging plant.

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Modesto, CA: About 2,200 pounds of citric anhydrous acid in granulated form was spilled when a big rig overturned.

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Mapunapuna, Hawaii: Workers evacuated a bottling plant after a release of ammonia from a refrigeration system.

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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New London, CT: A contractor painting the floor at the city's wastewater treatment plant was injured by chemical exposure.

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Amarillo, TX: A railroad worker was exposed to sulfuric acid vapors released from a tank car.

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Mapunapuna, HI: An ammonia leak at a bottling plant forced the evacuation of 17 workers.

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Amsterdam, Netherlands: Fire broke out in two warehouses at a chemical storage company.

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Hardeeville, SC: Bottles of muriatic acid that fell from a vehicle closed a U.S. highway for three hours.

Mon, 21 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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Bagong Bantay, Philippines: An ammonia leak at a gas plant forced the evacuation of 300 families.

Sun, 20 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

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