Industrial Fire World

Norwich, UK: Water supply problems complicated fire fighting at a paper recycling plant.

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Wolverhampton, UK: Fire swept through a building materials factory.

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Baltimore, MD: A train's fuel tank ruptured, spilling nearly 2,000 gallons.

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Feluy, Belgium: A release of boron trifluoride occurred at a chemical plant.

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Vernon, TX: Workers were using a cutting torch when an insulation fire broke out at a specialty chemicals plant.

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Seneca Falls, NY: A fire that broke out in a meat smoker destroyed 2 buildings at a meat processing plant.

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Temecula, CA: A worker at a plant making reflectors suffered 18 percent body burns when he fell while carrying glass jars filled with sulfuric acid.

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: A factory worker sleeping behind sheets of heavy glass propped against a wall was cut to death when the wall collapsed.

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Sharjah, UAE: Fire engulfed 5 warehouses that stored furniture, garments and other goods.

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Houston, TX: A worker died when an object fell from a railroad car and hit him at a warehouse storing steel.

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Ector County, TX: 3 workers trying to remove a valve off a pipeline were injured in a flash fire.

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Zamboanga, Philippines: Dozens of people were rushed to the hospital after an ammonia pipe explosion at an ice plant factory.

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Ciudad Juarez, Mexico: Fire broke out at a light bulb factory, forcing workers to flee.

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Darmstadt, Germany: 5 people were injured when phenol-dichlorbenzol leaked at an industrial laboratory.

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Lindau, Germany: A crack in a storage tank dumped 16,000 liters of potash lye.

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Taranto, Italy: A transformer fire broke out in the pipe mill area of a steel plant.

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Baranagar, India: A major fire broke out at a jute mill.

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Salt Lake City, UT: Workers evacuated an oil refinery after a backhoe hit a flare header.

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Vrede, S. Africa: 1 person died and 2 were injured in a fiery explosion that gutted a fuel station and damaged a tire company next door.

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Gujarat, India: 15 people were injured when a boiler ruptured at a chemical plant.

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Port Coquitlam, BC: Staff at a poultry processor were forced out after a tank full of ammonia sprang a leak.

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Palghar, India: Fire broke out in a recycling unit at an industrial park.

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Mysore, India: Flames spread through discarded tires dumped near a tire factory.

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Fremont Twp., MI: A semi-truck was rear-ended, causing the truck to spill 6,000 gallons of corn syrup onto the road and into a ditch.

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Semenyih, Malaysia: Several explosions were heard as fire blazed through an LPG bottling plant.

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Shijiazhuang, China: An explosion at a pesticides factory killed 25 people and injured 46 others.

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Sydney, Australia: 2 of 4 factories in a single complex were destroyed by fire.

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Makhachkala, Russia: A major fire aboard a Russian oil tanker that involved deck equipment has killed at least one sailor.

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Lexington, KY: A fire that broke out inside a roaster at a peanut butter plant was quickly extinguished.

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Greenock, UK: Responders rescued a worker trapped beneath machinery at an engineering company.

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Rome, GA: Fire broke out in an operations room at a paper mill.

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Northmead, Australia: Fire gutted a warehouse at an electronics factory.

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Enfield, CT: Fire broke out at a factory making wooden spools for cable.

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Attleborough, UK: Responders prevented a factory fire from spreading to neighboring structures.

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Depew, NY: Fire broke out in the garage of a closed printing plant.

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Ballygowan, UK: A fatal accident was reported at a manufacturing plant.

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Old Bethpage, NY: Firefighters quickly extinguished a fire at an electronics recycling plant.

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Bromborough, UK: A worker suffered extensive burns to his face when a solvent ignited at a chemical plant.

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Al Quoz, UAE: A fire that broke out in a paint and thinner factory took two hours to control.

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Haverhill, UK: Used fire fighting water was collected during a fire at a waste transfer station out of pollution concerns.

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Virudhunagar, India: 3 workers sustained serious burn injuries in an inferno that broke out at a private firecracker manufacturing factory.

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Tilbury Docks, UK: Fire broke out in a fuel storage area at a wood-pellet-fired power station, Britain's largest dedicated biomass plant.

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Chicago, IL: Heavy flames and exploding propane tanks prompted an extra alarm response to a plastics recycling plant.

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Mississauga, ON: Welding sparked a fire in an empty tank at a chemical plant.

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Pascagoula, MS: Fire damaged nearly 15 percent of a seafood processing plant.

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Baltimore, OH: A worker at a paperboard factory got his arm caught in machinery.

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Khanikhola, Nepal; Fire gutted a foam rubber factory.

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Liethe, Germany: A barrel containing styrol ballooned from internal pressure when the contents polymerized, causing concern at a chemical plant.

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Corpus Christi, TX: A diesel driven pump began smoking at an oil refinery and had to be shut down.

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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Tarapur, India: Firefighters prevented flames spreading through an industrial park from reaching storage tanks of solvent.

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

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