Industrial Fire World

Edmonton, AB: Fire broke out at a plant making corrosion resistant pipe coatings.

Anton Riecher — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:04:00 GMT

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Texas City, TX: Responders extinguished a dike fire surrounding a storage tank at an oil refinery.

Anton Riecher — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:01:00 GMT

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Zhangjiakou, China: Carbon monoxide killed 11 when an air compressor caught fire in a coal mine.

Anton Riecher — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:38:00 GMT

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Lucknow, India: 3 workers at a power equipment plant died after cooking with ammonium nitrate mistaken for salt.

Anton Riecher — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:15:00 GMT

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Accra, Ghana: Fire gutted a paint factory but no workers were injured.

Anton Riecher — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:40:00 GMT

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Columbiana, OH: Fire damaged a wall at an aluminum parts foundry.

Anton Riecher — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:37:00 GMT

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Gudja, Malta: A factory worker suffered serious injuries in a 1-story fall.

Anton Riecher — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:00:00 GMT

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North Andover, MA: Firefighters rescued an injured worker from inside a collapsed wastewater holding tank.

Anton Riecher — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:49:00 GMT

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Vandalia, OH: A flash fire activated the fire suppression system at a chemical plant.

Anton Riecher — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:29:00 GMT

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Utica, NY: Responders dealt with a fire and a hazmat spill at a brewery.

Anton Riecher — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:27:00 GMT

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Santa Maria, CA: Fire broke out in a sugar factory.

Anton Riecher — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:02:00 GMT

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Haryana, India: Fire spread through packing material in a small fire at a plant making car stereos and security systems.

Anton Riecher — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:51:00 GMT

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Mount Holly, NC: Fire broke out at a truck tractor plant.

Anton Riecher — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:27:00 GMT

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Gridley, CA: 3 people were injured in an oven explosion at a food processing plant.

Anton Riecher — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:15:00 GMT

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Greeley, CO: Fire broke out in the wall of a warehouse at a food processing plant.

Anton Riecher — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:46:00 GMT

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Kunigunde, Germany: An explosion at a gunpowder plant injured a worker.

Anton Riecher — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 21:59:00 GMT

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Ancaster, UK: Fire erupted at a recycling plant.

Anton Riecher — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:46:00 GMT

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Nairm, UK: A worker died in a sawmill accident.

Anton Riecher — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:04:00 GMT

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Papatoetoe, New Zealand: Fire broke out at a factory making liners for boilers.

Anton Riecher — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:45:00 GMT

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Madison, WI: Responders in full protective clothing entered a laser manufacturing plant after a suspected hazmat release.

Anton Riecher — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:39:00 GMT

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Menznau, Switzerland: A worker at a wood-processing plant opened fire, leaving 4 dead and 6 wounded.

Anton Riecher — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:13:00 GMT

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Dumbarton, UK: Instead of waste water, workers at a distillery accidently flushed away thousands of liters of whiskey into the sewers.

Anton Riecher — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:54:00 GMT

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Lake Grande Ecaille Bay, LA: An oil spill resulted when a boat rammed an inactive well head.

Anton Riecher — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:31:00 GMT

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Ludwigshafen, Germany: An explosion rocked a chemical plant.

Anton Riecher — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:25:00 GMT

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Hanamaki, Japan: 5 tons of liquid waste containing cyanide leaked at a plating plant when a snowplow hit a tank.

Anton Riecher — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:08:00 GMT

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Wise County, TX: A bomb threat forced the evacuation of a large natural gas plant.

Anton Riecher — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:52:00 GMT

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Kaneville, IL: A fire at a fertilizer plant damaged 2 buildings.

Anton Riecher — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:20:00 GMT

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Woodland, WA: A pallet of cardboard boxes fell on a worker at a fruit processing plant.

Anton Riecher — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:10:00 GMT

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Hoboken, NJ: Fire broke out at a pump valve factory.

Anton Riecher — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:27:00 GMT

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Aligarh, India: Fire spread through a meat exporting plant, causing extensive damage.

Anton Riecher — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:19:00 GMT

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Kashimpur, Bangladesh: A fire destroyed equipment and inventory at a garment factory.

Anton Riecher — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:11:00 GMT

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Sherman, TX: Fire broke out in the ventilation system at an insulation plant.

Anton Riecher — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:42:00 GMT

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Kalamazoo, MI: A small fire broke out at a packaging plant when paper wedged in a pipe.

Anton Riecher — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 03:52:00 GMT

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Guiyang, China: Five people were injured and about 20,000 were evacuated after a chemical plant blast.

Anton Riecher — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 03:43:00 GMT

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Falls Twp., PA: A sugar plant worker suffocated and died after he fell into a large hopper as sugar rained down on him.

Anton Riecher — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 03:31:00 GMT

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Travis County, TX: High winds ignited compost piles at a waste treatment plant.

Anton Riecher — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 03:22:00 GMT

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Roxana, IL: A steam release at an oil refinery caused a loud boom that worried its neighbors.

Anton Riecher — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:00:00 GMT

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Yongxiu, China: Oil leaking from a pipeline into the Yangtze River forced authorities to shut off tap water.

Anton Riecher — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:43:00 GMT

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Tacoma, WA: A fire in a deburring machine ignited titanium at an aerospace parts plant.

Anton Riecher — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:24:00 GMT

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Perry, PA: A worker at a metals plant got his arm trapped up to the shoulder in a roller machine.

Anton Riecher — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:25:00 GMT

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Vadodara, India: 10 people were affected by chlorine fumes leaking from a broken gas line at a chemical plant.

Anton Riecher — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:37:00 GMT

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Malabon City, Philippines: Fire broke out at a tofu factory.

Anton Riecher — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:34:00 GMT

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Euclid,OH: Firefighters used a thermal imaging camera to find a burning hydrogen gas leak at a metals plant.

Anton Riecher — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:10:00 GMT

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Cherryville, NC: A marble manufacturing plant burned to the ground.

Anton Riecher — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 03:12:00 GMT

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Trinity County, TX: Escaping chlorine gas at a water treatment plant injured a worker.

Anton Riecher — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 21:31:00 GMT

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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: Explosions in a warehouse killed 10 and destroyed 3 nearby homes.

Anton Riecher — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 20:37:00 GMT

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Korangi, Pakistan: Firefighters extinguished a blaze at a chemical plant within an hour.

Anton Riecher — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 20:28:00 GMT

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Baton Rouge, LA: A worker at an oil terminal died in a conveyor belt accident.

Anton Riecher — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:26:00 GMT

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Pissurlem, India: 2 workers died as the result of an accident at a metals plant.

Anton Riecher — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 16:53:00 GMT

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Lincolnton, NC: A worker at a cabinet factory died in an accident involving a saw.

Anton Riecher — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 21:43:00 GMT

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