Industrial Fire World

Saint-Just-Saint Rambert,France: A machine used to press detergent tablets caused a fire which created smoke with a high level of chlorine.

Thu, 31 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Wakayama,Japan: A hydrogen peroxide solution leaked from a valve causing 5 employees to become ill at a plum and pickles manufacturing plant.

Thu, 31 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Trelawny,Jamaica: Machinery exploded at a sugar factory killing 1 person and injuring 2 others.

Thu, 31 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Columbia,SC: 1 employee was killed in an explosion and fire at an adhesives plant.

Wed, 30 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Hopkinsville,KY: A filtration system on the roof of an industrial plant caught on fire from a welding spark.

Wed, 30 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Mobile,AL: A tanker truck overturned leaking about 400 gallons of ethyl chloride from its 5,000 gallon load, resulting in the closure of a major interstate highway.

Wed, 30 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Beijing,China: At least 28 people were killed after a truck carrying 35 tons of a chemical crashed into a cargo truck causing chlorine gas to drift into villages.

Tue, 29 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Camrose,Canada: Fire officials worked to extinguish a fire at a pipe plant after a blaze ignited in a machine that coats pipe with foam.

Tue, 29 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Cuyahoga Heights,OH: About 6 departments worked to extinguish a fire that erupted at a motor transit company.

Tue, 29 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Fair Hill,MD: An explosion that destroyed a filter bag manufacturing plant took firefighters an hour to control.

Tue, 29 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Marengo, IL: Employees were treated after a chemical reaction at a pork plant resulted in the release of toxic fumes.

Tue, 29 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Wales,UK: A fire broke out at a plastics packaging factory causing the evacuation of nearby primary schools.

Tue, 29 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Higashiizu, Japan: A 999 ton tanker containing 700 tons of LPG went off course and ran aground after the navigator on duty fell asleep.

Tue, 29 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Goldsmith, TX: A lack of boiler feed water sent sour gas into the pipeline system at a gas plant after it had stopped processing gas.

Tue, 29 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Lockhart,TX: Sodium carbonate spilled after 14 cars on a freight train derailed.

Tue, 29 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Essex,UK: Boiling water sprayed from a vent at a soft drink factory causing 1e employee to suffer serious burns.

Tue, 29 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Hilton,Africa: A split in the tank of a truck caused aluminum sulfate to leak resulting in the closure of part of a major road.

Tue, 29 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Jammu,India: A truck driver using a welder to repair the empty rear section of a gasoline tanker caused an explosion that killed 1 person and injured 2 others.

Tue, 29 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Ball Ground, GA: An explosion occurred at a poultry plant resulting in the injury of 1 employee.

Mon, 28 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Port Arthur, TX: A pinhole leak in the discharge hose of a portable tank containing sodium hydride reacted with water, and released hydrogen that ignited and exploded at a waste management plant.

Mon, 28 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Okara,Pakistan: A boiler at a rice mill exploded resulting tin the deaths of two employees and the injury of eight others.

Mon, 28 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Brunswick,CA: A large container of methyl hydrogen siloxane exploded and caught fire at a drywall plant.

Sun, 27 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Danville,KY: A fire that started in a glass furnace damaged a light manufacturing plant.

Sun, 27 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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East County,TX: A nonflammable mixture bubbled out of the ground after an underground pipe carrying an oil and gas mixture ruptured at an oil refinery.

Sun, 27 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Woodbridge,NJ: A truck carrying 8,500 gallons of gasoline overturned and exploded on a turnpike, killing the driver.

Sat, 26 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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El Dorado,KS: After a maintenance shutdown, a tubing connection on a gas oil hydro heater at a refinery became disconnected spraying oil on one worker who suffered serious burns.

Fri, 25 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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San Antonio,TX: Residents were advised to stay indoors while emergency officials worked to clean up a chlordane spill.

Fri, 25 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Port of Tema,Ghana: Thirteen crew members aboard a Greek fishing boat were killed after it caught fire and destroyed a major oil refinery pipeline.

Fri, 25 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Huntington,WV: About 50,000 pounds of sulfuric acid leaked from a hose transferring the chemical from a rail car to a manufacturing plant.

Thu, 24 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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LaPorte,IA: Emergency responders worked to control a hydrogen fire that broke out at a cryogenic manufacturing plant.

Thu, 24 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Glasgow,UK: A transformer caught fire and spread to a boiler house area during tests on a new piece of machinery at a pump manufacturing company.

Thu, 24 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Off Goa,India: An iron-ore barge collided with an anchored bulk carrier due to rough seas and caused the carrier’s oil tank to spill 110 tons of oil in the sea.

Wed, 23 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Texas City,TX:15 people were killed and at least 100 others injured when an isomerization unit exploded at an oil refinery.

Wed, 23 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Texas City,TX: A furnace valve caught fire and was quickly extinguished inside the area that boosts the octane level of gasoline at an oil refinery.

Tue, 22 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Leominster,MA: Investigators were unable to pinpoint the cause of a blast that occurred during research operations at a polycarbon plant that resulted in the injury of 1 worker.

Tue, 22 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Hessen,Germany: Tetrahydrothiopen spilled at a natural gas odorizing plant.

Tue, 22 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Dearborn,MI: At least 12 people were injured when molten steel sloshed out of a container on a transport vehicle at a steel plant causing the tires on the vehicle to catch fire and explode.

Mon, 21 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Melbourne,Australia: A machine containing about 15kg of magnesium malfunctioned and caught fire at a flare factory.

Mon, 21 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Baltimore,MD: A fire broke out at an asphalt plant after about 23,000 gallons of hot asphalt spilled on the base of a smoke stack.

Mon, 21 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Devens,MA: Gases expelled from a container of sodium hydroborate caused an explosion at a pharmaceutical research center.

Mon, 21 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Portland,OR: 2 workers were injured after an ammonia leak was discovered at a brewery.

Mon, 21 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Sydney Australia: A chemical spilled into an internal drain resulting in the evacuation of employees at a waste treatment plant.

Mon, 21 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Buffalo, NY: 4 railroad cars derailed resulting in a ruptured valve causing about 1,000 gallons of propylene tetramer to spill.

Sun, 20 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Presidio,Mexico: 6 freight cars derailed causing about 200 gallons of sodium hydroxide to spill.

Sun, 20 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Adelaide,Australia: A fire at a cardboard carton factory caused $1 million damage and forced firefighters to retreat due to a series of explosions.

Sun, 20 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Delaware City,DE: A fire broke out in a pump used to move finished products through pipes at a refinery.

Sun, 20 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Delaware City,DE: A broken pipe at a refinery spilled over 528 gallons of ethylene glycol.

Sat, 19 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Kanksha,India: A tanker carrying about 3,200 gallons of diesel overturned and caught fire after it collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction.

Sat, 19 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Sussex, WI: Fire officials extinguished a fire that ignited inside a 30-gallon drum containing celogen and diop.

Fri, 18 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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Vinton,TX: A fire broke out at a plastics factory resulting in the evacuation of nearby residents.

Thu, 17 Mar 2005 06:00:00 GMT

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