Industrial Fire World

Council Bluffs, IO – Three men were burned in an accident at a power plant.

Sat, 31 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Ridgefield, N.J. – A fire broke out in the boiler room at a power plant.

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Murarrie, Australia – Four workers were sprayed with sulphuric acid when a pipeline ruptured at a manufacturing plant.

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Kingston, Jamaica – A pressurized tank at a foam manufacturing plant exploded, killed one worker.

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Logan, UT – A worker was severely burned in an explosion at a pharmaceutical plant.

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Tatarstan, Russia – Seven tons of crude spilled from a pipeline.

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Englehart, Ontario –Twenty-four cars of a freight train derailed, spilling liquefied gas styrene and glycol.

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Othello, WA – Workers were sandblasting an oil tank and applying an epoxy coating when the empty tank exploded in flames, killing one and injuring three.

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Londonderry, N.H. – A pipe ruptured at a manufacturing plant, spraying several hundred gallons of hot oil and water across the plant floor.

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Chattanooga, TN – Threee separate fires were reported at a foam products plant within 24 hours.

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Houston, TX – Leaking anhydrous sulfate forced the evacuation of a plant.

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Volketswil, Switzerland – An explosion at an auto plant injured three workers.

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Denver, CO – Officials took action to capture oil that leaked from a power plant into the South Platte River.

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Humboldt, TN – Nearly 700 people were evacuated after fire broke out at a chemical storage facility.

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Joliet, IL – Smoke from a fire at a chemical storage facility required the evacuation of nearby manufacturing plants.

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Humboldt, TN – Lightning struck a chemical plant manufacturing agricultural products, burning it to the ground.

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Albuquerque, N.M. - A tanker truck carrying 5,000 gallons of chlorobenzyl chloride overturned with no spill reported.

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Affton, MO – A fire at a chemical plant was being investigated as a possible arson.

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Allen, TX – An explosion at a manufacturing plant left one worker injured.

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Muskiz, Spain – A worker overcome by fumes died in a fall at a refinery.

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Shreveport, LA – An explosion and fire rocked an oil refinery, leaving one worker with second-degree burns.

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Kansas City, MO – An ammonia leak forced employees to abandon a dairy plant.

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Finisklin, Ireland – A chemical accident forced the evacuation of 400 workers at a plant, plus staff from an adjoining facility.

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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San Diego, CA – Fire destroyed the factory for a leading manufacturer of surfboard material.

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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St. Margarethen an der Raab, Austria – An explosion at a biological gas plant was reported.

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Sandersville, MS – Fire broke out at a crude oil pumping and storage facility.

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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North Salt Lake City, UT – An oil refinery reduced production after a fire broke out.

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Bainbridge, GA – Fire caused heavy damage at a sulfur plant.

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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West Bountiful, UT – Production at a petrochemical refinery was reduced after burning hydrocarbons from the flare tower started a small fire on the ground.

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Neumarkt am Hausruck, Austria – A worker at a plastics plant died when a furnace heating resin exploded.

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Bokel, Germany – A worker was burned in an explosion at a bio diesel plant.

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Torrance, CA – Hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide were released into flares at an oil refinery after problems with a sulfur recovery unit forced a shutdown.

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Presidents Island, TN – Work on a storage tank sparked a fire at an agricultural processing plant.

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Beschenkowitschi, Belarus – A ruptured crude oil pipeline spilled into the Ulla River.

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Parkersburg, W.V. – A purplish cloud of chemical rising into the air forced a lockdown at a chemical plant.

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Whiting, IN – A fire was reported at an oil refinery.

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Lagos, Nigeria – Fire broke out at a petroleum depot.

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Ngu Hanh, Vietnam – Four people were killed and five injured when a gasoline storage tank exploded.

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Carson, CA – A small fire at an oil refinery was contained without injury.

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Shreveport, LA – Fire broke out at a lubricants refinery when asphalt leaked from a tanker and ignited insulation.

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Manchester, N. – A dumpster fire spread smoke throughout a manufacturing plant, forcing an evacuation.

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Mehoopany, PA – Fire broke out in a paper machine at a detergent plant that required breathing apparatus to extinguish.

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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York, PA – Workers were evacuated from a motorcycle plant after a fire started in the dust collection system on the roof.

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Batavia, IL – Sprinklers contained a fire at a factory that quickly spread through supplies of cardboard.

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Bulawayo, Zimbabwe – A cooking oil refinery caught fire, sustaining major damage.

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Lakewood, N.J. – Firefighters were called to a computer recycling facility.

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Royton, U.K. – An ammonia leak at a refrigeration plant overcame 26 workers.

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Columbus, OH - Two workers were trapped on the roof and another in an overhead crane when fire broke out at a steel mill. All three were rescued.

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Corpus Christi, TX – A broken insulator on a transmission line cause a power outage at area refineries, initiating flaring.

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Plainfield, IO – A plant manufacturing soybean-based grease caught fire, producing thick, black smoke.

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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