Industrial Fire World

Cormenon, France : Large quantities of acid caused fire to break out at electroplating plant.

Sun, 23 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Forest Hill, TX : One worker killed when a natural gas well blew out at energy plant.

Sat, 22 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Ipswich, UK : Thirty liters of potassium hydroxide fell off of the back of a truck, leaking onto the roadway.

Fri, 21 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Malaysia : An overturned palm oil taner spilled it’s load into a township’s water supply.

Fri, 21 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Wichita, KS : A small fire started in a chemical plant after a mixture of sodium nitrate and potassium nitrate overheated and leaked.

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Cleveland, OH : Firefighters were called to a three alarm fire at storage facility for hazardous material after a storage tank exploded.

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Heilignegrabe, Germany : An explosion in a laminates and composite flooring plant injured 2 people.

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Malaysia : Two workers were killed from toxic fumes in a plastics factory.

Wed, 19 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Austin, TX : A hydrogen generator overheated during testing and started a small fire in a power plant.

Wed, 19 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Stratmoor Valley, CO : A brush fire damaged chlorine cylinders at a water treatment plant.

Wed, 19 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Chhani, India : During the start up process of a fertilizer plant a fire broke out and injured five workers.

Tue, 18 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Wolzhsky, Russia : there was an explosion in an asbestos plant.

Tue, 18 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Greendale, IN : A three hundred and fifty gallon barrel of glycol ether fell from a fork lift at a chemical plant.

Mon, 17 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Lac-Megantic, Canada : An explosion led to a major fire which caused extensive damage to a particle board plant.

Mon, 17 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Africa : An explosion started a fire in a crude oil refinery.

Sun, 16 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Williamsport, PA : Firefighters used dry chemicals to put out a zinc fire at a wire rope plant.

Sat, 15 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Billings, MT : An oil refinery leaked a small amount of oil into a nearby river.

Fri, 14 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Ecuador : The driver of a tanker truck carrying sulphuric acid was killed after the truck rolled on the highway.

Thu, 13 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Parkton, MD : Both directions of a highway was closed after a truck carrying an unknown chemical exploded.

Thu, 13 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Austin, NV : The highway was shut down due to a cyanide spill.

Thu, 13 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Sault Ste., Canada : A small fire broke out jin the dust collection room of a wood panel manufacturing plant.

Wed, 12 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Sierre, Switzerland: A tanker truck carrying several tones of methyl tert butyl ether overturned and spilled the chemical on an exit ramp.

Wed, 12 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Orkdal, Norway : A furnace explosion in a silicon factory injured one worker..

Wed, 12 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Missouri : An interstate was closed due to a tractor trailer overturning and spilling battery acid..

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Israel : One person was killed in an explosion at a factory that produces explosive material.

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Romania : Fire broke out at chemical factory and two people were injured.

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Tokyo, Japan : There was a radioactive material leak at a nuclea fuel reprocessing plant.

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Tongshan County, China : A storage tank containing dimethylbenzene exploded in a chemical plant.

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Omaha, NE : Vehicle containing a thousand pound tank of anhydrous ammonia collided with another vehicle and the tank was ruptured spilling ammonia everywhere.

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Los Angeles, CA : Worker was killed in an oil refinery when the roof of a naphtha storage tank collapsed.

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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China : A truck carrying a eleven tons of hydrochloric acid overturned and all the chemicals were spilled into a river.

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Chicago, IL : Hazmat team was called to help fight a fire at a chemical factory.

Sun, 09 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Athens, NY : Tanker truck carrying asphalt exploded.

Sat, 08 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Sioux City, IA : There was an ammonia leak at meat plant.

Fri, 07 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Jinxian County, China : Three people were killed in an explosion at a fireworks plant.

Fri, 07 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Baytown, TX : Two hundred and fifty pounds of anhydrous ammonia was released when a failure of a relief valve occurred on a chloride chiller.

Fri, 07 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Dhamapuri, India : One person was burned to death when a tanker truck containing sulfuric acid collided with another lorry and caught fire.

Fri, 07 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Near Pori, Finland : Tanker truck veered off road and spilled sulfuric acid.

Thu, 06 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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China : Two workers were killed at an explosion at a chemical plant.

Thu, 06 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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San Diego, CA : Eight hundred gallons of sodium hydroxide and potassium permanganate spilled at a jet engine maintenance plant.

Thu, 06 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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India : Several people were burned due to enormous fire at a tool factory.

Thu, 06 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Padra, India : Tanker truck overturned and leaked bromine at a chemical manufacturing plant.

Thu, 06 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Harbin, China : One worker was seriously injured when a chemical plant exploded.

Thu, 06 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Skippack Township, PA : A company that produces particles that are used in making brake shoes caught fire due to a dust explosion.

Thu, 06 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Hovensa, Virgin Islands : More than a 100 gallons of oil spewed into a nearby area when a pressure relief valve opened in a refinery’s vacuum unit.

Thu, 06 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Versailles, KY : Homes were evacuated due to a chlorine leak at a waste water treatment plant.

Wed, 05 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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India : A fire in a paint factory trapped several of the workers inside.

Tue, 04 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Loisville, KY : A hazmat team was called to the scene of a chemical leak at a chemical plant.

Tue, 04 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Dafeng, Taiwan : A transformer at power plant blew and cause power outages all over town.

Tue, 04 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Nennh, WI : A railroad car struck the wall of a packaging plant and caused a chemical spill and the plant to be evacuated.

Tue, 04 Apr 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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