Industrial Fire World

Lodi, CA: A fire started from a pile of recycled materials causing $40,000 damage at a recycling plant.

Tue, 31 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Boston, MA: Many roads and bridges were shut down due to an ammonia leak at a fish-processing plant.

Tue, 31 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Warffum , Netherlands : Two men were killed and one other injured when a gas condensate storage tank exploded at a petroleum plant.

Tue, 31 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Sydney, Australia: A tube used to exchange heat at a nickel plant failed resulting in a fire that caused the plant to lose more than 500 tons on nickel.

Mon, 30 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Louth, Ireland: An explosion occurred while firefighters battled a fire that started at a tire recycling plant.

Sat, 28 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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La Fontane, KA: While drilling at a methane drilling rig, two workers were killed and several others injured when a pipe exploded.

Sat, 28 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Searcy, AR: A chemical fire broke out in a distiller machine that separates alcohol-based inks used for printing labels on bags at a plastic film packaging plant.

Fri, 27 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Tualatin, OR: A fire set a nearby vehicle ablaze at a paint shop warehouse resulting in multiple explosions and $1.5 million in damages.

Fri, 27 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Green River, WY:Equipment at a phosphates plant allowed sulfur trioxide gas to escape causing residents to suffer respiratory problems.

Thu, 26 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Fairfield, CA: About 300 gallons of sulfuric acid spilled inside a beverage can plant sending two employees to the hospital with respiratory complications.

Thu, 26 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Ratnagiri , India : Three people were killed and four injured when a fire broke out at a PVC plant after a pipe connecting a column was dismantled during routine maintenance.

Thu, 26 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Guanangzhou , China : Five people were killed when an explosion occurred at a shipyard during construction on the dockyard.

Thu, 26 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Moscow, Russia: Gas condensate was burnt up with a flaming installation during a power failure at an oil refinery.

Wed, 25 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Persian Gulf, Iran: About 700 tons of crude oil spilled into the Persian Gulf after two oil tankers collided.

Wed, 25 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Terminal Island, CA: A fire broke out at a scrap metal plant, sending out fumes that sickened residents.

Tue, 24 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Dahod, India: A freight train carrying ammonia leaked, resulting in the evacuation of passengers at a train station.

Tue, 24 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Kansas City, MO: Four workers at an ice cream plant were injured when the valve of an ammonia tank they were working on flew off.

Tue, 24 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Cairns, Australia: An oil line burst causing a fire in the engine room of a ship.

Tue, 24 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Tarchung City, Taiwan: At least nine people were killed when a fire broke out in a plastics factory that housed workers and their families.

Tue, 24 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Smethwick, UK: An incident involving an LPG bottle on a forklift caused an explosion that injured two employees at a metal processing plant.

Tue, 24 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Goryachi Klyuch, Russia: A small crack in a worn out pipe caused about 20 tons of oil to spill from an oil pipeline.

Tue, 24 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Kansas City, KS: A gas pipeline ruptured at a pipeline supply company leaking more than 18,000 gallons of fuel near a river causing traffic re-routes for the area.

Mon, 23 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Windsor, UK: A fire broke out at a recycling and waste plant.

Mon, 23 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Paris, TX: An employee at a safety products manufacturing plant was injured when a flash fire occurred when he tried to light a natural gas furnace.

Mon, 23 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Tacoma, WA: A fire broke our in a kiln building causing $500,000 damage to a lumber processing plant.

Sun, 22 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Arudy, France: A fire destroyed a chrome plating plant.

Sat, 21 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Qatar: Electrical problems caused a fire at a carton factory destroying machinery and cartons.

Sat, 21 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Perth, Australia: A tube in a heat exchange bundle failed in the acid area of a nickel plant causing a fire.

Sat, 21 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Basel, Switzerland: An ammonia leak was repaired at a meat processing plant.

Sat, 21 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Cheboygan, MI: While unloading a bundle of combustible material in the central pulping unit of a paper plant, a metal binding snapped, hit the cement and caused a fire.

Sat, 21 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Three Rivers, TX: A leak at a gas refinery caused the release of 10,000 pounds of carbon monoxide, 3,500 pounds of nitrogen monoxide, 500 pounds of sulfur dioxide, and 100 pounds of nitrogen dioxide resulting in flaring through the hydrocracking unit.

Fri, 20 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Anderson, SC: Equipment at a lawnmower manufacturing plant overheated, emitting smoke that caused employees to feel ill.

Fri, 20 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Hamilton, New Zealand: A fire broke out on a bitumen tanker on a major road.

Fri, 20 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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LaVergne, TX: Heat from a mixing chute caused a conveyor belt on the mixing floor to catch fire at a rubber plant.

Fri, 20 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Thibodaux, LA: Welding sparks ignited nitro-parafins causing a fire at a chemical plant

Fri, 20 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Port Louis, Maritius: Equipment at a generating station failed causing heavy fuel oil to leak into a nearby canal.

Fri, 20 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Port of Liverpool, UK: Four people were hurt when too much pressure built up in an auxiliary boiler at a combined cycle power plant, causing it to explode.

Thu, 19 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Durban, S. Africa: A truck carrying about 20 tons of asbestos chrysotile overturned, spilling the substance on a major road.

Thu, 19 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Tokyo, Japan: Three employees were injured when a fire broke out in the input gate of a disposal plant for industrial waste.

Thu, 19 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Williston, ND: A lignite manufacturing plant shut down after a fire ignited in the electrical room.

Thu, 19 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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El Paso, TX: At least three fire fighters were injured in a fire at a recycling plant.

Thu, 19 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Rockville, MD: Firefighters responded to a massive fire that broke out at a cement plant.

Thu, 19 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Pittsgrove Twp., NJ: Two people were injured when about six gallons of acid used to clean equipment at industrial warehouse spilled.

Thu, 19 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Merseyside, UK: A boiler exploded at a power plant injuring four people.

Thu, 19 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Handan, China: While checking equipment at a sewage pool in a brewery, five people were killed by a hydrogen sulfide leak.

Thu, 19 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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South Salt Lake, UT: About 700 gallons of sodium hydroxide leaked into a nearby canal at a water treatment plant.

Wed, 18 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Jiangxi , China : Four people were killed and several others injured when a melting furnace in the nitration section of a chemical plant exploded.

Wed, 18 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Salt Lake City, UT: A pipe on a container of sodium hydroxide at a purified water plant snapped causing the chemical to leak and eat through the concrete foundation eventually leaking into the canal system.

Wed, 18 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Kenai, AK: A transmitter failure caused a fire at an oil refinery.

Wed, 18 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Greenville County, NC: A flash fire occurred while workers mixed sodium hydroxide, ferrous chloride and sodium hydrosulfide causing a cloud of hydrogen sulfide to be released at a water treatment plant.

Tue, 17 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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