Industrial Fire World

Riverside, CA : A tanker truck overturned and spilled 6,400 gallons of oil on to a busy freeway.

Wed, 31 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Mambai, India : 2 workers were killed in an explosion at an ammonium nitrate phosphate plant.

Tue, 30 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Lanzhou, China : Four workers were killed in a fire and explosion in an organic chemical factory.

Mon, 29 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Baric, Serbia : Explosives at a chemical plant exploded and killed four workers.

Sun, 28 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Bayern, Germany : There was a chlorine gas leak at a water treatment plant.

Sat, 27 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Beilen, Netherlands : A metal working plant was destroyed when a 124 gallon butane gas cylinder exploded.

Fri, 26 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Darivilliage, India : A gas leak at a prawn powder factory killed 4 people.

Thu, 25 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Rajdot, India : 3 workers suffocated to death after entering an oil tank to clean it.

Wed, 24 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Wilhelmshwan, Germany : A mixture of phosphoric and nitric acid spilled in a metal working plant.

Wed, 24 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Porgo, Benin : A gasoline tanker ran off the road, exploded and killed 35 people.

Wed, 24 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Indianapolis, IN : Workers in a chemical company came across a plastic barrel leaking hydrochloric acid. 1 person exposed to the chemical had to be decontaminated.

Tue, 23 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Yates Center, KS : 2 people were killed when an oil tank exploded and started a fire.

Tue, 23 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Salzburg, Austria : An aluminum powder explosion and fire that occurred in a plant the makes aluminum and magnesium granules.

Tue, 23 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Zurich, Switzerland : A chemical company suffered $200,000 in damages with a truck loaded with sulphuric acid caught fire.

Tue, 23 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Tokyo Bay, Japan: 3 crew members aboard a chemical tanker were killed from chemical poisoning while they were cleaning a tank that contained benzene in it.

Mon, 22 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Waukesha, WI : A container filled with sulphuric acid broke open and 350 gallons spilled into a small stream.

Mon, 22 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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St. Paul MN : A rail tanker at a chemical company leaked hydrochloric acid and six people were sent to the hospital.

Mon, 22 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Kawasaki, Japan : Firefighters battled a blaze for more than 2 hours after an oil tank exploded at an oil refinery.

Sun, 21 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Tokyo, Japan : There was a small radiation leak in a nuclear power plant.

Sun, 21 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Manzini, Swaziland : A fire at a chemical factory led to several thousand dollars in damages.

Sun, 21 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Norco, LA : An explosion at a refinery started a fire that was fuelled by diesel and hydrogen.

Sat, 20 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Maireville, OH : Firefighters used thermal imaging cameras to locate and extinguish a hydrogen fire at a silicon manufacturing plant.

Sat, 20 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Havana, IL : 2 men were killed after they were overcome by some type of gas while working on a well.

Fri, 19 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Kaliakoir, Bangladesh : 1 worker was killed in a machine explosion at a textile mill.

Thu, 18 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Pingshan, County, China : A power plant explosion killed 3 people.

Thu, 18 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Arnoldstein, Austria : A hose burst and 2 workers were burned by stearic acid while pumping the acid into a tanker.

Thu, 18 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Brockway, PA : An explosion occurred at a chemical plant while 2 workers were making stabilized bromine.

Thu, 18 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Los Angeles, CA : 1 hazmat team, 4 companies of firefighters and ambulances were called to a rail yard after styrene monomer leaked from a rail tanker.

Wed, 17 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Weyers Cave, VA : 1 person was injured in an explosion at a metal fabrication plant.

Tue, 16 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Bell City, LA : 1 person was killed in an oil well explosion.

Tue, 16 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Minneapolis, MN : Molten aluminum splashed the face and arm of a worker at an aluminum manufacturing plant.

Tue, 16 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Catoosa, OK : Heating coils were the cause of a fire and explosion at an asphalt processing plant.

Mon, 15 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Cheste, Spain: Fire broke out in a factory that manufactures cleaning products.

Sun, 14 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Jiuzhaigou, China : A truck carrying ten barrels of toluene di-isocyante overturned and dumped all the containers into an adjacent river.

Sun, 14 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Ukraine: An oil pipeline was damaged in an explosion while it was being tested.

Sat, 13 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Ho Chat Minh City, Vietnam : A barge carrying 830 cubic meters of gasoline exploded and injured 2 people.

Sat, 13 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Wynnewood, OK : An explosion occurredin an alkylation’s unit at an energy refinery.

Fri, 12 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Indianapolis, IN : Workers were transferring sulfuric acid from a truck to a tank when the pipe broke and sprayed 20 gallons of 97 percent sulfuric acid inside an aluminum fabrication plant.

Fri, 12 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Inagbe Beach, Nigeria : 150 people were killed in an explosion while trying to steal gasoline from a petroleum corporation.

Fri, 12 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Fieldsboro, NJ : A valve popped off a pressurized tank and sulfuric acid leaked inside a chemical company.

Thu, 11 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Limay, Philippines : 2 workers were injured in an explosion aboard an oil tanker.

Thu, 11 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Leer, Germany : It took 15 hours to extinguish a fire at an automobile recycling center.

Thu, 11 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Guangzhou, China : A chemical warehouse was evacuated after some chemicals leaked and self-ignited.

Wed, 10 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Athlone, Africa : More than 200 people were hospitalized for an ammonia leak at an ice cream factory.

Wed, 10 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Reno, NV : An employee at a chemical company accidentally created chlorine gas when the employee failed to clean hydrochloric acid from a tube.

Mon, 08 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Rajkot, India : A tanker carrying 12,000 kg of ammonia gas overturned and started leaking.

Mon, 08 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Debe, Trindad and Tobago : A brush fire set a pipeline on fire.

Mon, 08 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Richards Bay, Africa : A major fire broke out in a phosphoric acid plant after a transformer caught fire, burning oil and cables.

Sun, 07 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Baltimore, MD : 1 hundred gallons of nitric acid spilled and injured 12 workers while they were transferring the acid from 1 tanker railcar to another vehicle.

Sat, 06 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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Voronezh, Russia : 25 gallons of butadiene leaked from a storage container at a synthetic rubber plant.

Thu, 04 May 2006 05:00:00 GMT

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