Industrial Fire World

Buchanan, NY: A power plant worker was treated after being hit in the shoulder by a piece of equipment.

Sun, 31 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Canning Vale, Australia: Fire engulfed a recycling plant.

Sun, 31 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Ferry hill, UK: Fire was reported at a wood chip factory.

Sun, 31 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Haswell, CO: A worker died after being buried alive in a grain bin.

Sun, 31 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Wisbech, UK: Ammonia leaking from a compressor closed a food packaging plant.

Sun, 31 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Wrexham, UK: Fire broke out in a wood chip factory.

Sun, 31 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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North Hollywood, CA: A fire in a shoe factory caused extensive damage.

Sat, 30 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Oakfield Lane, UK: 200,000 tires burned in a fire at a recycling center.

Sat, 30 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Salina Cruz, Mexico: Fire broke out at a refinery in a tank storing low-sulfur gasoline.

Sat, 30 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Bahadurgarh, India: Fire broke out at a chemical plant.

Sat, 30 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Canton Twp., PA: Fire damaged a recycling plant.

Fri, 29 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Dothan, AL: Several thousand gallons of sodium hydroxide spilled at a closed peanut mill.

Fri, 29 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Orange County, FL: Fire broke out in a turbine unit at a power plant.

Fri, 29 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Belpre, OH: A worker was injured when sprayed with heated liquid rubber at a chemical plant.

Thu, 28 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Florida Close, UK: Fire broke out at an industrial facility.

Thu, 28 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Live Oak, CA: Quick action by workers extinguished a fire at a molding company.

Thu, 28 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Portsmouth, VA: Fire broke out on the roof of a power plant.

Thu, 28 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Rothschild, WI: A coal mill at a power plant exploded after becoming over pressurized.

Thu, 28 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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San Pedro deMacoris, Dominican Republic: A worker died and 10 others were injured when a boiler exploded at a sugar refinery.

Thu, 28 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Willingburo, PA: A small fire broke out at a specialty metals plant.

Thu, 28 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Boronia, Australia: Fire damaged 3 factories in an industrial estate.

Wed, 27 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Chehalis, WA: Fire destroyed a truss and beam manufacturing plant.

Wed, 27 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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El Paso, TX: 50 barrels of crude oil spilled at a refinery.

Wed, 27 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Elba, IL: About 14 tons of ammonia escaped into the air from a bulk tank at a fertilizer facility.

Tue, 26 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Saldanha, S. Africa: An explosion shut down production at a steel mill.

Tue, 26 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Sarroch, Italy: 3 refinery workers died of asphyxiation in a hydro cracker unit that was undergoing maintenance.

Tue, 26 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Story Mountain, Manitoba: Fire spread through a wood joist factory.

Tue, 26 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Tunnelton, WV: Fire destroyed a tire shredding facility.

Tue, 26 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Wichita, KS: Fire broke out in an 80-foot-tall grain silo.

Tue, 26 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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LaSalina, Venezuela: A boiler explosion at an oil tank farm left 14injured.

Mon, 25 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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La Salina, Venezuela: 14 workers were injured by the explosion of a boiler at an oil tank farm.

Mon, 25 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Morecambe, UK: Area residents evacuated when fire broke out at a food processing factory.

Mon, 25 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Mayen-Betzing, Germany: Fire broke out at a bio gas plant.

Mon, 25 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Odin, IL: 13 people were treated after an anhydrous ammonia release.

Mon, 25 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Clinton, NC: Welding was underway when fire broke out at a food processing plant.

Sun, 24 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Inverness, UK: Fire broke out at a wood chip factory, injuring 1.

Sun, 24 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Les Toupes, France: Police are investigating an arson fire at a plant storing and recycling hazardous wastes.

Sun, 24 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Mazeikiu, Lithuania: Fire broke out in a diesel desulfurization unit at a refinery.

Sun, 24 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Brewster, MN: Fire broke out in several bio-diesel tanks at a soybean processing plant.

Sat, 23 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Corpus Christi, TX: Lightning ignited a naphtha storage tank at a refinery.

Sat, 23 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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East Midnapore, India: 3maintenance workers died of asphyxiation inside a vessel at a petrochemical refinery.

Sat, 23 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Dolores, Philippines: Fire gutted a school supplies factory.

Fri, 22 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Durham, NC: A collision between two misaligned rail cars released sodium hydroxide.

Fri, 22 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Kalaeloa, HI: Chlorine leaking from a one-ton cylinder at a chemical plant forced an area evacuation.

Fri, 22 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Muhlenberg Twp., PA: Fire broke out at a smelting plant.

Fri, 22 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Pawane, India: 2 workers died in a fire at a chemical plant.

Fri, 22 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Albany, GA: A pallet of bagged chemicals reacted with water at a detergent plant.

Thu, 21 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Bretton, UK: A chemical spill at a waste disposal facility sent12 people to the hospital.

Thu, 21 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Pointe-a-Pierre, Trinidad & Tobago: Fumes from a sulfur recovery unit forced 200refinery workers to evacuate.

Wed, 20 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Rocheport, MO: Fire broke out when a natural gas pipeline ruptured.

Wed, 20 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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