Industrial Fire World

Youngtown, Australia: A furnace at a steel plant explodedwhen molten metal came in contact with water.

Sat, 26 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Feyzin, France: Fire broke out in a diesel desulphurization unit of an oil refinery.

Sat, 26 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Leominster, MA: A fire in an overheated laser forced the evacuationof an optics plant.

Fri, 25 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Red Bluff, CA: Sprinklers helped save the interior of a tirerecaping plant when fire broke out.o

Thu, 24 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Salina, KS: A fire and acid spill closed part of an electriclight plant.

Thu, 24 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Decatur, AL: About 15,000 gallons of hydrochloric acidleaked at a corn syrup plant.

Wed, 23 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Algiers, Algeria: An explosion and fire ripped through an Algerianpower plant, injuring 10.

Tue, 22 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Leziat, U.K.: Fire broke out in the chimney of a resincoating plant.

Tue, 22 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Secunda, South Africa: One worker was killed in an explosionat an oil refinery.

Tue, 22 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Sparks, MD: Operations came to a halt at a shipping facilitywhen a package containing mercury leaked.

Tue, 22 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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El Paso, TX: Two workers were injured in an explosionat a refinerys maintenance shop.

Tue, 22 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Bruchmuhlback-Miesau, Germany: About 2.5 tons of cosmeticpowder caught fire when a dryer overheated.

Mon, 21 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Chesterfield, VA: One person was injured when about hydrochloricacid leaked at an asphalt company.

Mon, 21 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Miami, FL: An ammonia leak at a bottling plant forcedemployees to evacuate.

Mon, 21 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Cairns, Australia: Ammonium nitrate spilled from an overturnedtruck, forcing authorities to close a major highway.

Sun, 20 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Almalo, Russia: An explosion ruptured an oil pipeline.

Sun, 20 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Freemont, OH: Equipment carrying a 480-volt charge fell ata plastics plant, killing one man.

Sat, 19 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Erdington, U.K.: A major fire broke out at a plasticsfactory.

Sat, 19 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Achern, Germany: Three warehouses at a plastics recyclingplant were destroyed by fire, as was a furniture factory on the samesite.

Sat, 19 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Tuscaloosa, AL: A toxic chemical spill along a two-mile stretchof railroad tracks led to the closing of several streets.

Fri, 18 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Perry, GA: Two men died of heat stroke while working on theroof of a chicken processing plant.

Fri, 18 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Woods County, OK: A lightning strike ignited oil fieldwaste stored at a salt water disposal facility.

Fri, 18 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Windy Lake, Northwest Territory: More than 5,000 gallonsof diesel spilled into waterway from an industrial source.

Fri, 18 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Montpelier, VT: A transformer fire forced the shut down ofa nuclear power plant.

Fri, 18 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Franklin, TN: Fire closed a sewing machine plant.

Thu, 17 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Thibodaux, LA: A man shot and killed an employee working ata window manufacturing plant.

Thu, 17 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Haifa, Israel: Explosions and fire erupted at an oil refineryonly days after an earlier fire.

Tue, 15 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Nampa, ID: A worker at a meat processing plant died when hebecame caught in machinery.

Tue, 15 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Cuddapha, India: A fire in a cable trench affected productionat a cement plant.

Mon, 14 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Waterloo, Ontario: Explosions lead to a 3-hour fire at a chemicalplant.

Fri, 11 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Norfolk, UK: More than 100 people were evacuated after a firebroke out near tanks containing sodium hypochlorite

Sat, 05 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Cixi City, China: 4 people were killed and 2 injured while makingrepairs to diesel electric machinery that exploded at a hardware factory.

Sat, 05 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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Valaparaiso, IN: A steel worker cleaning an electric furnacewas found dead after injuries suffered from a fall and accident withheavy equipment.

Fri, 04 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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La Porte, TX: An explosion at a power plant caused by a rupturedwater main left one man dead.

Fri, 04 Jun 2004 05:00:00 GMT

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