Industrial Fire World

Bedford, OH: A vapor cloud of volatile dinethyl aminopropylamine released from a chemical plant forced an area evacuation.

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Calgary, BC: A butane drum exploded at a tool plant, injuring a worker.

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Dalian, China: 2 workers died in a chemical plant explosion.

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Evadale, TX: A flash fire in a chemical unloading area at a paper products plant injured a worker who later died.

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Gonzales, CA: A dumpster fire at a biodiesel plant threatened nearby drums of sulfuric acid.

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Hunedoara, Romania: A fire in a continuous casting machine shut down production at a steel plant.

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Leamington, ON: Firefighters responded to a food processing plant.

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Natchez, MS: A smoldering fire destroyed several tons of formamidine sulfinic acid at a chemical warehouse.

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Qingkeng’ao, China: A rail tanker carrying 23 tons of LP gas fell into a river and began leaking.

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Richland, WA: A small fire forced operators to shut down a nuclear power plant.

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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St. Louis, MO: Fire spread through a company that provides cleanup services following disasters.

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Waldenburg, AR: A flash fire after a power outage injured an agricultural plant worker.

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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West Manchester Twp., PA: Flaming snack chips on a conveyor belt spread fire through a snack food factory.

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Wright Twp., PA: Neighbors reported a noxious odor at a PVC plant.

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Ashulia, Bangladesh: Protesting workers burned down a garment factory.

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Camden, AR: An explosion at a plant making flares injured a worker.

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Dalian City, China: 2 workers died in a chemical plant explosion.

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Eutritzsch, Germany: Fire broke out in chemicals stored at a recycling plant.

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Jamaica, NY : A worker who fell into a pit for collecting waste runoff and 2 workers who tried to rescue him were overcome by hydrogen sulfide fumes and died.

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Knox, ME: About 200 gallons of sodium hydroxide spilled from a wrecked tanker truck.

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Leamington, UK: Fire spread through an oven manufacturing plant.

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Lee, FL: Workers cleared a peanut processing plant when a 30,000-gallon propane tank began leaking.

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Matthew, NC: Fire broke out at a plant making steel drums.

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Viareggio, Italy: 13 people died and 50 were injured when a freight train derailed, igniting 2 LNG tank cars.

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Waterloo, IA: A fire in an outdoor wooden pallet storage yard is suspected to be arson.

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Hereford, UK: A factory explosion injured a worker.

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Lumberton, NC: Fire swept through a fertilizer plant.

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Billings, MT: Nearby homes were evacuated when fire broke out at a feed factory.

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Borken, Germany: Fire broke out in the ventilation ducts at a textile plant.

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Muscffah, Abu Dhab: A warehouse in an industrial area burned 5 hours.

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Pico Truncado, Argentina: An explosion ripped through an oil company laboratory, injuring a worker.

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Surabaya, Indonesia: Fire destroyed a palm oil factory.

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Saint-Ghislain, Belgium: An explosion in a furnace used to produce ammonia injured 2 fertilizer plant workers.

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Wilmington, NC: A polymer plant worker repairing a valve was severely burned when sprayed with chemical.

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Aurora, NC: 4 contract workers were treated after an acid leak at a chemical plant.

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Calaveras Lake, TX: An explosion rocked a power plant.

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Kingsbury Run, OH: Cooking oil spilled into the Cuyahoga River killed hundreds of gulls.

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Limassol, Cyprus: A worker lost part of a hand in a cheese grating machine at a pasta factory.

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Salt Lake City, UT: Sprinklers reacted quickly when fire broke out in a building shared with a fire suppression systems company.

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Sanborn, IA: Fumes from cleaning chemicals overcame 9 workers at a cheese plant.

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Corsicana, TX: Fire broke out in a reactor at a plant specializing in anime-based chemicals.

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Halifax, NS: Responders extinguished a fire at a plant making plaster models.

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Menasha, WI: Fire broke out in the ventilation system at a paper mill.

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Ottawa County, IA: An explosion rocked the transmission switchyard at a nuclear power plant.

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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South Molton, UK: Fire spread through the ceiling of a hydraulic press room at a wood panel factory.

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Tula de Allendre, Mexico: 2 refinery worker doing maintenance on a pump valve were injured in a fire.

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Abbotsford, BC: A dumpster fire threatened a rubber mat production plant.

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Blaenavon, UK: Valves left open spilled a large quantity of chemicals at a detergent plant.

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Caloocan, Philippines: 3 workers died in a fire at a plant making promotional displays.

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Albany, GA: A smoldering pallet of sodium hydrosulphate at a detergent plant required a haz mat response.

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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