Industrial Fire World

Baltimore, MD: A fire in a manufacturing plant prompted the evacuation of a one-block area. Chemicals involved included sodium borohydride.

Tue, 31 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Visalia, CA: A propane tank being loaded using a forklift fell and exploded, destroying the forklift and a truck.

Tue, 31 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Hobbs, N.M.: A man was killed while filling a tanker truck with crude oil. He filled the truck to 75 percent capacity without opening the overhead hatch cover. When he climbed atop the truck to open the valve, the hatch cover blew open and struck him.

Mon, 30 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Anniston Army Depot: Four workers were treated after nitric acid spilled in the depot’s plating shop. The acid was being transferred from a vat to a truck.

Mon, 30 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Ashtabula, OH: A firefighter sustained chemical burns while battling a fire at a metals finishing plant. The firefighter was wearing bunker gear at the time.

Sun, 29 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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San Antonio, TX: Twelve volunteer fire departments lost as much as $200,000 in equipment ruined by caustic chemicals during a fire at a chemical mixing and storage facility.

Sat, 28 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Coffeyville, OK: An anhydrous leak injured one worker. A deluge system was activated by the leak.

Sat, 28 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Oklahoma City, OK: A four-alarm fire swept through a car plant paint building, sparking at least two explosions. Workers had been in the process of cleaning away years of paint sludge.

Sat, 28 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Midway, IN: A fire in a natural gas well took 28 hours to extinguish.

Sat, 28 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Schweizerhalle, Switzerland: Twenty-one firefighters received light to medium burns battling a two-hour fire following an explosion at a chemical plant.

Fri, 27 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Yorktown, VA: A fire broke out in the crude distillation unit of an oil refinery. The unit returned to full production in less than a week.

Fri, 27 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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South Wapiti, Alberta: A leak at a gas plant resulted in a fire that burned more than eight hours.

Thu, 26 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Linz, Austria: Three workers were injured when gases exploded inside a German tanker ship

Wed, 25 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Lancaster, PA: A leaking gasoline supply line exploded in a remote area with no injuries reported.

Tue, 24 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Gokase, Japan: An explosion at a distilled spirits plant resulted in one death.

Mon, 23 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Bristol, TN: A worker died from burns when oil spilling from a ruptured overflow line at a reclamation plant ignited.

Mon, 23 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Orellana Province, Ecuador: An explosion at an oil production site killed three workers.

Sun, 22 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Huron, S.D.: Roads and nearby businesses were closed when a container of sodium hydroxide spilled from the back of a truck enroute to a plant.

Fri, 20 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Reno, NV: A chlorine pipe valve at a chemical plant malfunctioned, forcing area evacuations.

Fri, 20 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Malvern, PA: Two men were critically injured after a tanker truck carrying chemical solvents exploded.

Thu, 19 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Chester, S.C.: One person died and another was injured in an explosion and fire at a fireworks plant.

Thu, 19 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Cypremont, LA: About 300 families were forced to evacuate when a barge hit a swing bridge, spewing a cloud of flammable propylene gas.

Thu, 19 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Baltimore, MD: A train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed and caught fire in a downtown tunnel, nearly shutting down the city. The fire burned so hot that firefighters could not reach it for eight hours.

Wed, 18 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Martinez, CA: Fire broke out in the heater area of an oil refinery. Officials issued a shelter-in-place order for area residents.

Wed, 18 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Buffalo, TX: Two workers were killed and five injured in a natural gas well explosion.

Wed, 18 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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St. Louis, MO: One man was killed when a 100-pound propane tank exploded at a metals finishing plant.

Tue, 17 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Delaware City, DE: One worker remains missing and eight others were injured when nearly one million gallons of sulfuric acid spilled at a chemical plant tank farm.

Tue, 17 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Newport, U.K.: A worker at a chemical waste disposal plant was killed and three others injured when hydrogen sulfide leaked.

Mon, 16 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Grangemouth, Scotland: About 300 workers were evacuated after complains of nausea and fumes.

Mon, 16 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Cheshire, OH: Sulfuric acid fumes were released from the stacks at a power plant despite a new anti-pollution system.

Mon, 16 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Detroit, MI: An explosion and fire at a chemical plant killed three workers, injured nine and displaced hundreds of residents. The three fatalities were overcome by methyl mercaptan fumes.

Sat, 14 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Lewiston, ID: Workers were evacuated after a chlorine dioxide release at a pulp and paper mill.

Thu, 12 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Ogbodo, Nigeria: A rupture in a 28-inch pipeline allowed crude oil to leak into nearby rivers.

Thu, 12 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Bristol, PA: Four people were treated after two tanks filled with nickel sulphate ruptured.

Thu, 12 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Killeshandra, Ireland: One man was killed and another seriously injured in an explosion at a dairy plant.

Thu, 12 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Tulsa, OK: More than 100 people were hospitalized overnight after exposure to arsine after a valve blew off a tank at a chemical plant.

Wed, 11 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Detroit, MI: A gasoline tanker was hit by a speeding car and caught fire. The tanker driver was killed.

Wed, 11 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Granite City, IL: An 80-foot high tank containing hundreds of thousands of gallons of liquid asphalt caught fire. No injuries were reported.

Tue, 10 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Geismar, LA: An explosion that blew the lid off a small tank at a chemical plant slightly injured four workers.

Tue, 10 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Washington County, PA: An interstate highway was closed for nearly 16 hours after an overturned tractor-trailer leaked hundreds of gallons of glacial methacrylic acid.

Mon, 09 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Three Rivers, TX: A fire and explosion in an alkylation unit of a petroleum refinery injured four people.

Mon, 09 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Poseyville, IN: Fire destroyed more than half of an 18,000-square-foot building at a plastics plant.

Mon, 09 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Canajoharie, FL: An open-topped tractor-trailer rig overturned, dumping 35 tons of paper mill waste sludge.

Mon, 09 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Miaoli County, Taiwan: Tons of heavy oil spilled into a nearby waterway after thieves stripped a tanker truck for parts.

Sun, 08 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Albert Lea, TX: Sixteen fire departments responded to a major fire at a food processing plant.

Sun, 08 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Houston, TX: Firewalls and sprinklers contained a one-hour blaze in the warehouse at a plastics plant.

Fri, 06 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Oneida, N.Y.: Two men were hospitalized after a tractor-trailer overturned, spilling liquid nitrogen.

Fri, 06 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Mailsi, Pakistan: At least four people died when a fireworks factory blew up.

Thu, 05 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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St. Francisville, LA: Cylinders containing chlorine tablets ruptured when a truck overturned and caught fire.

Thu, 05 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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Chapelcross, Scotland: Spent fuel rods were accidentally dropped onto the reactor floor of a nuclear power station, forcing the immediate shutdown of the facility.

Thu, 05 Jul 2001 05:00:00 GMT

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