Industrial Fire World

Baton Rouge, LA: More than 80 emergency workers were closely checked after a fire at a refrigeration-chemical storage facility containing phosgene gas.

Tue, 30 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Doncaster, UK: A factory fire forced area evacuations.

Tue, 30 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Irving, TX: Two workers at a building materials plant received minor injuries when drums containing flammable liquid exploded.

Tue, 30 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Oceanside, NY: An exterior fire at a recycling plant reached two buildings.

Tue, 30 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Queens, NY: A transformer fire broke out in a power plant.

Tue, 30 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Winston-Salem, N.C.: Spilled hexane fuled a fire that destroyed a warehouse storing car care products.

Tue, 30 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Dryden, Ontario: A ruptured line at a paper mill released a cloud of chlorine dioxide gas, forcing the evacuation of 400 people.

Tue, 30 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Elrama, PA: A major fire at a power plant spread from a backup generator

Mon, 29 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Vandalia, OH: A chemical reaction involving industrial adhesive resulted in a fire at a chemical plant.

Mon, 29 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Pochun, S. Korea: An explosion at a dye factory killed 2 workers and injured 2 others.

Mon, 29 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Cleveland, OH: A dense vapor cloud was reported inside a commercial plating company.

Sun, 28 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Izmit, Turkey: An explosion at an LPG facility triggered a fire that took 3 hours to extinguish.

Sun, 28 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Des Moines, IA: A worker suffered severe burns when he drank from a bottle filled with sodium hydroxide.

Sun, 28 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Felben Wellhausen, Switzerland: A major fire at a galvanizing plant broke out while maintenance crews were at work. 1 firefighter was hospitalized.

Sat, 27 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Claymont, DE: A chemical flare at a refinery sent thick black smoke into the sky.

Fri, 26 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Milfay, OK: An explosion at a natural gas processing plant injured 3 workers and shut down hundreds of wells.

Fri, 26 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Mainaschaff, Germany: A cloud of corrosive gas was released from a metalworking plant, triggering a shelter-in-place order.

Fri, 26 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Burns Harbor, IN: No injuries were reported from a fire at a steel plant.

Thu, 25 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Canton, GA: Firefighters were able to contain an ammonia leak that forced the evacuation of a chicken processing plant.

Thu, 25 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Olney, IL: Two explosions rocked a dairy. No injuries were reported.

Thu, 25 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Beaumont, TX: A small fire in a refinery process unit pumped black smoke into the sky.

Wed, 24 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Birmingham, UK: A large fire resulted in the evacuation of hundreds of factory workers.

Wed, 24 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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East Point, GA: 8 workers were treated after an ammonia leak at an ice-making plant.

Wed, 24 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Hobbysville, S.C.: A tractor-trailer overturned spilling 24 tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer and 100 gallons of diesel.

Wed, 24 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Rocky Mount, VA: A plumber died from extensive burns sustained in a boiler explosion at a yarn dyeing plant. Thousands of gallons of spilled chemicals threatened to contaminate a nearby river.

Wed, 24 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Carole Park, Australia: Fire spread through 3 buildings at a foam mattress plant.

Tue, 23 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Neosho, MO: An ammonia leak at a poultry plant forced the evacuation of a nearby hotel.

Tue, 23 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Pimpri, India: 1 worker died and 10 were injured in a gas leak at a pharmaceuticals plant.

Tue, 23 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Shanghai, China: Ethylene crackers operating at an oil refinery exploded. No injuries reported.

Tue, 23 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Trainer, PA: A fire forced the shutdown of a 180,000-barrels-a-day refinery.

Tue, 23 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Battle Creek, MI: Chemical fumes inside a pumping room resulted in an explosion and flash fire at an auto parts plant. More than 20 workers were injured.

Mon, 22 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Lockport, N.Y.: A large cloud over a chemical plant was the result of a steam explosion.

Mon, 22 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Coventry, UK: Fire broke out in a plastic moulding machine and spread through an aviation plant.

Sun, 21 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Wroclaw, Poland: Firefighters battled a raging natural gas well fire.

Sun, 21 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Toronto, Canada: A major gas pipeline fire resulted in two separate blazes.

Sun, 21 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Lancing, TN: EPA took charge of extinguishing an oil well fire, one of the largest in state history.

Sat, 20 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Manhattan, N.Y.: A transformer explosion at a power plant created a large power outage.

Sat, 20 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Escravos, Nigeria: Lightning ignited an 180,000 barrel crude oil storage tank at a major oil terminal.

Sat, 20 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Kosovo, Yugoslavia: Several worker managed to escape after being trapped by flames when lightning hit a power plant. Nearly 30 people were injured.

Fri, 19 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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North Haven, CT: A massive engine plant was evacuated for almost 4 hours after a spill that turned out to be wastewater.

Fri, 19 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Rock Hill, S.C.: A conveyor belt fire spread into 2 silos at a chemical plant.

Fri, 19 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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St. Louis, MO: A worker at a plastics plant was killed when he was pulled into a wrapping machine.

Fri, 19 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Thanksgiving, N.C.: A gasoline tanker overturned spilling large amounts.

Fri, 19 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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York County, S.C.: Sparks created by rubbing metal ignited a silo conveyor at a chemical plant.

Fri, 19 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Novomoskovsk, Russia: Nearly 70 people requested treatment after a chlorine spill at a chemical plant.

Thu, 18 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Montreal, Quebec: A small spill of dichlorobutene at a warehouse facility sent 2 people to the hospital.

Wed, 17 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Solesmes, France: No injuries were reported in a small explosion and fire at a plant specializing in steel treatment products.

Wed, 17 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Central Minas, Brazil: 2 workers died and 5 were injured in an explosion in a refinery flare stack.

Tue, 16 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Orchard Beach, MD: A manhole explosion at a power plant injured six workers.

Tue, 16 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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Alexandra, Prince Edward Island: A major fire at a plastics recycling plant covered the county with choking smoke.

Mon, 15 Jul 2002 05:00:00 GMT

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