Industrial Fire World

Margoa India: Five tons of sodium hydroxide spilled when a tanker truck tumbled down an embankment.

Sun, 31 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Rochester NY: Fire broke out at a paint shop after combustibles near a furnace caught fire.

Sun, 31 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Beaumont TX: A feed header leaked benzene.

Sun, 31 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Butler Township , MI : A worker pouring methanol into a car was killed when sparked caused an explosion.

Sat, 30 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Wichita , KS : A titanium fire at a metals company shot fireballs 50 feet or more into the air.

Fri, 29 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Valdese NC: More than 100 gallons of an unknown chemical leaked into a river after a forklift accident at a manufacturing plant.

Fri, 29 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Orange TX: Leaking ethylene gas ignited at a works plant injuring seven workers conducting maintenance.

Fri, 29 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Forsyth County USA: An overturned tractor-trailer rig spilled hydrocide forcing officials to close the highway.

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Wheten IL: After a chemical spill at a printing plant 13 people were rushed to the hospital.

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Suttons Bay MI: An ammonia spill was reported at a fruit factory.

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Portland OR: A hazmat team helped clean up a chemical spill at a carbon paper factory.

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Texas City TX: A pipe at a petroleum plant ruptured sending hydrogen gas spewing.

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Dallas TX: Welding was being done when gas residue in a tank at a mineral plant exploded burning one worker.

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Dewas, India : An explosion in a mixing vessel spread fire through a chemical factory, killing four workers.

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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India: A large fire on an oil platform killed 11 people.

Wed, 27 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Moscow Russia: A ruptured pipeline resulted in fire at an oil processing plant.

Tue, 26 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Clinton MS: An explosion at a paint plant ignited nitrous cellulose.

Tue, 26 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Belton TX: A fire at a roofing material factory resulted in an evacuation.

Tue, 26 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Bashkortosten Russia: An explosion spread flames through an oil refinery.

Tue, 26 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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A Wuix, China : Nine people were killed in an explosion at a chemical plant.

Tue, 26 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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McIntosh, AL: Employees and nearby residents evacuated after a liquid chlorine lead at an alloy plant.

Tue, 26 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Hopewell VA: A worker was burned when nitric acid being transferred from one tanker to another sprayed from a leaking hose.

Mon, 25 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Elmpark NJ: Fire broke out at an adhesive factory.

Mon, 25 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Quebec Canada: Several hydrocarbon leaks ignited during a power outage at a refinery.

Mon, 25 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Rockaway Township NJ: A fire at a metal parts factory injured four.

Mon, 25 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Webster SD: A malfunctioning oven at a paint company ignited a magnesium fire that damaged several buildings.

Mon, 25 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Allentown PA: A fire at an abandoned textile plant caused harmful chemical fumes to be released.

Mon, 25 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Greene County NY: Several explosions were reported as firefighters worked to extinguish a fire at a recycling plant.

Mon, 25 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Detroit MI: Seven were treated after a hydrogen sulfide spill at a chemical company.

Mon, 25 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Australia: A tanker truck road train carrying hazardous materials crashed closing a major highway for 12 hours.

Sun, 24 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Orefield PA: A pipe burst causing anhydrous ammonia to leak form a refrigeration system at a distribution center.

Sun, 24 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Jeremi Nigeria: A pipeline rupture caused a major oil leak at a petroleum company.

Sun, 24 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Cacenes Spain: A methyl chloride leak forced the evacuation of a railway station.

Sat, 23 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Springfield OR: A sprinkler system kept a fire under control at a warehouse that stored charcoal briquettes.

Sat, 23 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Minneapolis MN: Escaping asphalt oil spilled into a river.

Sat, 23 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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High Ridge MO: Formamide sulfmatic acid fumes leaked from two 35 - pound barrels at a food coloring plant.

Fri, 22 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Corpus Christi TX: A power outage tripped a relief valve that leaked anhydrous ammonia at a gas refinery.

Thu, 21 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Rubbertown KY: A tanker leaked styrene at a resin plant.

Thu, 21 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Elizabethtown NC: An explosion at a manufacturing plant seriously burned one employee.

Thu, 21 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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El Segundo, CA: Heavy oil escaping from a containment vessel ignited resulting in a small fire at an oil refinery plant.

Wed, 20 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Wagerup, Australia: About 500,000 liters of a caustic solution spilled at an aluminum refinery.

Wed, 20 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Washington DC: Chemicals inside a school locker reacted creating a cloud of hydrochloric acid.

Wed, 20 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Acton Canada: A dust explosion caused a fire at a sulpher processing plant.

Wed, 20 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Florham Park NJ: Molten metal overflowed from a vacuum induction furnace into a water cooling system triggering an explosion at an alloy plant.

Tue, 19 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Columbus OH: Workers at a power plant mistakenly unloaded sodium hypochlorite into a 500-gallon storage tank that contained sodium sulphite creating chlorine gas.

Tue, 19 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Louisville KY: Nearly 1000 pounds of ammonia leaked at a baking factory.

Tue, 19 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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East Jefferson CA: An area evacuation was ordered when an ammonia leak was reported at a water plant.

Tue, 19 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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St Croix Virgin Islands: Fire broke out when lightning struck a refinery tank farm.

Tue, 19 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Morrow, GA: Flames ignited near an industrial blender and spread from swimming pool chemicals at a chemical plant.

Tue, 19 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Chatham Docks, UK : A fire at a recycling plant destroyed 2,000 tons of paper.

Tue, 19 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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