Industrial Fire World

Summer Shade, KY: Fire broke out at a charcoal plant.

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Perryville, MO: Sprinklers helped check a small fire that broke out at an industrial bakery.

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Allegheny County, PA: Responders handled a citric acid spill at a plant providing equipment and services for natural gas and oil well drillers.

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Fenton, MI: A vent fire in a heat treatment furnace resulted in roof damage at a local plant.

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Winnepeg, MB: A fire in a semi-trailer spread to a nearby factory in an industrial park.

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Fort McMurray, AT: An oil field worker died after being struck in the chest by heavy equipment.

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Peoria, IL: A steel plant worker died when the golf cart he was driving struck a horizontal I-beam.

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Conroe, TX: One of 2 people injured when an ion lithium battery being heated at an oil and gas directional drilling service company exploded later died.

Sat, 30 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Tula de Allende, Mexico: An explosion ripped through the country's second-largest oil refinery, causing a massive fire and killing 2 workers.

Sat, 30 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Summitville, TN: Fire destroyed a bio-diesel plant and more than 30,000 gallons of fuel.

Sat, 30 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Wilson, OK: A worker at a salt water disposal facility died when fire broke out in a tank battery.

Sat, 30 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Longview, WA: Hundreds of gallons of a solution containing chlorine dioxide leaked on the ground from a storage tank at a pulp mill.

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Kirkcaldy, UK: Asbestos contamination became a major concern during a fire in a linen factory.

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Hai Phong, Vietnam: Welding was underway when fire broke out on the roof of a shoe factory, killing 17.

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Oran, Algeria: A warehouse fire may delay completion of the world's largest desalination plant as much as a year.

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Salt Lake City, UT: A chemical reaction in 4 large containers of expoxy brought firefighters to a company dealing in composite machines.

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Ansonia, CT: A 15- by 20-foot section of flooring caught fire at a metals factory.

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Tainan, China: 8 people were injured in a pesticides plant fire that forced the evacuation of area residents, including a hospital.

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Boyd County, WV: A worker was injured when a valve on a liquid oxygen tank leaked at an industrial gas plant.

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Austin, TX: A 2-gallon spill of ethyl acetate was enough to force the evacuation of a pharmaceutical plant.

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Fall River, MA: Sparks from welding during remodeling ignited a fire at a former man-made fiber textile mill.

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Enid, OK: Fire broke out in a storage area for oxidizers used at a packaging plant.

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Wednesbury, UK: A worker at a heating company died when he became trapped under steel tubes.

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Corning, NY: A molten glass leak send smoke rising from a manufacturing plant.

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Rivière du Loup, QC: A fire in an abandoned textile factory forced 70 nearby residents to evacuate.

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Swansea, UK: A fire involving acetylene and oxygen cylinders broke out at a factory on an industrial estate.

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Indiana, PA: Fire broke out at a tire plant in a building used for cold storage.

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Astoria, NY: A tube rupture in a reheat boiler caused a small explosion at a power plant.

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Little Rock, AR: A chemical cabinet filled with highly flammable material caught fire at a plant making wind powered equipment.

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Moncure, NC: Firefighters made a renewed assault on 70-foot piles of wood chips burning at a particle board plant since late June.

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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San Marcos, TX: A worker was killed and another injured when a pre-engineered metal building frame under construction collapsed at a manufacturing plant.

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Newport, OR: Fire broke out in the dryer section of a paper making machine at a paper mill, injuring a worker.

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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St. Augustine, FL: Firefighters found smoke billowing from an aluminum plant.

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Fairfield, CA: Flames spread through an outdoor storage area at a plastics plant.

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Lansing, MI: A chlorine leak at a water treatment plant injured 2 people.

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Doraville, GA: Responders contained an ammonia leak at a cold storage facility.

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Albuquerque, NM: A fire at a recycling plant spread through foam and scrap metal.

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Edmonton, AB: Responders asked nearby residents to shelter-in-place as fire spread through a pharmaceuticals plant.

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Mailiao, Taiwan: A fire at a plastics plant damaged the public power transmission network.

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Johnson City, VA: A machine company worker using a welder was injured in a flash fire.

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Page County, VA: A fire at a metal recycling plant was quickly extinguished.

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Licking, MO: Flames followed an explosion at a plant that uses wood shavings for animal bedding.

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Sacramento, CA: A small fire broke out in a silo at a food processing plant.

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Newport, ME: 3 workers, one of whom fell 30 feet from a ladder, suffered injures battling a fire at a fabrication plant.

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Armorel, AR: Molten metal pouring from a ruptured furnace ignited a fire at a manufacturing plant.

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Valparaiso, IN: A contractor using epoxy material to repair a water treatment plant tank became nauseous and later died.

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Ballymena, UK: A worker at a cigarette factory who was crushed while doing maintenance on a robotic arm later died.

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Auburn, ME: A fire in an industrial oven spread to the roof of a manufacturing plant by way of the duct system.

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Cedar Rapids, IA: An explosion and small fire happened in a dust collector at a plant making pharmaceuticals from grain byproducts.

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Bismarck, ND: Natural gas at an oil well, starting a fire that severely burned two men and injured another.

Sun, 24 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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