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Archer, FL: A chemical fire at a boat manufacturing plant forced nearby residents out of their homes. No injuries were reported in the fire.

Tue, 31 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Strum, WS: Nearly 5,000 gallons of gasoline spilled at a storage facility, forcing the removal of 3,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil. Cleanup included removing 2,000 gallons of gasoline and water from the site.

Tue, 31 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Archer, FL: A chemical fire at a boat manufacturing plant forced nearby residents out of their homes. No injuries were reported in the fire.

Tue, 31 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Allentown, PA: A fire at a factory that makes furniture slip covers more than workers to area hospitals to be checked for exposure to chemical fumes. Some workers complained about nausea and other reactions.

Tue, 31 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Strum, WS: Nearly 5,000 gallons of gasoline spilled at a storage facility, forcing the removal of 3,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil. Cleanup included removing 2,000 gallons of gasoline and water from the site.

Tue, 31 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Robards, KY: A food processing plant worker died after being crushed beneath an elevator during routine maintenance. Two other workers died at the same plant in July in an unrelated accident.

Mon, 30 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Phoenix, AZ: No injuries were reported in a metals-recycling plant blaze that took firefighters only 25 minutes to bring under control.

Mon, 30 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Robards, KY: A food processing plant worker died after being crushed beneath an elevator during routine maintenance. Two other workers died at the same plant in July in an unrelated accident.

Mon, 30 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Phoenix, AZ: No injuries were reported in a metals-recycling plant blaze that took firefighters only 25 minutes to bring under control.

Mon, 30 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Fort Pierce, FL: At least seven firefighters were treated for headaches, nausea and skin irritations after battling a fertilizer plant fire that forced the evacuation of 2,000 nearby residents.

Sun, 29 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Huntsville, AL: Three people were injured in a series of explosions at a fireworks plant that leveled several small buildings. Two of the three injured had second and third degree burns covering more than 80 percent of their bodies.

Sun, 29 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Renton WA: More than 3,300 gallons of gasoline and aviation fuel spilled at a transfer station. The spill was contained on company property and more than half the fuel was recovered.

Sun, 29 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Baltimore, MD: An explosion triggered a two-hour, two-alarm blaze at a hazardous materials recovery plant.

Sun, 29 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Fort Pierce, FL: At least seven firefighters were treated for headaches, nausea and skin irritations after battling a fertilizer plant fire that forced the evacuation of 2,000 nearby residents.

Sun, 29 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Huntsville, AL: Three people were injured in a series of explosions at a fireworks plant that leveled several small buildings. Two of the three injured had second and third degree burns covering more than 80 percent of their bodies.

Sun, 29 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Renton WA: More than 3,300 gallons of gasoline and aviation fuel spilled at a transfer station. The spill was contained on company property and more than half the fuel was recovered.

Sun, 29 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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St. Louis, MO: Firefighters quickly extinguished a one-alarm blaze at a coffee factory.

Sat, 28 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Oregon, Ohio: Production at a 140,000 barrel-per-day oil refinery dropped by half after a fire damaging a row of heat exchangers. Damage was not extensive.

Sat, 28 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Chelan, WA: Fire destroyed a warehouse containing agricultural products, including pesticides. Authorities evacuated a one mile radius of the warehouse.

Sat, 28 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Richland County, S.C.: An explosion related to a chemical leak in equipment used to make nylon shook a chemical plant.

Sat, 28 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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St. Louis, MO: Firefighters quickly extinguished a one-alarm blaze at a coffee factory.

Sat, 28 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Oregon, Ohio: Production at a 140,000 barrel-per-day oil refinery dropped by half after a fire damaging a row of heat exchangers. Damage was not extensive.

Sat, 28 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Chelan, WA: Fire destroyed a warehouse containing agricultural products, including pesticides. Authorities evacuated a one mile radius of the warehouse.

Sat, 28 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Richland County, S.C.: An explosion related to a chemical leak in equipment used to make nylon shook a chemical plant.

Sat, 28 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Blair, NE: Hydrochloric acid and urea ammonium nitrate were inadvertently mixed during a delivery to a plant, creating corrosive fumes.

Fri, 27 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Cornwall, Ontario: A train derailment resulting in a large spill of flammable alcohol forced the evacuation of hundreds from a busy shopping district.

Fri, 27 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Cornwall, Ontario: A train derailment resulting in a large spill of flammable alcohol forced the evacuation of hundreds from a busy shopping district.

Fri, 27 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Lebanon, MO: Eleven miles of interstate highway was closed for 16 hours after an unknown amount of nitric acid leaked from a tractor-trailer rig.

Thu, 26 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Lebanon, MO: Eleven miles of interstate highway was closed for 16 hours after an unknown amount of nitric acid leaked from a tractor-trailer rig.

Thu, 26 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Odessa, TX: A railroad worker was injured when exposed to a small amount of sulfuric acid leaking from a tank car.

Tue, 24 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Freeport, TX: A broken line at a chemical plant released more than 700 pounds of ammonia and 40 pounds of vinyl chloride in the atmosphere.

Tue, 24 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Odessa, TX: A railroad worker was injured when exposed to a small amount of sulfuric acid leaking from a tank car.

Tue, 24 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Beaumont, TX: Occupants of a college athletic facility were told to shelter in place after a release of sulfur dioxide from a nearby chemical plant.

Tue, 24 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Freeport, TX: A broken line at a chemical plant released more than 700 pounds of ammonia and 40 pounds of vinyl chloride in the atmosphere.

Tue, 24 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Mapleton, OR: Nearly 1,500 gallons of gasoline leaked into a creek feeding the Siuslaw River when a gasoline tanker truck and a pickup collided. The tanker plunged down a 75-foot embankment. The driver of the pickup was killed.

Mon, 23 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Ashtabula, OH: Homes within a four block radius of a sodium plant were evacuated when a chemical fire broke out.

Mon, 23 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Shelby County, TN: Thirty-eight workers were taken to area hospitals as a precaution after lime dust from a construction site blew into a nearby plants ventilation system, causing eye and nose irritation.

Mon, 23 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Mapleton, OR: Nearly 1,500 gallons of gasoline leaked into a creek feeding the Siuslaw River when a gasoline tanker truck and a pickup collided. The tanker plunged down a 75-foot embankment. The driver of the pickup was killed.

Mon, 23 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Shelby County, TN: Thirty-eight workers were taken to area hospitals as a precaution after lime dust from a construction site blew into a nearby plants ventilation system, causing eye and nose irritation.

Mon, 23 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Bedford Park, IL: A structure fire at a packaging plant required assistance from firefighters in surrounding communities.

Sat, 21 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Bedford Park, IL: A structure fire at a packaging plant required assistance from firefighters in surrounding communities.

Sat, 21 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Nikiski, AK: Three workers were injured when a 30-foot diameter tank containing a mixture of water and methyldiethanolamine exploded at a chemical plant that produces ammonia and fertilizer.

Fri, 20 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Minneapolis, MN: A three-alarm fire broke through the roof of a two-story dairy plant.

Fri, 20 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Cicero, IL: Local firefighters requested help from nearby Chicago in battling a four-alarm blaze that destroyed much of a box factory.

Fri, 20 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Nikiski, AK: Three workers were injured when a 30-foot diameter tank containing a mixture of water and methyldiethanolamine exploded at a chemical plant that produces ammonia and fertilizer.

Fri, 20 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Minneapolis, MN: A three-alarm fire broke through the roof of a two-story dairy plant.

Fri, 20 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Cicero, IL: Local firefighters requested help from nearby Chicago in battling a four-alarm blaze that destroyed much of a box factory.

Fri, 20 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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West Bromwich, U.K.: Two workers at a paint-stripping factory died after being overcome by fumes.

Thu, 19 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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Dearborn, MI: A steel plant maintenance worker suffered a cardiac arrest and died after being overcome by noxious fumes. Three other workers were hospitalized. The same steel plant-auto manufacturing complex was the scene of an explosion that killed six workers last winter.

Thu, 19 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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West Bromwich, U.K.: Two workers at a paint-stripping factory died after being overcome by fumes.

Thu, 19 Aug 1999 05:00:00 GMT

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