Industrial Fire World

Fort Worth TX: A tanker truck filled with sulfuric acid overturned without spilling.

Tue, 23 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Borger TX: An explosion at a chemical plant sent flames more than 100 feet into the sky.

Tue, 16 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Calvert City KY: A ruptured pipe leaking vinyl chloride monomer hydrochloric acid and ethylene dichloride at a chemical plant forced a shelter-in-place order.

Tue, 16 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Hattiesburg MS: A small fire broke out at a chemical plant.

Tue, 16 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Meraux LA: A sulpher leak in an oil refinery caused several residents to complain of headaches and nausea.

Mon, 15 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Cartersville GA: An ammonia compressor in a beer plant exploded causing a fire.

Mon, 15 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Clayton N.C.: Fire destroyed a carton making plant.

Mon, 15 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Atwater CA: A frozen fruit plant was closed when 100 gallons of liquid ammonia spilled from a large freezer.

Sun, 14 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Salem OR: Residents were told to stay indoors after an ammonia leak at an ice cream factory.

Sun, 14 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Steelton PA: Splatter from molten metal that came in contact with water started a fire at a steel plant.

Sun, 14 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Nogales AZ: Ten railroad cars overturned two of which spilled sulfuric acid into a nearby river. The town was left without water for days.

Sat, 13 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Chicago IL: Hazmat teams used fog streams to disperse fumes from an ammonia leak at a meat packing plant.

Thu, 11 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Alvin TX: An explosion at a plastics manufacturing plant caused a small fire.

Wed, 10 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Romulus MI: A tank at a chemical plant exploded causing a fire and several other explosions. Toxic chemicals were released.

Tue, 09 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Calgary Alberta: Fire broke out at a paper recycling plant.

Sun, 07 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Bellefaonte PA: Fire broke out in a chemical company causing extensive damage.

Sun, 07 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Pittsburg PA: Firefighters let a magnesium fire at a chemical plant burn itself out.

Sat, 06 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Termitau Kazakstan: Two people died when a concrete structure in an oil warehouse collapsed triggering an explosion.

Fri, 05 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Troy OH: A chemical leak at a polymer plant forced an area evacuation.

Fri, 05 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Fort Meyers FL: Workers moving empty tanks with a forklift accidently picked up a tank willed with sulpher dioxide separating it from its valve and causing a leak.

Thu, 04 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Kazakstan: Four people were killed in a blast at an explosives factory.

Thu, 04 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Sayreville NJ: Fire broke out in a vacant gunpowder plant leading to a series of explosions.

Thu, 04 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Vadodara India: A fire at a butadiene plant killed one worker and injured three others.

Thu, 04 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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China Grove TX: A bakery was forced to evacuate after ammonia leaked from a refrigeration system.

Wed, 03 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Lucknow India: Ammonia nitrate leaked from an ice factory.

Wed, 03 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Jasper TX: A tanker truck carrying orthoxylene began leaking on the highway.

Wed, 03 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Steubenville OH: Fire broke out in a wheeling factory when a casting ran across the floor igniting dust.

Wed, 03 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Murzzuschlag Austria: A worker was severely injured when he fell into a vat containing hydrofluoric and nitric acid at a metal processing plant.

Wed, 03 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Baytown TX: A relief valve on a refrigeration unit leaked more than 1100 pounds of anhydrous ammonia.

Wed, 03 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Brussels Belgium: Containers filled with acrylic acid were damaged in a rollover truck accident.

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Green Bay WI: A dryer vent caught fire at a paper recycling mill.

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Winchester KY: A chlorine regulator at a waste water treatment plant began leaking resulting in an area evacuation.

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Bellefantanine OH: Ammonia leaked from a cool system under going maintenance at a food distribution facility.

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Rayong Thailand: Fire broke out in an aromatics plant.

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Pembrkeshire UK: Five hundred tons of kerosene leaked from a petroleum plant into a river.

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Springfield OR: Flames broke out for the second time at a charcoal plant.

Mon, 01 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Greenfield MA: Propane gas escaped from a damaged storage tank at gas filling station.

Mon, 01 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Aviele Nigeria: Farmers clearing land ignited a petroleum pipeline that exploded.

Mon, 01 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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Springfield , OR : Flames broke out for the second time at a charcoal plant.

Mon, 01 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT

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