Industrial Fire World

East St. Louis, IL: 2 hospital emergency rooms had to be decontaminated after 8 chemical plant workers exposed to nitroaniline were treated.

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Laurel, MT: A power outage triggered flaring at an oil refinery.

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Port Alberni, BC: Two dumpsters were found burning at a newspaper printing plant.

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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St. Austell, UK: A pharmaceuticals plant fire was confined to a warehouse.

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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West Thurrock, UK: Fire officials scheduled a meeting with representatives of a detergent factory after five fires in three months.

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Abu Dhabi, UAE: 11 firefighters were treated for smoke inhalation after battling a paper mill fire for nearly 24 hours.

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Alpine, TX: A railcar leaking argon prompted a local evacuation.

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Brimfield, OH: Fire broke out at a rubber recycling plant, prompting an area evacuation.

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Circleville, OH: A pet food plant burned to the ground.

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Edmunds County, SD: Fire ignited in a corn storage bin at an ethanol plant.

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Fawley, UK: A lifting boom collapsed onto the deck of an oil tanker docked at a refinery, killing 1.

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Guaohan Banner, China: A fireworks factory explosion killed 13.

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Keysborough, Australia: A fire at a plant making chemical additives for concrete prompted officials to issue a shelter-in-place order.

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Moorabbin, Australia: Fire destroyed a medical supplies factory.

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Philadelphia, PA: A small oven fire filled an industrial bakery with smoke.

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Bartonville, IL: A semi tanker carrying sodium hydroxide overturned, delaying traffic.

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Franklin, MA: A forklift accident at a food processing plant injured a worker.

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Gulf Coast, USA: Refineries began taking emergency measures as Hurricane Gustav closed in.

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Juchen, Germany: Fire broke out at a chemical plant in a container of lacquer sludge.

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Kirklareli, Turkey: 2 workers died and 16 were injured in a gunpowder factory explosion.

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Medford, OK: A locomotive crashed into a propane tanker, triggering an explosion that killed 2.

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Stuarts Draft, VA: A tetrahydrofuran spill at a health car products plant sent several works to the hospital.

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Tinsukia, India: 2 aluminum factory workers were killed and 6 injured in an explosion.

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Bhosari, India: 10 workers died in a series of explosions that ignited a chemical plant.

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Burlington, ON: A fire in a cardboard corrugating machine was quickly extinguished by packaging plant workers.

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Caldwell County, TX: A 36-inch natural gas pipeline exploded.

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Cedar Rapid, IA: A corn oil tank being disassembled at a cereal plant caught fire.

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Estarroja, Portugal: 2 pharmaceutical plant workers were injured in an explosion.

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Evanston, WY: An explosion ripped through a fireworks factory.

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Fall River, MA: A truck driver was severely burned when a ruptured hose sprayed him with nitric acid.

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Fredericksburg, IA: Fire broke out in a dryer at a particle processing plant.

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Haldirams, India: Fire broke out in a plastic bangle factory, injuring 2 people.

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Institute, WV: An explosion at an agricultural chemical plant producing methornyl killed a worker.

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Milford, CT: A polymers plant worker pinned beneath a 1,000-pound freight elevator was severely injured.

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Peterborough, UK: Fire ignited in an air extraction unit for a factory paint booth.

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Sarnia, Ontario: Ammonia leaked for 20 minutes at a chemical plant making fertilizer components.

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Ylivieska, Finland: More than 700 gallons of sulfuric acid spilled while filling a tanker at a chemical plant.

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Bath, ME: Fire broke out on the roof of a painting building at an iron works.

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Bhosari, India: 10 workers died in a fire and multiple explosions at a plastics products plant.

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Briston, OK: An oil rig worker jumped to his death went an explosion rocked the area followed by fire.

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Delmar, MD: A recycling plant worker lost his left leg in a rubber shredder.

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Lee Twp., MI: Fire destroyed a food processing plant warehouse, killing 1.

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Leggiuno, Italy: An explosion at a chemical plant injured 1.

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Leverkusen, Germany: 6 chemical plant workers were injured in a release of nitrogen and chlorine.

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Lockport, IL: Fire broke out at a chemical plant specializing in aluminum powder, paste and flake pigment.

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Lubbock, TX: Ammonia leaked at an ice plant.

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Plainsboro, NJ: 2 workers at a fragrance manufacturer were splashed with acetaldehyde.

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Ulen, MN: Firefighters responded to a grain elevator fire.

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Waco, TX: A worker at a granite cutting company became trapped in a cutting machine.

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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York, PA: Work resumed at a wire plant after a fire in a powder coating system.

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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