Industrial Fire World

Clarmont, DE: Molten steel burned through the wall of an electric arc furnace, trapping a steel worker perched on a crane.

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Columbus, OH: A powder plant worker injured in an explosion more than a month earlier died.

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Columbus, OH: Fire spread through cardboard packaging at a food processing plant.

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Fort Collins, CO: 500 gallons of hot asphalt spilled into the Poudre River due to a truck crash.

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Grande-Synthe, France: A leak was detected in a rail tanker carrying 44 tons of propylene.

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Jamestown, ND: Fire broke out at a food processing plant.

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Johnson City, TN: Propane leaked from a 500-pound tank knocked over by a forklift at a commercial gas facility.

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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North Attleboro, MA: Steel beams being erected at an oil refinery fell, crushing a worker’s leg.

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Bedford Park, IL: Fire broke out in the sugar refinery section of a corn processing plant.

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Calgary, AB: Burning pallets at a bottling plant triggered explosions in empty product barrels.

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Dunedin, New Zealand: A fire at a food processing plant will shut down operations for at least a week.

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Guwahati, India: Full operations resumed after a small fire was extinguished at an oil refinery.

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Joliet, IL: Police attributed a warehouse fire at a rubber recycling plant to vandalism.

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Kalamazoo, MI: A small fire broke out at a paper and plastics manufacturing plant.

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Moses Lake, WA: A fire at a hay processing plant is expected to burn for days.

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Noonmati, India: An explosion and fire erupted in a sulfur recovery unit at an oil refinery being restarted after a 12-day turnaround.

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Pretoria, S. Africa: Fire destroyed a picture frame factory.

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Sandusky, OH: Fire broke out in a storage room at a metals processing plant.

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Teesside, UK: Fire broke out at a waste disposal plant.

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Pune, India: 2 people were killed while transporting cyanamide for a chemical company.

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Alpha, NJ: A worker at a plant making transformers was injured when a 55-gallon drum being cut with a blow torch exploded.

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Fort McMurray, AB: A worker at an oilsands site died when a tire he was changing on a heavy hauler exploded.

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Grantham, UK: Fire destroyed a clothes recycling plant.

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Jeannette, OK: Fire gutted a woodworking factory specializing in closets.

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Modesto, CA: Fire broke out in a bottle making furnace at a glass plant.

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Philadelphia, PA: A packaging plant worker died after being trapped in a box-forming machine.

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Sheffield, UK: Fear of a roof collapse kept firefighters outside during a steel plant fire.

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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South San Francisco, CA: An ammonia leak at a food processing plant affected two dozen people.

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Tecumseh, ON: An accident at a metal coatings plant left 1 worker with chemical burns.

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Vandalia, OH: 4 people were burned in a flash fire at a pharmaceutical plant.

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Guangdong, China: A fire at a clothing factory killed 5 people.

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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El Dorado, KS: A flange fire broke out at an oil refinery.

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Hamtramck, MI: Fire broke out in a fuel and lubricants blending depot.

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Logan, WV: Fire broke out in a coal preparation plant.

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Rocky River, OH: Fire scorched the interior of a factory making patching and floor preparation products.

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Texas City, TX: A leak in an alkylation unit injured 1 refinery worker.

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Belize: A fire broke out in the chemical mixing room at a foam furniture factory.

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Edathala, India: 4 people were killed and 3 injured in an explosion in a concrete tank at a bio gas plant. The explosion occurred during a pipeline repair.

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Lisbon, OH: An explosion rocked a metal recycling plant, injuring 1 worker.

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Logan County, WV: Fire engulfed a four-story coal preparation plant.

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Berwick, PA: An explosion at an acetylene wholesaler injured 2 workers.

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Auckland, New Zealand: Fire damages an engineering factory.

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Forrest City, AR: A butane tank exploded at a recycling plant, injuring 2 workers.

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Wesseling, Germany: A fire broke out in a crude distillation unit at an oil refinery.

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Ancaster, ON: Fire broke out in a furniture manufacturing plant.

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Auburn, MA: Fire broke out in the duct work at a plastics plant.

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Bratislava, Slovakia: A bomb exploded at a plant making plastic doors, killing 1 and injuring 5.

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Calgary, AB: Roads at an industrial park were closed for seven hours due to a hydrogen sulfide leak.

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Caras-Severin County, Romania: An explosion in a heated oven killed a steel plant worker and severely burned 2 others.

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Claymont, DE: A steel plant worker suffered smoke inhalation when molten steel dripped into an electrical panel.

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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