Industrial Fire World

Kleinbreitenbronn, Germany: About 100,000 gallons of manure leaked from a biogas plant and flowed onto a nearby street.

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Carlisle, IA: A small chlorine leak was detected at a cereal plant.

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Horwich, UK: Several hundred tons of plastic are involved in a waste recycling plant fire.

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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St. Lucie County, FL: A tire fire broke out at a recycling plant.

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Cudahy, WI: A small fire broke out on the roof of an aviation manufacturer.

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Panihati, India: Fire spread through bleaching powder at a chemical plant, creating chlorine gas.

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Trecate, Italy: A fire shut one of two crude-distillation units at an oil refinery.

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Milwaukee, WI: Firefighters battled a fire at an imaging products plant.

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Taminda, Australia: A 18,400 gallon tank lined with filtration material caught fire while being disassembled.

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Reading, PA: Firefighters battled a two-alarm fire at an old paper plant.

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Durham, UK: Two workers were examined after a chemical drum overturned in a truck at a paint factory.

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Burwell, NE: An electrical worked died after contacting a live wire at an alfalfa processing plant.

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Gandhar, India: A fire at a gas pipeline terminal during maintenance work left 18 people burned.

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Jebel Ali, Dubai: A high angle rescue team saved three of four workers who fell into a storage tank.

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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International Falls, ON: A contractor working on a lime recovery kiln at a paper plant died in an industrial accident.

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Pewaukee, WI - A worker was injured on the job at a printing plant.

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Eagleswood, NJ: A worker fell 20 feet from a scaffold at a sand and gravel plant.

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Kinston, NC: Fire broke out on the loading dock of a poultry plant.

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Lodi, CA: A warehouse fire triggered by workers dismantling a spray booth burned through the roof.

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Cape Town, South Africa: Over 100 people were evacuated from a hair care products factory following a gas leak.

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Ulhasnagar, India: Four garment factory workers died when a wall collapsed due to heavy rains.

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Baton Rouge, LA: A leaking drum of hydrogen peroxide at a water treatment plant triggered an area evacuation.

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Rockmart, GA: An ammonia leak at a West Georgia poultry plant sent 23 employees to the hospital.

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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High Wycombe, UK: A vacant factory collapsed after being gutted by fire.

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Chita, Japan: A boiler fire shut down a 200,000 ton per year paraxylene making unit for five days.

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Hai Phong, Vietnam: A steel factory furnace exploded with no injuries reported.

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Kundal, India: Five workers were killed and three others injured after a gas cylinder exploded in a sugar factory.

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Scunthorpe, UK: A steel mill worker was crushed to death.

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Lawrenceville, PA: Fire broke out in roofing materials left atop a city industrial park.

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Dereham, UK: Fire spread through equipment and vehicles parked at the depot of a highway maintenance company.

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Bristol, TN: An electrical fire at a battery plant resulted in extensive smoke damage.

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Bridgeport, CT: Fire roared through four floors of a vacant firearms factory.

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Atlanta, GA: A worker at a water treatment plant died when he fell into an aeration basin.

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Arava, Israel: A major fire broke out at a factory.

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Harmon, Guam: Fire spread through warehouses next to a mattress factory.

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Mansfield, MA: A machinery fire in a company making foam products caused moderate smoke damage at a city industrial park.

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Moonachie, NJ: A small fire started by an overheated coffee roaster at a coffee and tea plant was contained within an hour.

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Lozovaya Station, Ukraine: An ammunition warehouse fire threatened to spread to a natural gas repository.

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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San Francisco, CA: A haz mat incident at a recyling center involving ammonium phosphate sent one person to the hospital.

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Rochester, NY: Two hydrogen tanks at an alternative fuel station exploded and caught fire, injuring two.

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Gillette, WY: Flames devoured a large warehouse used by a manufacturing plant to heat wood chips for use as an absorbant.

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Maharashtra, India: A 35-year-old worker was killed and seven others injured in an explosion at an industrial unit.

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Klayville, New Zealand: Firefighters battled a blaze in an aluminium smelter that left one worker injured.

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Phoenix, AZ: A worker at a freight depot was crushed to death in a loading dock accident.

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Burlington, ON: A worker who was crushed to death by a 13,000 pounds steel coil at a metal processing plant.

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Yarwun, Australia: A caustic emission was reported at an aluminum refinery.

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Polyarny, Russia: Fire broke out at a radioactive sorting plant located in a shipyard.

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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North Haven, CT: A worker suffered acetic acid burns in a spill at a chemical lab company.

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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North Sea, UK: A worker on an offshore oil platform was airlifted 145 miles to Aberdeen to treat an eye injury.

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Virudhunagar, India: A worker was killed in an explosion in a fireworks plant.

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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