Industrial Fire World

Hatfield, PA: A fire in an industrial oven burned through the roof of a fiber products plant.

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Seymour, IN: Smoke from a recycling plant fire closed down a neighboring tube factory.

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Sparta, WI: Firefighters used foam to extinguish an industrial oven fire at an engraving plant.

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Chippewa County, WI: A sand plant under construction was evacuated when crews ruptured a gas main.

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Newell, PA: A spill at a plant that blends water treatment chemical shut down production more than 5 days.

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Bristol Twp., PA: Fire destroyed a disused sewer plant.

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Sarasota Springs, NY: Paper jammed in a recycling machine and caught fire at a printing plant.

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Sarnia, ON: A worker at a tank cleaning service died from a fall after being struck by a pressurized door.

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Belleville, IL: On site water was limited when a disused rendering plant caught fire.

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Ennis, TX: A heated oil leak ignited at a roofing shingles plant.

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Port of Limon, Costa Rica: Leaking naphtha ignited at an oil refinery, burning 3 workers.

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Fresno, TX: An ammonia leak triggered an evacuation at a specialty chemicals plant.

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Milwaukee, WI: A worker at a plant making industrial doors died when his head was crushed in a press.

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Greer, SC: A fire in an air handling system forced the evacuation of an auto plant.

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Vernon, CT: Firefighters brought a fire in an unused factory building under control within an hour.

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Floyd County, GA: A worker suffered burns in a steam explosion at a tire and wheel manufacturing plant.

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Sequatchie, TN: Firefighters managed to isolate a fire to the rear of a handle factory.

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Niles, IN: Firefighters quickly extinguished a fire in a former light fixture plant.

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Dalian, China: An explosion in a pipeline triggered a 3-hour diesel tank fire at an oil refinery.

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Glenrock, WY: An explosion killed 3 workers who had been laying a fuel line at a Wyoming oil storage site.

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Jasper, TN: Wood shavings close to a boiler ignited at a plant making wooden handles for tools.

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Byron, CA: An excavation crew damaged a 16-inch crude oil pipeline carrying feedstock to a refinery.

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Ogden, UT:The relief valve on a butane tank car jammed open, taking nearly 10 hours to repair.

Sun, 28 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Tampa, FL: Responders worked 90 minutes to free a bottling plant worker's leg from a conveyor belt.

Sun, 28 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Warrick County, IN: A worker was hospitalized after an office fire at a metals plant.

Sun, 28 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Moosic, PA: 2 storage buildings at a former explosives plant caught fire.

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Gumi, S. Korea: 5 people were killed in an explosion during an experiment at a chemical company.

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Bakersfield, CA: Hydrochloric acid being distributed into containers spilled at a chemical facility, creating a vapor cloud.

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Summerside, PEI: A warehouse burned at a food processing plant.

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Leland, NC: Nearly 3,000 gallons of a gasoline-water mixture spilled from a tanker truck at an oil services facility.

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Jasper, TX: A series of explosions at an oil pumping station sent one person to the hospital.

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Bangor, MI: Fire broke out at a disused metals plant.

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Orton Southgate, UK: 2 workers at factory making foundry equipment were injured by a spill of triethylamine.

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Clear Creek County, CO: An overturned tanker spilled nearly 4,000 gallons of diesel into a nearby waterway.

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Hazaribag, India: A leaking LPG tanker involved in an accident blocked a major roadway for 48 hours.

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Lasham, UK: A series of explosions during a fire destroyed a battery recycling plant.

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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New York, NY: Oil terminals and refineries from the Bahamas to New York brace for Hurricane Irene.

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Muskegon, MI: 2 dozen workers evacuated a motorcycle parts factory after it caught fire.

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Greeley, CO: Fire broke out at a wastewater treatment facility under contruction at a food processing plant.

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Parrish, FL: A transformer fire burned for nearly an hour at a power plant.

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Detroit, MI: An oil refinery was evacuated when a small fire broke out.

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Canton, OH: Refinery firefighters extinguished a brief fire.

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Santa Maria, CA: A freezer at a frozen vegetable plant began leaking ammonia.

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Philadelphia, PA: A 135,000 barrel-a-day crude unit was taken out of service after a fire.

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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New Delhi, India: Fire broke out at a PVC factory.

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Akasia, S. Africa: A wildfire ignited a small factory.

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Valenzuela City, Phillipines: Firefighters kept a fire that destroyed a furniture warehouse from reaching a nearby packaging plant.

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Secunda, S. Africa: Fire broke out at a coal-to-liquids plant.

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Kingsville, TX: An 18-wheeler carrying hazardous chemicals burst into flames after the driver lost control.

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Roanoke, TX: Highway 114 was shut down for hours following a fiery accident involving a tanker truck loaded with jet fuel and a Jeep.

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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