Industrial Fire World

Napier, New Zealand: A fertilizer factory went up in flames.

Kendra — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:20:00 GMT

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Whately, MA: Firefighters extinguished a fire at a candle factory.

Anton Riecher — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:52:00 GMT

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Kansas City, KS: Heavy fire was reported inside a steel building at a recycling plant.

Anton Riecher — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:44:00 GMT

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Austin, MN: Fire broke out in a generator at a meat packing plant.

Anton Riecher — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:42:00 GMT

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Plovdiv, Bulgaria: Scavengers hunting for scrap iron ignited a fire that damaged the storage facilities for a Greek-owned firm.

Anton Riecher — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:36:00 GMT

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Panzhihua, China: A gas explosion at a coal mine has trapped 50 miners underground.

Anton Riecher — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:30:00 GMT

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Shreveport, LA: An elevator used to move production materials between floors caught fire at a plant specializing in catalysts used in oil refining.

Anton Riecher — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:39:00 GMT

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McKinney, TX: A gas pipeline exploded at a construction site, injuring 1.

Anton Riecher — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:33:00 GMT

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Flintshire, UK: Fire forced the evacuation of a trailer manufacturing plant.

Anton Riecher — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:02:00 GMT

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Plymouth, MI: A small fire forced workers to evacuate a climate control plant.

Anton Riecher — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:08:00 GMT

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San Luis Obispo, CA: A fence overlooking a cooling tower caught fire at a nuclear power plant.

Anton Riecher — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:45:00 GMT

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St. Charles County, MO: Firefighters used SCBA to recover a sewer worker found dead at a lift station.

Anton Riecher — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:39:00 GMT

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Washington County, MD: 4 pounds of chlorine leaked from a valve at a water treatment plant.

Anton Riecher — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:40:00 GMT

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Port Campbell, Australia: 2 people died in an industrial accident aboard an offshore oil rig.

Anton Riecher — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 15:16:00 GMT

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Melbourne, Australia: 2 people were injured in a scrap metal factory fire.

Anton Riecher — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 15:12:00 GMT

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El Paso, TX: Fire broke out in a dryer at a dog food plant.

Anton Riecher — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 15:06:00 GMT

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Udachninskoye, Yakutia Republic: An explosion in a diamond mine under construction killed 2.

Anton Riecher — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:42:00 GMT

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Yingde, China: A cement plant explosion killed at least 7 people.

Anton Riecher — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:22:00 GMT

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Wakefield, NE: Dried manure caught fire at a poultry processing plant.

Anton Riecher — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:18:00 GMT

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Wuhan, China: Fire ripped through a timber processing plant.

Anton Riecher — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:11:00 GMT

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Coeymans, NY: A cement plant conveyor belt stretching across a highway caught fire.

Anton Riecher — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT

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Yan'an, China: A bus rammed into a tanker loaded with methanol causing a fire that killed 36 people.

Anton Riecher — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:20:00 GMT

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Jeannette, PA: Fire broke out in a glass plant being dismantled.

Anton Riecher — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 14:39:00 GMT

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Panelav, India: Fire broke out in the solvent unit of a pharmaceutical plant.

Anton Riecher — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 14:18:00 GMT

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North Andover, ME: Fire caused major structural damage to a recycling plant.

Anton Riecher — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 14:08:00 GMT

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Lewiston, NY: A transformer fire at a power plant was extinguished by sprinklers.

Anton Riecher — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 14:05:00 GMT

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St. Cloud, MN: Spontaneous combustion is being blamed for a laundry fire at a company specializing in uniform rental and linen supply.

Anton Riecher — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 13:59:00 GMT

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New Holland, PA: Fire broke out in a storage building at a factory specializing in church furniture.

Anton Riecher — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 13:47:00 GMT

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Maple Ridge, BC: Fire destroyed a cedar mill that employed 60 people.

Anton Riecher — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 13:42:00 GMT

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Lawton, OK: Fire broke out in the mixing area of a tire plant.

Anton Riecher — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 13:33:00 GMT

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Puerres, Colombia: A terrorist bomb attack destroyed a section of an oil pipeline stretching from Ecuador to Tumaco.

Anton Riecher — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 21:43:00 GMT

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Paraguaná, Venezuela: At least 41 people were killed in an explosion at the country’s largest oil refinery.

Anton Riecher — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 18:18:00 GMT

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Zibo, China: An explosion at a hydrogen peroxide facility killed 1 and injured 7.

Anton Riecher — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 17:29:00 GMT

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Mount Pleasant, TX: 800 workers evacuated a poultry processing plant due to an ammonia leak.

Anton Riecher — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 17:04:00 GMT

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Elkhart County, IN: Wood chips ignited at a recycling facility.

Anton Riecher — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 16:44:00 GMT

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Shanghai, China: A WORKER was killed and 3 injured when a storage tank exploded at a paint factory.

Anton Riecher — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 14:45:00 GMT

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Hazelwood, MO: A machine fire spread through a recycling plant.

Anton Riecher — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:45:00 GMT

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Harvey, LA: A chemist mixing materials at a bio-diesel plant died in an explosion.

Anton Riecher — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:39:00 GMT

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Savannah, GA: Fire at a manufacturing plant destroyed a storage shed containing flammable material used in bathtubs.

Anton Riecher — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:35:00 GMT

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Sunnyside, WA: Chlorine escaping from a faulty regulator at a city well forced authorities to close a major highway.

Anton Riecher — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:14:00 GMT

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Rawlins, WY: Emergency crews responded to a fire at an oil refinery.

Anton Riecher — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:00:00 GMT

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St. Petersburg, Russia: Fire broke out in an industrial complex specializing in car and furniture production.

Anton Riecher — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:24:00 GMT

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Fairbanks, AK: Nearly 45,000 gallons of a cyanide water solution spilled at a gold mine when a bulldozer hit a pipeline.

Anton Riecher — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 21:38:00 GMT

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Angarsk, Russia: An explosion at a petroleum storage depot left 1 person injured.

Anton Riecher — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 21:28:00 GMT

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Cheongju, South Korea: 1 person died and 13 were injured when a drum of toxic waste exploded at a chemical plant.

Anton Riecher — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:58:00 GMT

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Taman Kota Putri, Malaysia: Fire broke out in a plant making lubricants for cars.

Anton Riecher — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:53:00 GMT

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Toledo, OH: A machine fire broke out at a scrap metal plant.

Anton Riecher — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:23:00 GMT

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Sherman, TX: A dust fire in the air filtering system forced a plant that makes insulation to be evacuated.

Anton Riecher — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:09:00 GMT

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Durant, OK: An explosion collapsed the roof of a glass plant, killing a worker.

Anton Riecher — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:00:00 GMT

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Peoria, IL: A machinery accident injured a worker at a heavy equipment plant.

Anton Riecher — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:58:00 GMT

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