Industrial Fire World

Baghdad, Iraq: Two people died in an explosion and fire at an oil refinery.

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Cambridge, MD: Sodium hydroxide spilled during a truck transfer at a small chemical company.

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Ettlingen, Germany: Plastic pellets caught fire in a silo at a plastics factory.

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Mississauga, ON: Dust was blamed for a fire that involved welding equipment at a steel tubing plant.

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Nashville, TN: A collision between two railroad tankers caused a small leak of hydrochloric acid at a train depot.

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Troy, MT: Nearly 40 tons of waste spilled from a ruptured pipe at a mine, some of it reaching a nearby creek.

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Apaxtla, Mexico: An equipment explosion at a hydroelectric plant killed a worker. Five others were overcome by carbon monoxide fumes.

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Berto Cirio, Brazil: An explosion in a sawdust storage bin rocked a local plant.

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Garden City, GA: An explosion injured 2 workers cutting up a steel tank at a recycling plant.

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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South Bend, IN: Dust was blamed for a fire that involved welding equipment at a steel tubing plant.

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Tilton, IL: A truck driver hauling anhydrous trimethylamine was overcome by fumes when he stopped to inspect his vehicle for a suspected leak.

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Winfred, SD: Fire broke out at a wax plant, sending a worker to the hospital.

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Albany, GA: 700 gallons of haz mat tainted oil leaked from transformers being scrapped.

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Burnaugh, KY: 7 workers were injured in an explosion at a metallurgical plant.

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Mansfield, LA: A contract worker at a paper mill died when he fell into a tank of heated water.

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Preston, MN: A fire at a bio-fuel plant caused minor damage.

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Rio de Galinhas, Portugal: Three people cleaning a wine vat died from toxic fumes.

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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St. Louis, MO: Fire broke out at an airplane parts manufacturing plant.

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Franklin, NH: A brief fire broke out when material under a smelting pot ignited at a valve foundry.

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Hidd, Bahrain: A welder died from burns when multiple gas cylinders exploded at a shipbuilding yard.

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Lewiston, ID: A small explosion involving a shell rocked a munitions plant.

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Hohenbrunn, Germany: A leaking drum of thionyl chloride at a chemical plant reacted with water, causing sulfur dioxide and hydrogen chloride fumes.

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Temagami, ON: A major Canadian natural gas pipeline ruptured, forcing a shut down.

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Barrackpore, Trinidad & Tobago: A lightning strike caused an explosion at a crude oil facility.

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Wilmington, CA: A fire at an oil refinery lasted several hours.

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Aichi, Japan: A desulfurization unit caught fire at an oil refinery.

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Dabrowa Chelminska, Poland: More than 30 workers were overcome by toxic fumes at a fish processing plant.

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Memphis, TN: A pressure valve on a 9,000 gallon tank of liquid oxygen ruptured at a chemical plant, spewing flammable gas.

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Richmond, CA: A hydrotreater unit caught fire at an oil refinery.

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Skikda, Algeria: Fire broke out in a central air conditioning unit at an oil refinery.

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Atyrau, Kazakhstan: A fire in an oil refinery workshop killed a worker and injured 2 others.

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Gonfreville-l’Orcher, France: An explosion in a polyethylene unit rocked a chemical plant.

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Hillsville, VA: A battery explosion injured a worker at a carpet weaving plant.

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Korba, India: A chimney under construction at a thermal power plant collapsed, killing 14 workers.

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Osceola County, FL: Lack of water hindered firefighters battling a fire that destroyed a biodiesel plant.

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Saint John, NL: A paper mill fire involving molten sulfur forced workers to evacuate.

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Voronezh, Russia: An explosion at a pyrotechnic warehouse killed a worker and injured 25.

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Ringwood, Australia: A dust explosion rocked a metal recycling plant for the second time in a month.

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Joinville, Brazil: A furnace explosion rocked a foundry.

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Oravasaari, Finland: Hydrogen peroxide spilled from an overturned cargo vehicle.

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Leverkusen, Germany: Hydrofluoric acid leaked from containers stored at a chemical facility.

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Cam Ranh, Vietnam: 3 workers at a fish sauce factory suffocated when they entered a fermenting vat.

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Waharoa, New Zealand: Sludge from a cheese factory leaked into a nearby river.

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Trostberg, Germany: Nitric acid leaked from a ruptured pipe at a chemical plant with firefighters using a water curtain to control the fumes.

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Aschau, Germany: An explosion rocked a chemical plant.

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Bilecik, Turkey: More than 60 tons of oil leaked from a pipeline damaged by an explosion.

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Clarines, Venezuela: Chlorine gas that leaked from a wrecked tanker truck killed 9 people and injured 326.

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Morrinsville, New Zealand: Responders sprayed water on a leaking container of liquid argon, causing it to ice over.

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Cedar Rapids, IA: A cutting torch was in use when fire broke out on the roof of an electronics plant.

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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Hunslet, UK: Butylacrylate was discovered leaking from a railroad tanker parked at an industrial facility.

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

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