Industrial Fire World

Coffeyville, KS: Employees were evacuated from a nitrogen fertilizer plant after an explosion at its urea amonium nitrate production facility.

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Burnside, KY: One of four workers injured in a flash fire at a charcoal plant has died.

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Anglesey, UK: An electrical fire broke out at a nuclear power plant.

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Covington, OH: A fire involving heat sensitive trichloromelamine broke out at a chemical plant.

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Cedar Hill, MO: Three people were injured in an explosion at a plant making insulation material.

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Corpus Christi, TX: Sulfur leaked into a harbor as it was being pumped from a refinery to a docked barge.

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Texas City, TX: Crude oil spilling from a line ruptured by a construction crew was quickly contained.

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Hurth, Germany: Two workers were injured when monochloroacetic acid leaked at an industrial park.

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Carbon, Venezuela: A fire broke out in a cat cracking unit at an oil refinery.

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Norco, LA: A leak in a transfer line released about 1,000 pound of sulfuric acid from an oil refinery into the Mississippi River.

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Kalyan, India: About 50 tons of sulfur sludge ignited at a plant specializing in man-made fibers.

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Evansville, WY: A power outage caused a release of black smoke from an oil refinery.

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Oxnard, CA: A lemon packing plant was damaged by fire.

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Melbourne, Australia: An explosion at a factory converting vehicles to run on LPG seriously burned one person.

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Bagerhat, Bangladesh: One person died and three others fell ill from ammonia released by an explosion at an ice plant.

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Reforma, Mexico: A natural gas pipeline burst but did not ignite.

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Trier-Euren, Germany: Five workers at a waste disposal company were treated after exposure to chlorine gas.

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Clayton, Australia: An explosion followed by fire damaged a gas conversion factory.

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Montreal, QB: An oil spill from a refinery at the Port of Montreal leaked into the St. Lawrence River.

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Turtle Creek, PA: A ventilation truck helped clear smoke from a fire at a steel galvanization plant.

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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New Stanton, PA: An ammonia leak has been contained and cleaned up at a refrigerated food warehouse.

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Vista, CA: A two-alarm fire at a tire recycling plant left a gooey mess and kept firefighters busy through the night.

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Shelby Twp., MI: A chemical cloud released from a metal coating company did not pose any threat to nearby residents.

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Lake Elsinore, CA: Fire broke out in a wood recycling plant.

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Syracuse, NY: Arson charges were filed in a fire that destroyed a vacant casket manufacturing factory.

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Salindres, France: A tanker railcar carrying hydrofluoric acid derailed near a chemical complex.

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Lanzhou City, China: A fire broke out at a plant making graphite electrodes and carbon products.

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Montreal, QB: Nearly 35 barrels of diesel spilled into the St. Lawrence River at an oil refinery port facility.

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Raipur City, India: At least 16 workers were severely injured after a fire broke out a steel plant.

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Aviles, Spain: An explosion in an oven heating benzole rocked a coking plant.

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Elmira, ON: An agent used in the manufacturing rubber that can cause respiratory irritation was released from a plant.

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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North Haven, CT: An explosion in a laboratory serving the chemical industry injured one person.

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Sanford, ME: A small chemical spill has been cleaned up at a plastic sheet manufacturing plant.

Sun, 26 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Sanford, ME: A worker at a plastic sheet manufacturing plant was accidently sprayed with methyl methacrylante monomer.

Sun, 26 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Mouscron, Belgium: An explosion rocked a plant specializing in creams and ointments.

Sun, 26 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Sanford, ME: A plastics plant worker was sprayed with methyl methacrylate monomer being unloaded from a tanker truck.

Sun, 26 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Mouscron, Belgium: A steam explosion rocked a chemical plant specializing in lanoline.

Sun, 26 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Chennai, India: Seven people sought treatment after a chlorine leak at a chemical plant.

Sun, 26 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Shivchandi, India: At least four workers died in an explosion at a fireworks factory.

Sun, 26 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Audenshaw, UK: A machine fire at a tire plant spread to the roof of the building.

Sat, 25 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Tema Port, Ghana: Three people died in a fire that destroyed a terminal for imported ethanol.

Sat, 25 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Philadelphia, PA: A problem with a diesel hydrotreater at an oil refinery resulted in a mist of diesel fuel covering parked vehicles in the area.

Sat, 25 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Urumqi, China: A fire broke out at a plastic factory, forcing the shutdown of a nearby airport.

Sat, 25 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Broussard, LA: An explosion during pressure testing on oil field equipment killed one person.

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Paw Paw, MI: An ammonia leak at a winery sent a dozen people to the hospital.

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Ufa, Russia: An oil reservoir at a refinery caught fire while undergoing maintenance.

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Pratteln, Switzerland: About 3,000 liters of chloroacetyl chloride spilled at a chemical plant creating acid fumes.

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Astoria, NY: Fire broke out in a local factory.

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Bogalusa, LA: A worker at a box factory was transported to the hospital after being caught in a machine.

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Crete, NE: A gunman shot three fellow workers at a cold storage facility before killing himself.

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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