Industrial Fire World

Beaver Hill, OR: An internal fire temporarily shut down the county's incinerator.

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Sholinganallur, India: A fire at a research and development facility for a pharmaceutical company spread quickly through duct work.

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Shanghai, China: Flames followed an explosion atop a tower delayed coking unit at an oil refinery.

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Falls City, TX: Backflow into a tanker truck pumping hot oil into a new well caused an explosion and fire that injured 2 people.

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Wichita Falls, TX: Active and off-duty responders were called to a 4-alarm fire at a vacant fiberglass plant.

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Twinsburg, OH: A metals plant was evacuated when fire broke out.

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Carterville, GA: Fire broke out at a plant specializing in color treating plastic products.

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Falls, PA: An inhouse fire brigade used a thermal camera to locate flames after a hydrogen explosion at a glass auto parts plant.

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Ragley, LA: A flash fire at an oil drilling site left a worker injured.

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Mont Belvieu, TX: An ethylene leak that temporarily closed a portion of a Texas highway near Houston was quickly brought under control.

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Little Rock, AR: A small fire and a leaking drum of acetone temporarily shut down a plant making wind powered generators.

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Watonga, OK: An oil rig explosion lit up the night sky but left no one injured.

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Fort Worth, TX: Large piles of mulch covering several acres burned nearly 7 hours during a recycling plant blaze.

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Oshawa, ON: An evening fire at a chicken processing plant was still burning the next morning.

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Chicago, IL: A transformer caught fire at a power station.

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Richmond, IN: Product residue ignited inside an animal food processing plant.

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Vannes, France: An autoclave exploded at a plant making hoses for cars, rupturing a water line that flooded the area.

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Adell, WI: Nearly 500 residents of a small village are being evacuated because of a fire at a co-op plant.

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Mumford, NY: Fire swept through a propane facility, injuring 2 people.

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Edison, NJ: A slow leak of titanium tetrachloride at a chemical plant triggered an evacuation of nearby businesses.

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Sydney, Australia: Firefighters needed 2 hours to bring a fire in the upper floor of a 2-story flooring factory under control.

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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South Gate, CA: A ruptured pipeline in a refinery's crude oil unit released heated asphalt, injuring a worker.

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Arpino, Italy: 6 people died in a fire that swept through a fireworks factory.

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Codolet, France: An explosion in a furnace at a nuclear waste treatment site killed one person.

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Nairobi, Kenya: A leaking gasoline pipeline exploded, turning part of a slum into an inferno in which at least 75 people were killed and more than 100 hurt.

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Salina, KS: A conveyor belt fire in a battery plant's batch mixing house used to process lead was quickly extinguished.

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Decatur, IL: Fire experts are investigating an attempt to set a welding tank on fire at an agricultural products plant.

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Victoria, TX: More than 10,000 gallons of hydrochloric acid leaked from a tank at a well services company.

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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West Hartford, CT: A munitions plant was evacuated after a forklift accident released natural gas from the heating system.

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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East Grand Forks, ND: A sugar refinery reported fire damage to a pulp-dryer and elevator.

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Niagara, NY: About 4,500 pounds of aluminum powder exploded in a railroad car at a manufacturing plant.

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Kenedy County, TX: A natural gas well head under maintenance exploded, killing 1 person and injuring 2 others.

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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St. Joseph, MO: Fire broke out in a mixer at a plant making granular insecticide.

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Wenling. China: A fire at a shoe factory left 7 people dead.

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Washington, UK: A release of chemical fumes was detected in a waste storage unit at a battery plant.

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Milwaukee, WI: A welding shop worker at a plant making earth moving equipment died when he was struck by a welded structure being moved.

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Atlanta, GA: About 40 employees at a cold storage facility were evacuated because of an ammonia leak.

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Greensboro, NC: Foam was applied to a gasoline spill at an oil treatment plant.

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Shanghai, China: Fire broke out at an ethylene plant.

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Seguin, TX: An engine caught fire during testing at a plant making earth moving equipment.

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Alba, Bahrain: An electrician conducting tests on a crane died when the crane pulled scaffolding down on him.

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Bradley County, TN: Rain caused a mercury-laden wastewater pond to overflow at a chemical plant into a nearby waterway.

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Cambridgeshire, UK: Triethylamine spilled from a ruptured pipe at a plant making foundry equipment.

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Port Arthur, TX: Workers evacuated an oil refinery when operations problems developed in a sulfur recovery unit.

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Salisbury, NC: A sprinkler system doused a fire in a warehouse at a rubber recycling business.

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Abadan, Iran: Four oil refinery workers suffered injuries when fire broke out in a cracker unit.

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Durant, OK: A weather-related fire at a scrap metal plant that has burned more than 3 days is causing health concerns.

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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New Bedford, MA: An ammonia leak triggered an evacuation at a fish processing plant and two neighboring businesses.

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Lockport, NY: A machine fire spread through duct work to destroy a building at a tire recycling plant.

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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Wynne, AR: Fire destroyed a plant specializing in copper plumbing and fittings.

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

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