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Entries for November 2000
Thursday
Nov 30 |
Ebute-Oko, Nigeria: At least 60 people were killed when gasoline being collected from a broken pipeline ignited. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 29 |
Attleboro, MA: An employee was hospitalized with second-degree burns resulting from an explosion at an electronics plant. The damaged two-story building was declared unsafe. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 28 |
Ito, Japan: Eight people wereinjured in an explosion at a propane distribution facility. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 28 |
Portland, TN: Three people were injured in an explosion at a facility operated by a natural gas pipeline company. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 28 |
Port Sulphur, LA: An 800-foot tanker ran aground, spilling 500,000 gallons of crude oil. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 28 |
Ontario, CA : Gasoline fumes ignited during a routine cleaning operation on an underground tank. The tank was being filled with a detergent mixture at the time of the blast. More information |
Monday
Nov 27 |
Newark, N.J.: An areaevacuation was ordered after a release of explosive vapor at a chemical plant. More information |
Monday
Nov 27 |
Grenda, MS: A worker atan air conditioning components plant shot a shift supervisor to death. The workers wife,who also worked at the plant, was also shot and killed. The worker then killed himself. More information |
Sunday
Nov 26 |
Kansas City, MO, : A smallamount of anhydrous ammonia from a holding tank at a power plant, but was containedwithout injuries. More information |
Sunday
Nov 26 |
New York, N.Y.: Fire at anewspaper printing plant forced owner to turn to competitors to complete the press run forthe morning edition. More information |
Saturday
Nov 25 |
Narsingdi, Bangladesh:A fire caused a stampede in a garment factory killing at least 45 people, many of themwomen and children. More information |
Friday
Nov 24 |
Denver, CO: A three-alarm blaze at a beer brewery is being investigated as an arson. Glass bottles stored in cardboard boxes stacked 25 feet high shattered when the cardboard became soggy from firewater and collapsed. More information |
Friday
Nov 24 |
Ufa, Russia: Three workers were killed when hydrogen sulfide fumes escaped from a sulfuric acid plant. More information |
Thursday
Nov 23 |
Red Lake, Ontario: Aworker was killed in a surface accident at a newly opened gold mining operation. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 21 |
Hackensack, N.J.: An abandoneddye factory was gutted by a raging fire that spewed acrid black smoke over the city forhours. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 21 |
Castleton, N.Y.: A five-alarmfire was reported at a paper plant. More information |
Monday
Nov 20 |
DeQuincy, LA.: Hazardousmaterials specialists were called to a drilling site tank battery out of concern that aworker found dead might have been exposed to fumes. More information |
Friday
Nov 17 |
Johannesburg, South Africa:Eleven workers died in a fire at a chemical plant specializing in floor polish. Theplants owner was later arrested on suspicion that the factory doors had been locked. More information |
Thursday
Nov 16 |
Rouseville, PA: Two separate fire broke out at a plant that extracts parafin wax from crude oil. One worker was admitted to the hospital with leg burns. More information |
Monday
Nov 13 |
Bonner Ferry, ID: About 11,800 gallons of gasoline spilled from an above-ground storage tank but was contained within the surrounding dike. More information |
Monday
Nov 13 |
Addison, IL: A fire was reported at a local factory. More information |
Sunday
Nov 12 |
Mobile, AL : Three train cars carrying butadiene and butyl acrylate derailed. No chemical leaked, but a nearby interstate highway was closed for 12 hours. More information |
Friday
Nov 10 |
Allentown, PA: A12-count indictment was returned against the president of a chemical plant that was thescene of a February 1999 explosion that killed five. More information |
Friday
Nov 10 |
Modesto, CA: A fiery explosionfueled by aluminum dust ripped through a recycling plant. Resulting flames quickly burnedout with no report of injuries. More information |
Friday
Nov 10 |
Cambridge, MD: A fire at anelectronic plant resulted in several explosions. More information |
Friday
Nov 10 |
Great Park, IL: A chemicalspill at a local plant threatened to force an area evacuation. More information |
Friday
Nov 10 |
Katowice, Poland: A packaging plant was badly damaged by an explosion and subsequent fire. More information |
Thursday
Nov 09 |
Presidents Island, TN:Hydrochloric acid spilled when a tanker being loaded at a chemical distribution center,causing a brief evacuation but no serious injuries. More information |
Thursday
Nov 09 |
Deer Park, TX: Residents andworkers at nearby plants were advised to shelter indoors after a sulfur dioxide releasereported at an area refinery. The all-clear signal was given a short time later with noinjuries reported. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 08 |
Van Buren, AR: A formerforklift operator at a canning company was arrested in connection with an arson fire thatdestroyed a company warehouse. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 08 |
Boston, MA: Hazardous materials teams successfully contained hundreds of gallons of hydrochloric acid solution that spilled at a transit authority garage. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 08 |
Devizes, U.K.: One worker suffered severe facial burns in an explosion at an aluminum castings factory. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 08 |
Laurel, MT: An interstate highway was closed 12 hours after a truck overturned, spilling toxic chemicals. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 07 |
Widnes, U.K.: More than a dozen people reported breathing problems after toxic fumes escaped from a tanker. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 07 |
Kingston, Jamaica: An empty storage tank at an oil refinery exploded, igniting a fire that spread to two tanks filled with gasoline. More information |
Monday
Nov 06 |
Winston-Salem, N.C.: A worker at a furniture factory suffered facial injuries in an industrial accident. More information |
Monday
Nov 06 |
Deer Park, TX: A naphtha leak in a diesel fuel hydrotreater forced the unit to be shutdown. A coker unit at the refinery was also affected. More information |
Sunday
Nov 05 |
Scottsbluff, NE: Eighteen cars of a train derailed, with three cars carrying benzene torn open. About 80,000 gallons of benzene spilled. More information |
Sunday
Nov 05 |
Thorne, U.K.: One man was killed and another seriously injured in an explosion at an electro-plating company. More information |
Sunday
Nov 05 |
Granger, WY: About 100 people were evacuated after a fire in a refinery incinerator where silver is extracted from waste film processing paper. More information |
Sunday
Nov 05 |
Sonora, TX: Four firefighters were injured battling a fire that destroyed a chemical warehouse. More information |
Saturday
Nov 04 |
Sao Sebastiao, Brazil: An oil tanker rammed a concrete pier, spilling more than 13,000 gallons of crude oil. More information |
Saturday
Nov 04 |
Bountiful, Utah: A double gasoline tanker swerving to avoid a collision overturned and caught fire. Damage to the road was so extensive it had to be repaved. More information |
Saturday
Nov 04 |
Osun State, Nigeria: More than 100 people were killed when a gasoline tanker burst into flames after crashing into a line of cars waiting on road repairs. More information |
Friday
Nov 03 |
Ansan, South Korea: Twoworkers were killed and 41 injured in an explosion at a plastics plant. More information |
Friday
Nov 03 |
Paterson, N.J.: Foul odor at a metal factory forced the evacuation of employees. A shopping mall in the same community was evacuated in October when explosive levels of methane escaped from local sewers. More information |
Thursday
Nov 02 |
Tiszaujvaros, Hungary: Aruptured hydrocarbon pipe resulted in a refinery fire that burned five hours. More information |
Thursday
Nov 02 |
Bosanski Brod, Bosnia: Oil leaking from a refinery contaminated a long stretch of the Sava River. More information |
Thursday
Nov 02 |
Cairns, Australia: A container ship carrying 1,211 tons of fuel oil and 94 tons of diesel oil ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef. No pollution was reported. More information |
Thursday
Nov 02 |
Salekhard, Russia: Four workers were killed when a gas pipeline under construction burst, causing a fire. More information |
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