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Entries for June 2001
Tuesday
Jun 26 |
Milwaukee, OH: A five-alarm fire spread through a four-story hardware company warehouse. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 26 |
Great Yarmouth,U.K. : Hundreds of peoplewere evacuated from a trailer park after an overturned tanker spilled300 gallons of hydrochloric acid. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 26 |
Archbold, OH: A fire in a candy company warehouse melted nearly 350 million lollipopsinto a tons of sugary goo. More information |
Monday
Jun 25 |
St. Louis, MO: A chloroform release was reported at a chemical company. More information |
Monday
Jun 25 |
Christiana, DE: A tractor-trailer parked in a rest area was found to be leaking sodiumhydroxide. More information |
Monday
Jun 25 |
Queens, N.Y.: Fire broke out on the third floor of a five-story factory, spreading tothe roof through air ducts. More information |
Sunday
Jun 24 |
St. Louis, MO: An ammonia leak was reported at a dairy. More information |
Saturday
Jun 23 |
Coeur dAlene, WA: Fire started in a material stack at a pellet factory. No injuries werereported. More information |
Friday
Jun 22 |
Denville, N.J.: A tanker truck carrying 3,000 gallons of gasoline caught fire and exploded. More information |
Thursday
Jun 21 |
Cincinnati, OH: An ammonia leak at a dairy forced the evacuation of the plant. More information |
Thursday
Jun 21 |
North Haven, CT: Workers were forced to evacuate when 1,000 gallons of ammonia chloridespilled at a circuit board factory. One worker was treated and released. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 20 |
Melbourne, Australia: A fire at a meat packing plant forced the evacuation of 300 workers andsent acrid smoke into the sky. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 20 |
Newark, N.J.: Ten firefighters were injured battling a blaze in a vacant warehouse. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 19 |
Pembroke, U.K.: Fire broke out in an oil refinery processing unit. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 19 |
Helm, CA: Flames spread by a burning conveyor belt caused extensive damage at afertilizer plant. More information |
Monday
Jun 18 |
Toledo, OH: A fire in a stack of ground pallet material threatened to spread throughouta compost facility. More information |
Sunday
Jun 17 |
Riverside, CA: A fire that destroyed a citrus packing plant is being investigated asarson. More information |
Sunday
Jun 17 |
Franklin County,MO : Fire broke out ata silica plant. More information |
Sunday
Jun 17 |
Wilmington, OH: Sixteen cars of a 68-car train derailed, spilling a sodium hydroxide solutionfrom one tanker car. More information |
Thursday
Jun 14 |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: A tanker capsized carrying 660 tons of phenol, spilling the chemical infish farming grounds. More information |
Thursday
Jun 14 |
Miami-Dade County,FL: A leak in a one-toncylinder of compressed chlorine gas triggered the evacuation of an industrialpark. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 13 |
Vero Beach, CA: Two people were treated after a fire broke out in a factory that makesmarshal arts gear. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 12 |
Manaus, Brazil: Two people were killed when a ferry transporting gasoline to remote areasof the Amazon rain forest exploded. More information |
Sunday
Jun 10 |
Carrollton, KY: A vapor cloud of chlorasilane escaped from a glass plant. Three policeofficers were treated and released. More information |
Sunday
Jun 10 |
Pitsburg, OH: A 7,000 gallon spill of anhydrous ammonia was reported. More information |
Friday
Jun 08 |
Aloha, OR: A chlorine leak at a plant resulted in 17 workers being transported toarea hospitals. More information |
Thursday
Jun 07 |
Norco, LA: A world record was set when firefighters successfully extinguished a full-surfacefire in a 270-foot diameter gasoline storage tank, saving almost halfthe product. More information |
Thursday
Jun 07 |
Grand Blanc, MI: A fire and explosion was reported at a manufacturing plant. More information |
Thursday
Jun 07 |
Watertown, N.Y.: Fire broke through the roof of a manufacturing plant, destroying halfthe building. More information |
Thursday
Jun 07 |
Beaverton, OH: Seventeen workers were treated after a spill at an electronics plant involvingchlorine and hydrogen bromide. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 06 |
Sasolburg, South Africa: Twoworkers died in a fire that did extensive damage to a crude oil unit ata 95,000 barrels-a-day refinery. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 06 |
North Haven, CT: Workers were forced to evacuate when 1,000 gallons of ammonia chloridespilled at a circuit board factory. One worker was treated and released. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 06 |
Grubville, MD: Three people were injured, one critically, in an explosion at a fireworksfactory. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 06 |
Yorktown, VA: An explosion and fire was reported in an ultraformer unit at an oil refinery.A lightning strike preceeded the blast. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 05 |
Albany, N.Y.: A worker was killed while cleaning a 6-ton paper shredder. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 05 |
Constanta, Romania: Charges of manslaughter were filed against a shipyard chief engineer andothers after an explosion aboard a ship certified as safe. At least 10workers were killed when welding triggered the blast. More information |
Monday
Jun 04 |
Laval, Quebec: Area residents were ordered evacuated when a strong odor of ammonia escapedfrom an industrial park. More information |
Monday
Jun 04 |
Ashtabula, OH: Firefighters descended into a pit below a fiberglass machine to dousethe remanants of a fire. More information |
Friday
Jun 01 |
Lexington, OH: A fire in a toy company warehouse burned more than 12 hours. More information |
Friday
Jun 01 |
Pittsburg, CA: A fire in the cold rolling mill of a steel plant caused extensive structuraldamage. More information |
Friday
Jun 01 |
Fremont, CA: A tractor-trailer rig overturned spilling 500 gallons of caustic chemicals.Traffic through the area was closed for 10 hours. More information |
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