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Entries for July 2001
Tuesday
Jul 31 |
Baltimore, MD: A fire in a manufacturing plant prompted the evacuation of a one-block area. Chemicals involved included sodium borohydride. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 31 |
Visalia, CA: A propane tank being loaded using a forklift fell and exploded, destroying the forklift and a truck. More information |
Monday
Jul 30 |
Hobbs, N.M.: A man was killed while filling a tanker truck with crude oil. He filled the truck to 75 percent capacity without opening the overhead hatch cover. When he climbed atop the truck to open the valve, the hatch cover blew open and struck him. More information |
Monday
Jul 30 |
Anniston Army Depot: Four workers were treated after nitric acid spilled in the depot’s plating shop. The acid was being transferred from a vat to a truck. More information |
Sunday
Jul 29 |
Ashtabula, OH: A firefighter sustained chemical burns while battling a fire at a metals finishing plant. The firefighter was wearing bunker gear at the time. More information |
Saturday
Jul 28 |
San Antonio, TX: Twelve volunteer fire departments lost as much as $200,000 in equipment ruined by caustic chemicals during a fire at a chemical mixing and storage facility. More information |
Saturday
Jul 28 |
Coffeyville, OK: An anhydrous leak injured one worker. A deluge system was activated by the leak. More information |
Saturday
Jul 28 |
Oklahoma City, OK: A four-alarm fire swept through a car plant paint building, sparking at least two explosions. Workers had been in the process of cleaning away years of paint sludge. More information |
Saturday
Jul 28 |
Midway, IN: A fire in a natural gas well took 28 hours to extinguish. More information |
Friday
Jul 27 |
Schweizerhalle, Switzerland: Twenty-one firefighters received light to medium burns battling a two-hour fire following an explosion at a chemical plant. More information |
Friday
Jul 27 |
Yorktown, VA: A fire broke out in the crude distillation unit of an oil refinery. The unit returned to full production in less than a week. More information |
Thursday
Jul 26 |
South Wapiti, Alberta: A leak at a gas plant resulted in a fire that burned more than eight hours. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 25 |
Linz, Austria: Three workers were injured when gases exploded inside a German tanker ship More information |
Tuesday
Jul 24 |
Lancaster, PA: A leaking gasoline supply line exploded in a remote area with no injuries reported. More information |
Monday
Jul 23 |
Gokase, Japan: An explosion at a distilled spirits plant resulted in one death. More information |
Monday
Jul 23 |
Bristol, TN: A worker died from burns when oil spilling from a ruptured overflow line at a reclamation plant ignited. More information |
Sunday
Jul 22 |
Orellana Province, Ecuador: An explosion at an oil production site killed three workers. More information |
Friday
Jul 20 |
Huron, S.D.: Roads and nearby businesses were closed when a container of sodium hydroxide spilled from the back of a truck enroute to a plant. More information |
Friday
Jul 20 |
Reno, NV: A chlorine pipe valve at a chemical plant malfunctioned, forcing area evacuations. More information |
Thursday
Jul 19 |
Malvern, PA: Two men were critically injured after a tanker truck carrying chemical solvents exploded. More information |
Thursday
Jul 19 |
Chester, S.C.: One person died and another was injured in an explosion and fire at a fireworks plant. More information |
Thursday
Jul 19 |
Cypremont, LA: About 300 families were forced to evacuate when a barge hit a swing bridge, spewing a cloud of flammable propylene gas. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 18 |
Baltimore, MD: A train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed and caught fire in a downtown tunnel, nearly shutting down the city. The fire burned so hot that firefighters could not reach it for eight hours. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 18 |
Martinez, CA: Fire broke out in the heater area of an oil refinery. Officials issued a shelter-in-place order for area residents. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 18 |
Buffalo, TX: Two workers were killed and five injured in a natural gas well explosion. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 17 |
St. Louis, MO: One man was killed when a 100-pound propane tank exploded at a metals finishing plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 17 |
Delaware City, DE: One worker remains missing and eight others were injured when nearly one million gallons of sulfuric acid spilled at a chemical plant tank farm. More information |
Monday
Jul 16 |
Newport, U.K.: A worker at a chemical waste disposal plant was killed and three others injured when hydrogen sulfide leaked. More information |
Monday
Jul 16 |
Grangemouth, Scotland: About 300 workers were evacuated after complains of nausea and fumes. More information |
Monday
Jul 16 |
Cheshire, OH: Sulfuric acid fumes were released from the stacks at a power plant despite a new anti-pollution system. More information |
Saturday
Jul 14 |
Detroit, MI: An explosion and fire at a chemical plant killed three workers, injured nine and displaced hundreds of residents. The three fatalities were overcome by methyl mercaptan fumes. More information |
Thursday
Jul 12 |
Lewiston, ID: Workers were evacuated after a chlorine dioxide release at a pulp and paper mill. More information |
Thursday
Jul 12 |
Ogbodo, Nigeria: A rupture in a 28-inch pipeline allowed crude oil to leak into nearby rivers. More information |
Thursday
Jul 12 |
Bristol, PA: Four people were treated after two tanks filled with nickel sulphate ruptured. More information |
Thursday
Jul 12 |
Killeshandra, Ireland: One man was killed and another seriously injured in an explosion at a dairy plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 11 |
Tulsa, OK: More than 100 people were hospitalized overnight after exposure to arsine after a valve blew off a tank at a chemical plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 11 |
Detroit, MI: A gasoline tanker was hit by a speeding car and caught fire. The tanker driver was killed. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 10 |
Granite City, IL: An 80-foot high tank containing hundreds of thousands of gallons of liquid asphalt caught fire. No injuries were reported. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 10 |
Geismar, LA: An explosion that blew the lid off a small tank at a chemical plant slightly injured four workers. More information |
Monday
Jul 09 |
Washington County, PA: An interstate highway was closed for nearly 16 hours after an overturned tractor-trailer leaked hundreds of gallons of glacial methacrylic acid. More information |
Monday
Jul 09 |
Three Rivers, TX: A fire and explosion in an alkylation unit of a petroleum refinery injured four people. More information |
Monday
Jul 09 |
Poseyville, IN: Fire destroyed more than half of an 18,000-square-foot building at a plastics plant. More information |
Monday
Jul 09 |
Canajoharie, FL: An open-topped tractor-trailer rig overturned, dumping 35 tons of paper mill waste sludge. More information |
Sunday
Jul 08 |
Miaoli County, Taiwan: Tons of heavy oil spilled into a nearby waterway after thieves stripped a tanker truck for parts. More information |
Sunday
Jul 08 |
Albert Lea, TX: Sixteen fire departments responded to a major fire at a food processing plant. More information |
Friday
Jul 06 |
Houston, TX: Firewalls and sprinklers contained a one-hour blaze in the warehouse at a plastics plant. More information |
Friday
Jul 06 |
Oneida, N.Y.: Two men were hospitalized after a tractor-trailer overturned, spilling liquid nitrogen. More information |
Thursday
Jul 05 |
Mailsi, Pakistan: At least four people died when a fireworks factory blew up. More information |
Thursday
Jul 05 |
St. Francisville, LA: Cylinders containing chlorine tablets ruptured when a truck overturned and caught fire. More information |
Thursday
Jul 05 |
Chapelcross, Scotland: Spent fuel rods were accidentally dropped onto the reactor floor of a nuclear power station, forcing the immediate shutdown of the facility. More information |
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