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Entries for July 2002
Tuesday
Jul 30 |
Baton Rouge, LA: More than 80 emergency workers were closely checked after a fire at a refrigeration-chemical storage facility containing phosgene gas. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 30 |
Doncaster, UK: A factory fire forced area evacuations. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 30 |
Irving, TX: Two workers at a building materials plant received minor injuries when drums containing flammable liquid exploded. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 30 |
Oceanside, NY: An exterior fire at a recycling plant reached two buildings. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 30 |
Queens, NY: A transformer fire broke out in a power plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 30 |
Winston-Salem, N.C.: Spilled hexane fuled a fire that destroyed a warehouse storing car care products. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 30 |
Dryden, Ontario: A ruptured line at a paper mill released a cloud of chlorine dioxide gas, forcing the evacuation of 400 people. More information |
Monday
Jul 29 |
Elrama, PA: A major fire at a power plant spread from a backup generator More information |
Monday
Jul 29 |
Vandalia, OH: A chemical reaction involving industrial adhesive resulted in a fire at a chemical plant. More information |
Monday
Jul 29 |
Pochun, S. Korea: An explosion at a dye factory killed 2 workers and injured 2 others. More information |
Sunday
Jul 28 |
Cleveland, OH: A dense vapor cloud was reported inside a commercial plating company. More information |
Sunday
Jul 28 |
Izmit, Turkey: An explosion at an LPG facility triggered a fire that took 3 hours to extinguish. More information |
Sunday
Jul 28 |
Des Moines, IA: A worker suffered severe burns when he drank from a bottle filled with sodium hydroxide. More information |
Saturday
Jul 27 |
Felben Wellhausen, Switzerland: A major fire at a galvanizing plant broke out while maintenance crews were at work. 1 firefighter was hospitalized. More information |
Friday
Jul 26 |
Claymont, DE: A chemical flare at a refinery sent thick black smoke into the sky. More information |
Friday
Jul 26 |
Milfay, OK: An explosion at a natural gas processing plant injured 3 workers and shut down hundreds of wells. More information |
Friday
Jul 26 |
Mainaschaff, Germany: A cloud of corrosive gas was released from a metalworking plant, triggering a shelter-in-place order. More information |
Thursday
Jul 25 |
Burns Harbor, IN: No injuries were reported from a fire at a steel plant. More information |
Thursday
Jul 25 |
Canton, GA: Firefighters were able to contain an ammonia leak that forced the evacuation of a chicken processing plant. More information |
Thursday
Jul 25 |
Olney, IL: Two explosions rocked a dairy. No injuries were reported. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 24 |
Beaumont, TX: A small fire in a refinery process unit pumped black smoke into the sky. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 24 |
Birmingham, UK: A large fire resulted in the evacuation of hundreds of factory workers. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 24 |
East Point, GA: 8 workers were treated after an ammonia leak at an ice-making plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 24 |
Hobbysville, S.C.: A tractor-trailer overturned spilling 24 tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer and 100 gallons of diesel. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 24 |
Rocky Mount, VA: A plumber died from extensive burns sustained in a boiler explosion at a yarn dyeing plant. Thousands of gallons of spilled chemicals threatened to contaminate a nearby river. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 23 |
Carole Park, Australia: Fire spread through 3 buildings at a foam mattress plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 23 |
Neosho, MO: An ammonia leak at a poultry plant forced the evacuation of a nearby hotel. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 23 |
Pimpri, India: 1 worker died and 10 were injured in a gas leak at a pharmaceuticals plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 23 |
Shanghai, China: Ethylene crackers operating at an oil refinery exploded. No injuries reported. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 23 |
Trainer, PA: A fire forced the shutdown of a 180,000-barrels-a-day refinery. More information |
Monday
Jul 22 |
Battle Creek, MI: Chemical fumes inside a pumping room resulted in an explosion and flash fire at an auto parts plant. More than 20 workers were injured. More information |
Monday
Jul 22 |
Lockport, N.Y.: A large cloud over a chemical plant was the result of a steam explosion. More information |
Sunday
Jul 21 |
Coventry, UK: Fire broke out in a plastic moulding machine and spread through an aviation plant. More information |
Sunday
Jul 21 |
Wroclaw, Poland: Firefighters battled a raging natural gas well fire. More information |
Sunday
Jul 21 |
Toronto, Canada: A major gas pipeline fire resulted in two separate blazes. More information |
Saturday
Jul 20 |
Lancing, TN: EPA took charge of extinguishing an oil well fire, one of the largest in state history. More information |
Saturday
Jul 20 |
Manhattan, N.Y.: A transformer explosion at a power plant created a large power outage. More information |
Saturday
Jul 20 |
Escravos, Nigeria: Lightning ignited an 180,000 barrel crude oil storage tank at a major oil terminal. More information |
Friday
Jul 19 |
Kosovo, Yugoslavia: Several worker managed to escape after being trapped by flames when lightning hit a power plant. Nearly 30 people were injured. More information |
Friday
Jul 19 |
North Haven, CT: A massive engine plant was evacuated for almost 4 hours after a spill that turned out to be wastewater. More information |
Friday
Jul 19 |
Rock Hill, S.C.: A conveyor belt fire spread into 2 silos at a chemical plant. More information |
Friday
Jul 19 |
St. Louis, MO: A worker at a plastics plant was killed when he was pulled into a wrapping machine. More information |
Friday
Jul 19 |
Thanksgiving, N.C.: A gasoline tanker overturned spilling large amounts. More information |
Friday
Jul 19 |
York County, S.C.: Sparks created by rubbing metal ignited a silo conveyor at a chemical plant. More information |
Thursday
Jul 18 |
Novomoskovsk, Russia: Nearly 70 people requested treatment after a chlorine spill at a chemical plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 17 |
Montreal, Quebec: A small spill of dichlorobutene at a warehouse facility sent 2 people to the hospital. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 17 |
Solesmes, France: No injuries were reported in a small explosion and fire at a plant specializing in steel treatment products. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 16 |
Central Minas, Brazil: 2 workers died and 5 were injured in an explosion in a refinery flare stack. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 16 |
Orchard Beach, MD: A manhole explosion at a power plant injured six workers. More information |
Monday
Jul 15 |
Alexandra, Prince Edward Island: A major fire at a plastics recycling plant covered the county with choking smoke. More information |
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