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Entries for October 2004
Sunday
Oct 31 |
Mount Pleasant, SC: A portion of a tractor plant was damaged by an electrical fire. More information |
Sunday
Oct 31 |
Cebu , Philipines : Three workers were killed when a petroleum gas tank exploded inside a factory canteen at a jewelry shop. More information |
Sunday
Oct 31 |
Kuwait : Three refineries had to shut down due to power failure caused by maintenance. More information |
Saturday
Oct 30 |
Sasolburg, S. Africa : Fuel at a loading bay spilled, causing a fire that injured three people. More information |
Saturday
Oct 30 |
Newport , Australia : Up to 100 liters of aviation fuel leaked from a ruptured pipeline carrying chemicals from an oil refinery. More information |
Saturday
Oct 30 |
Carteret , NJ : Three people suffered minor burns when a tank leaked thousands of gallons of a caustic liquid into a shipping waterway. More information |
Friday
Oct 29 |
Baroda , India : Sixteen workers were injured in an explosion at a gasoline refinery. More information |
Thursday
Oct 28 |
Winooski , VT : A sawdust hopper caused a fire at a furniture plant. Employees were evacuated. More information |
Thursday
Oct 28 |
Greeley, CO : A worker was killed after he was caught in a conveyor belt while unloading sugar beets from a truck at a sugar factory. More information |
Thursday
Oct 28 |
Westmoreland , TN : A faulty internal valve caused a spill of coal tar distillates during a chemical transfer. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 27 |
Daquing , China : An explosion at an oil refinery killed seven workers. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 27 |
Suffolk , VA : Forty workers were evacuated when a fire caused a gas cylinder to explode at a food factory. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 26 |
Del Rey , CA : A dehydration plant was shut down after a mechanical malfunction caused a fire. More information |
Monday
Oct 25 |
New Orleans , LA : An equipment malfunction and fire at a power plant led to an outage affecting several industrial plants. More information |
Monday
Oct 25 |
Indianapolis , IN : A forklift at a diesel engine plant rolled into a pit sending one worker to the hospital. More information |
Saturday
Oct 23 |
Rogersville , TN : Factory employees were evacuated when a worker caused a small fire at an automotive plant. More information |
Saturday
Oct 23 |
Paraguana, Venezuela: Firefighters battled a blaze for nearly 2 hours at an oil refinery. More information |
Thursday
Oct 21 |
Lugansk , Ukraine : One person died and several others were injured in a gas explosion that destroyed a 30 unit apartment building. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 20 |
Sayreville , NJ : Cleanup crews and fire officials were busy after a tanker exploded, forcing the evacuation of 60 people because of gas fumes. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 20 |
Hershey , PA : A fire was confined to the exhaust system of a chocolate factory. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 20 |
Beijing , China : A gas explosion in a coal mine killed at least 56 dead and left many more missing. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 20 |
Sydney , Australia : An air injection system failure led to a fire at a steel manufacturing company. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 20 |
Ajaokuta , Nigeria : An explosion at a power plant destroyed an electric motor in a circulating water pump. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 19 |
Melbourne , Australia : A worker lost part of his arm when it became entangled in a mixing machine at a plastics factory. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 19 |
Akron , OH : Officials battled a fire at a machine tool manufacturing plant that sent one firefighter to the hospital. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 19 |
Canton , OH : A gallon of concentrated acid was accidentally mixed with an oil bath at an engine cooling system manufacturing plant. Employees were evacuated. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 19 |
October 20 Thomastown , Australia : Several firefighters underwent decontamination after asbestos was found in the roof of a trailer factory that burned. More information |
Monday
Oct 18 |
Garner, NC: A fire started in a conveyor belt at a soda plant. More information |
Monday
Oct 18 |
Brisbane , Australia : About 500 kg of powdered chlorine was spilled causing the evacuation of nearby work sites. More information |
Sunday
Oct 17 |
Belgrade , Serbia : No leakage was reported following the derailment of three railcars carrying 150 tons of sulfuric acid. More information |
Sunday
Oct 17 |
Mattoon , IL : Sprinkers stopped the spread of a fire near electrical switch gear at a bagel plant. More information |
Saturday
Oct 16 |
Tokyo , Japan : A fire broke out at a desulphurization plant. More information |
Saturday
Oct 16 |
Chambersburg , PA : A pile of rubber stored in an open-air shed caught fire at a recycling plant. More information |
Friday
Oct 15 |
Magland , France : A gas leak caused 30 km of a major road to be closed. More information |
Thursday
Oct 14 |
Hickory , NC : A fire at an industrial tape manufacturing company forced the evacuation of employees. More information |
Thursday
Oct 14 |
Saraland , AL : A fire resulted when liquid that was not supposed to be in a flare overflowed at a gasoline refinery. More information |
Thursday
Oct 14 |
South Connelsville , PA : Residue in an idle exhaust system caught fire when employees tried to restart the equipment at a glass plant. More information |
Thursday
Oct 14 |
Hope Mills, NC: An explosion at a propane company injured three and forced an area evacuation. More information |
Thursday
Oct 14 |
Martinez , CA : A fire broke out in a holding tank at a refinery, taking three hours to extinguish. More information |
Thursday
Oct 14 |
Storm Lake , IA : A train hit a stolen propane tank left across the tracks, causing it to explode. More information |
Thursday
Oct 14 |
Alton , IL : Four workers were injured when an automatic loading machine exploded at an ammunition plant. More information |
Thursday
Oct 14 |
Ivanovo , Russia : An oil pipeline broke, causing a fire covering 1,000 square meters. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 13 |
Palmasola , Mexico : Two people were injured when an oil pipeline exploded. Nearly 500 people were evacuated. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 13 |
Tonawanda , NY : Fire officials worked to extinguish a fire caused by electrical equipment at a chemical plant. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 13 |
Corpus Christi , TX : A construction worker was killed when a concrete foundation collapsed on top of him. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 13 |
Buffalo , NY : A mixture of acetonitrile and methanol spilled at a medical supply manufacturing company. Six employees were hospitalized. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 12 |
Green Bay , WI : A fire broke out in a bank of three electrical transformers, knocking out the power at a mill. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 12 |
Bremen , Germany : Production at a foam insulation manufacturing plant came to a halt when a fire broke out in a dust collector. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 12 |
Tadotsu , Japan : An explosion inside a freighter at a shipyard injured three workers. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 12 |
San Antonio , TX : A tower at an oil refinery caught fire. Responders worked to keep spilled oil from seeping into a river. More information |
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