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Entries for November 2005
Monday
Nov 14 |
San Antonio, TX : Several homes were evacuated after an explosion and fire at a propane gas distribution facility. More information |
Monday
Nov 14 |
Algeria : A huge explosion happened in a butane gas depot. More information |
Sunday
Nov 13 |
Jilian City, China : A series of explosions killed one worker and injured several more at a petrochemical plant. More information |
Sunday
Nov 13 |
Malden, WV : A road was closed for several hours after a tanker truck crashed and spilled acetic acid. More information |
Sunday
Nov 13 |
Barotiwala, India : An explosion at a steel mill killed one person and injured two others. More information |
Sunday
Nov 13 |
Verden an deraller, Germany : Anhydrous ammonia was released during maintenance of a cooling system in a meat processing plant. More information |
Sunday
Nov 13 |
Pella, IA : Two fire-fighters were injured in an explosion at a wood products plant. More information |
Saturday
Nov 12 |
Ghaziabad, India : Two people were killed in an explosion at a steel factory. More information |
Saturday
Nov 12 |
Houluo Village, China : Five people were killed in a firecracker plant explosion. More information |
Saturday
Nov 12 |
Skikda, Algeria : Lubricating oil was spilled on a high-pressure turbine at a thermal power station and caused a fire. More information |
Friday
Nov 11 |
Vadodara, India : While maintenance work was being done a barrel containing explosive chemicals exploded and injured two workers at a chemical plant. More information |
Friday
Nov 11 |
Nerul, India : A gas leak explosion killed the driver of a tanker truck. More information |
Thursday
Nov 10 |
Kings Mountain, NC : An explosion at an asphalt plant sent a large steel pipe flying into the air, which hit and killed a worker. More information |
Thursday
Nov 10 |
Bitterfeld, Germany : Concentrated hydrochloric acid leaked from a rail tanker. More information |
Thursday
Nov 10 |
Westminsister, MA : Emergency crews were called to a chemical spill at a water treatment plant. More information |
Thursday
Nov 10 |
Songmaping Town, China : Two workers were killed in an explosion at a methanol plant. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 09 |
Preston, Australia : A dust explosion at a textile factory forced several people to be evacuated. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 09 |
Houston, TX : Fuel tanks on a lift used for repairing vessels exploded at a shipping channel. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 09 |
Julich, Germany : A huge coal dust explosion rocked a sugar factory. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 08 |
Martinez, CA : A chemical leak occurred in a processing unit of a gas refinery. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 08 |
Hatigaon, India : One person was killed when an “empty” fuel tanker exploded. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 08 |
Rhudereistedt, Germany : Two people were killed in an accident at a biological gas facility. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 08 |
Giengen, Sweden : A methane explosion at a treatment plant severely injured 3 people. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 08 |
Bay City, MI : A chlorine leak happened at a waste water treatment plant. More information |
Monday
Nov 07 |
Venezuela : Twenty people were injured in an explosion at an alkylation unit of a refinery complex. More information |
Sunday
Nov 06 |
Delaware City, DE : Two workers were killed while working on an oil refinery unit. More information |
Sunday
Nov 06 |
Ludhiana, India : A worker was killed in an explosion at a steel factory. More information |
Sunday
Nov 06 |
Waskom, TX : A natural gas explosion seriously burned 2 people. More information |
Saturday
Nov 05 |
Syracuse, NY : Employees were evacuated from an electroplating company after hazardous chemicals leaked into the air. More information |
Saturday
Nov 05 |
Gujarat, India : A train was leaking liquefied petroleum gas. More information |
Saturday
Nov 05 |
Bautou City, China : Five people were killed from a carbon monoxide leak in an iron and steel plant. More information |
Saturday
Nov 05 |
Raichur, India : A thermal power station was shut down by a boiler leak. More information |
Friday
Nov 04 |
Janpaka, India : Fire in a chemical factory released non-harmful gases into the air. More information |
Friday
Nov 04 |
Gaithersburg, MD : A butane gas canister exploded and burned 3 people. More information |
Friday
Nov 04 |
Pudong, China : An explosion occurred in a packaging factory. More information |
Thursday
Nov 03 |
Alathoor, India : A chemical reaction caused an explosion that killed 2 people. More information |
Thursday
Nov 03 |
Chesterfield, VA : Fire broke out in a cigarette filter plant. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 02 |
Klybeck, Switzerland : A chemical leak happened at a chemical plant. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 02 |
Anacortes, WA : A small fire broke out during the start up process at an oil refinery. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 01 |
Pakistan : An explosion blew up a pipeline that supplied gas to a power station. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 01 |
Durban, Africa : A damaged ship spilled 80 tons of fuel into the harbor. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 01 |
Tijuana, Mexico : Several thousand workers were evacuated when a fire broke out and destroyed a polyethylene-foam factory. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 01 |
Alon Tabor, Israel : Flames destroyed a plastics infection molding plant. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 01 |
Lemont, IL : A natural gas leak occurred at an oil refinery. More information |