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Entries for March 2005
Thursday
Mar 17 |
King George,UK: Firefighters were busy battling a fire that broke out at a pickle factory resulting in a roof collapse. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 16 |
Patna,India: A fire caused major damage to a soda bottling plant. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 16 |
Reno,NV: A rural highway was closed after a truck carrying 23,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate and blasting caps overturned. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 15 |
Veracruz,Mexico: A corroded pipeline ruptured and spilled about 1,300 gallons of crude oil. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 15 |
Wales,UK: Residents advised to stay indoors when a fire erupted after chemicals began exploding at a pharmaceutical packaging plant. More information |
Monday
Mar 14 |
Adina,OH:A hopper on a tractor trailer was damaged during a turn causing the truck to leak about 15 tons of calcium oxide. More information |
Monday
Mar 14 |
Fort Saskatchewan,Canada: Investigators worked to determine what caused a tank to leak styrene and ethyl-benzene at a chemical plant. More information |
Sunday
Mar 13 |
Melbourne,Australia: About 50 firefighters responded to a chemical fire that broke out at an automotive factory. More information |
Saturday
Mar 12 |
Sydney,Australia: Over 100 fire fighters worked to control a blaze at a furniture factory for more than 26 hours. More information |
Friday
Mar 11 |
Ust-Balyk,Russia: Corrosion caused petroleum to spill at an oilfield resulting in 249 wells being shut down. More information |
Friday
Mar 11 |
Truro,RI: A failed coupling released potassium hydroxide at a water treatment plant and sent three employees to the hospital. More information |
Friday
Mar 11 |
Carlisle,UK: A chemical mixture of water, sodium cyanide, and zinc cyanide spilled into the drain system of a plating plant, resulting in the decontamination of two employees. More information |
Thursday
Mar 10 |
Karachi,Pakistan: A navy oil tanker exploded during routine maintenance killing at least six people and injured 95 others. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 09 |
Guwahati,India: A fire at a packing and raw materials manufacturing company caused the factory to temporarily stop production. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 09 |
Bakersfield, CA: 2 workers were injured when hydrochloric acid spilled at an oil company. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 08 |
Roxana,IL: A fire broke out in a crude distillation unit at an oil refinery. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 08 |
Port Neches,TX: An explosion and fire broke out after an ethylene oxide railcar filter ruptured. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 08 |
West Covina,CA: About 200 people were evacuated after a freight train derailed and spilled propylene glycol. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 08 |
Rawalpindi,Pakistan: An ammonia gas leak caused the compressor of an air conditioning plant to explode resulting in the injury of at least 7 people. More information |
Monday
Mar 07 |
S. Yorkshire,UK: An ethyl acrylate leak at a plastics plant caused residents to become ill. More information |
Monday
Mar 07 |
Napa County,CA: About 10,000 gallons of ferric chloride liquid leaked from a tank due to a corroded valve at a water treatment plant. More information |
Monday
Mar 07 |
Taunton,MA: A supplier accidentally pumped sodium hydroxide into the wrong tank resulting in a sodium hydroxide spill. More information |
Monday
Mar 07 |
Texas City,TX: An expansion joint leak caused a styrene unit to be shut down for repairs at a chemical plant. More information |
Monday
Mar 07 |
Houston,TX:Gas was released to the flare system of a gas plant after a compressor shut down. More information |
Monday
Mar 07 |
Ross-Pickaway,OH: Methyl methacrylate monomer spilled on a state highway after a tanker truck crashed. More information |
Sunday
Mar 06 |
South Warwickshire,UK: A sand-like substance measuring 600 degrees Celsius spilled on acetylene cylinders at a cement factory. More information |
Sunday
Mar 06 |
Juron Island,Singapore: A worker suffered second-degree burns to his body after a flash fire broke out in a five-story concrete silo. More information |
Sunday
Mar 06 |
Jurong Island,Singapore: A worker was killed when a 3-ton container fell on him at an oil refinery. More information |
Sunday
Mar 06 |
Salt Lake City,UT: It was suspected that a liner inside the tank of a rail car failed causing a mixture of acids to leak resulting in the evacuation of residents. More information |
Saturday
Mar 05 |
Borger,TX: About 5,000 pounds of carbon monoxide and 100 pounds of ammonia were released when a boiler unit had to be shut down at an oil refinery. More information |
Friday
Mar 04 |
North Sean,Norway: An oil refinery shut down production after a condensate leak was found. More information |
Thursday
Mar 03 |
Levelland,TX: A hot oil tanker exploded injuring 1 worker. More information |
Thursday
Mar 03 |
Shreveport,LA: A fire broke out after hydrocarbons leaked from a flange at a petroleum refinery. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 02 |
Cheshire,UK: One worker was splashed when a tanker carrying N-butyl chloride developed a leak at a chemical plant. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 02 |
Albany,OR:A fire broke out at a burlap bag manufacturing plant and resulted in many residents losing power. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 01 |
Beaumont,TX: A carbonyl scrubber in an ethylene unit was over-pressured and caused in the relief valve to lift at a chemical plant. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 01 |
El Paso,TX: A fire broke out at an oil refinery and caused a hydrogen reformer to shut down. More information |
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