Tuesday
Aug 23 |
Fort Worth TX: A tanker truck filled with sulfuric acid overturned without spilling. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 16 |
Borger TX: An explosion at a chemical plant sent flames more than 100 feet into the sky. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 16 |
Calvert City KY: A ruptured pipe leaking vinyl chloride monomer hydrochloric acid and ethylene dichloride at a chemical plant forced a shelter-in-place order. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 16 |
Hattiesburg MS: A small fire broke out at a chemical plant. More information |
Monday
Aug 15 |
Meraux LA: A sulpher leak in an oil refinery caused several residents to complain of headaches and nausea. More information |
Monday
Aug 15 |
Cartersville GA: An ammonia compressor in a beer plant exploded causing a fire. More information |
Monday
Aug 15 |
Clayton N.C.: Fire destroyed a carton making plant. More information |
Sunday
Aug 14 |
Atwater CA: A frozen fruit plant was closed when 100 gallons of liquid ammonia spilled from a large freezer. More information |
Sunday
Aug 14 |
Salem OR: Residents were told to stay indoors after an ammonia leak at an ice cream factory. More information |
Sunday
Aug 14 |
Steelton PA: Splatter from molten metal that came in contact with water started a fire at a steel plant. More information |
Saturday
Aug 13 |
Nogales AZ: Ten railroad cars overturned two of which spilled sulfuric acid into a nearby river. The town was left without water for days. More information |
Thursday
Aug 11 |
Chicago IL: Hazmat teams used fog streams to disperse fumes from an ammonia leak at a meat packing plant. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 10 |
Alvin TX: An explosion at a plastics manufacturing plant caused a small fire. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 09 |
Romulus MI: A tank at a chemical plant exploded causing a fire and several other explosions. Toxic chemicals were released. More information |
Sunday
Aug 07 |
Calgary Alberta: Fire broke out at a paper recycling plant. More information |
Sunday
Aug 07 |
Bellefaonte PA: Fire broke out in a chemical company causing extensive damage. More information |
Saturday
Aug 06 |
Pittsburg PA: Firefighters let a magnesium fire at a chemical plant burn itself out. More information |
Friday
Aug 05 |
Termitau Kazakstan: Two people died when a concrete structure in an oil warehouse collapsed triggering an explosion. More information |
Friday
Aug 05 |
Troy OH: A chemical leak at a polymer plant forced an area evacuation. More information |
Thursday
Aug 04 |
Fort Meyers FL: Workers moving empty tanks with a forklift accidently picked up a tank willed with sulpher dioxide separating it from its valve and causing a leak. More information |
Thursday
Aug 04 |
Kazakstan: Four people were killed in a blast at an explosives factory. More information |
Thursday
Aug 04 |
Sayreville NJ: Fire broke out in a vacant gunpowder plant leading to a series of explosions. More information |
Thursday
Aug 04 |
Vadodara India: A fire at a butadiene plant killed one worker and injured three others. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 03 |
China Grove TX: A bakery was forced to evacuate after ammonia leaked from a refrigeration system. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 03 |
Lucknow India: Ammonia nitrate leaked from an ice factory. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 03 |
Jasper TX: A tanker truck carrying orthoxylene began leaking on the highway. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 03 |
Steubenville OH: Fire broke out in a wheeling factory when a casting ran across the floor igniting dust. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 03 |
Murzzuschlag Austria: A worker was severely injured when he fell into a vat containing hydrofluoric and nitric acid at a metal processing plant. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 03 |
Baytown TX: A relief valve on a refrigeration unit leaked more than 1100 pounds of anhydrous ammonia. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 02 |
Brussels Belgium: Containers filled with acrylic acid were damaged in a rollover truck accident. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 02 |
Green Bay WI: A dryer vent caught fire at a paper recycling mill. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 02 |
Winchester KY: A chlorine regulator at a waste water treatment plant began leaking resulting in an area evacuation. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 02 |
Bellefantanine OH: Ammonia leaked from a cool system under going maintenance at a food distribution facility. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 02 |
Rayong Thailand: Fire broke out in an aromatics plant. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 02 |
Pembrkeshire UK: Five hundred tons of kerosene leaked from a petroleum plant into a river. More information |
Monday
Aug 01 |
Springfield OR: Flames broke out for the second time at a charcoal plant. More information |
Monday
Aug 01 |
Greenfield MA: Propane gas escaped from a damaged storage tank at gas filling station. More information |
Monday
Aug 01 |
Aviele Nigeria: Farmers clearing land ignited a petroleum pipeline that exploded. More information |
Monday
Aug 01 |
Springfield , OR : Flames broke out for the second time at a charcoal plant. More information |