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Entries for January 2006
Sunday
Jan 15 |
Los Angeles, CA: Fire broke out in a sulpher processing plant. More information |
Saturday
Jan 14 |
Pathar Nullah, Pakistan: The main water supply pipeline was blown up at a gas purification plant. More information |
Friday
Jan 13 |
Russia: Ten 60-ton oil product storage tanks caught on fire in an oil refinery. More information |
Friday
Jan 13 |
Nynashamn, Sweden: Gas and oil leaks, at a specialty oil refinery, were fueling a fire that had broken out. More information |
Thursday
Jan 12 |
Nigeria: Seven people were killed in an explosion at a petroleum products pipeline. More information |
Thursday
Jan 12 |
Spain: An accident caused a tanker carrying 3,000 liters of diesel fuel, to spill a third of that into a river. More information |
Thursday
Jan 12 |
Ankadimbonaka, Madagascar: Two men were killed after a tanker truck caught fire and exploded. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 11 |
Saint Marcellin, France: A 200 liter barrel of solvent exploded and severely injured 3 workers. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 11 |
Daytona Beach, FL: One worker was killed in an explosion and fire at a waste water treatment plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 10 |
Glen Rock, PA: An explosion in an adhesives factory blew out a wall of the factory. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 10 |
Hillsborough, NJ: An oil tanker truck exploded, leaving two employees severely burned. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 10 |
Gansu Province, China: There was an acid gas spill at a chemical plant. More information |
Monday
Jan 09 |
Crestwood, KY: About 2,000 pounds of acid leaked from a tanker or trailer after it crashed on the highway. More information |
Monday
Jan 09 |
Carson, CA: There was a fire and a series of explosions that tore through a paint manufacturing facility. More information |
Monday
Jan 09 |
Switzerland: Workers were evacuated from an incineration plant after smoke containing carbon dioxide, methane and hydrogen sulphide was detected. More information |
Sunday
Jan 08 |
Yangzhong, China: A ship carrying 260 tons of sulphuric acid ran into some reefs at the bottom of the ocean and sank. More information |
Saturday
Jan 07 |
Clarkson, Canada: It took 40 firefighters two hours to put a chemical fire under control at a petro refinery. More information |
Friday
Jan 06 |
Aktau, Kazakhstan: Seven barrels of oil spilled into a commercial port while it was being loaded into a tanker. More information |
Friday
Jan 06 |
Shangyu City, China: Two people were killed in an explosion at a chemical plant. More information |
Friday
Jan 06 |
Smith County, TX: Two oil storage tanks holding sphalitc oil exploded. More information |
Friday
Jan 06 |
India: One man was killed in an explosion, while making fuses, at a pyrotechnic factory. More information |
Friday
Jan 06 |
Gongyi City, China: Diesel oil leaked form a power plant and into a drinking water supply. More information |
Thursday
Jan 05 |
Durban, Africa: There was an ammonia leak at a tire factory. More information |
Thursday
Jan 05 |
Brunswick, GA: There was a chemical explosion at a chemical manufacturing plant. More information |
Thursday
Jan 05 |
Long Island, NY: A worker was doing some routine maintenance at a power plant when a breaker failed and caused and explosion and fire. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 04 |
Louisville, KY: An explosion at a plastics corporation sent on man to the hospital. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 04 |
Donges, France: Two LPG tanks collided and caused 30 tons of bunker fuel to spill into the sea. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 04 |
Goslar, Germany: A gas cylinder exploded in a chemical plant and killed one person. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 03 |
Dera Bugti, Pakistan: While under attack a gas pipeline was blown up. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 03 |
Statoil, Norway: An offshore oil platform had to be evacuated after a small fire. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 03 |
Conroe, TX: A worker at a welding and industrial supply company was severely injured when a gas bottle he was filling ruptured. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 03 |
Toledo, OH: For the second time in eight days an unexpected benzene contamination halted work at a hydrogen production complex. More information |
Monday
Jan 02 |
Winnie, TX: A huge gas leak from a drilling rig caused the closer of a highway. More information |
Monday
Jan 02 |
Martinez, CA: A pipeline from a ship leaked about 80 gallons of oil into the cities marina. More information |
Sunday
Jan 01 |
Pittsburg, TX: Four Crude oil tanks exploded. More information |
Sunday
Jan 01 |
Xian, China: Eight people were injured when a natural gas leak caused and explosion. More information |
Sunday
Jan 01 |
Arikkadi, India: Two people were killed in and explosion at a fireworks manufacturing company. More information |
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