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Entries for December 2006
Wednesday
Dec 20 |
Nancy, France: An anhydrous ammonia release at a plant created a cloud over the city. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 20 |
Oxnard, CA: An explosion rocked an asphalt processing plant. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 19 |
Quebec City, Quebec: A major fuel leak caught fire at a port. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 19 |
Beulah, N.D.: A leak in a processing unit temporarily shut down a synthetic fuel plant. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 19 |
Kansas City, MO: A four-alarm fire spread through a pallet refurbishing plant. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 19 |
Klybeck, Switzerland: Two workers were injured in a chemical accident. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 19 |
Margate, U.K.: Fire was reported at a chemical plant. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 19 |
Okrika, Nigeria: Fire broke out at a petroleum loading jetty. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 19 |
Ponca City, OK: Oil, steam and sulfur compounds were released into the air at a carbon black plant. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 19 |
Topeka, KS: An ammonia leak at a food processing plant sent a firefighter to the hospital. More information |
Monday
Dec 18 |
Bayport, MN: Fire spread through the coal-handling system at a power plant. More information |
Monday
Dec 18 |
Bensonville, IL: Ten workers at a packaging plant were hospitalized for carbon monoxide exposure. More information |
Monday
Dec 18 |
Chugoku, Japan: Five power plant workers were treated after being splashed with chemicals. More information |
Monday
Dec 18 |
Conshohocken, PA: Fire broke out at a grinding plant. More information |
Monday
Dec 18 |
Grand Forks, N.D.: A fire near an electrical turbine shut down a sugar factory. More information |
Monday
Dec 18 |
Hemel Hempstead, U.K.: A fire broke out at a recycling facility near the Buncefield oil terminal. More information |
Monday
Dec 18 |
Loveland, CO: A minor chemical spill sent five electronics plant workers to the hospital. More information |
Monday
Dec 18 |
Wausau, WI: Nearly 4,000 gallons of calcium chloride spilled from an overturned tanker. More information |
Monday
Dec 18 |
Petrie, Australia: Fumes from magnesium oxide escaped after a train derailment. More information |
Sunday
Dec 17 |
Farmington, MI: A substation fire left much of the city without power. More information |
Sunday
Dec 17 |
Jefferson City, TN: Authorities evacuated city hall in the belief that a tanker truck was leaking propane. It actually contained carbon dioxide. More information |
Sunday
Dec 17 |
Oak Park Heights, MN: A fire ignited in a coal storage bunker at a power plant. More information |
Sunday
Dec 17 |
Podolsk, Russia: Fire broke out in a factory specializing in varnish and paint. More information |
Saturday
Dec 16 |
Cheyenne, WY: A coker fire at an oil refinery injured two workers. More information |
Saturday
Dec 16 |
Daugendorf, Germany: An explosion damaged a bio-gas facility. More information |
Friday
Dec 15 |
Sarnia, ON: A fire in a hydrocracker rocked an oil refinery. More information |
Friday
Dec 15 |
Shreveport, LA: Fire erupted in a processing unit at an oil refinery. More information |
Friday
Dec 15 |
North Bergen, N.J.: Firefighters battled a 4-alarm fire at a recycling plant. More information |
Friday
Dec 15 |
Corsicana, TX: Rolls of polystyrene burned at a plastics plant. More information |
Friday
Dec 15 |
Ergolding, Germany: An explosion in a grain silo caused major property damage. More information |
Friday
Dec 15 |
Riyadhi, Saudi Arabia: Large quantities of crude oil spilled from a pipeline owned by the state oil company. More information |
Friday
Dec 15 |
Tamil Nadu, India: Fire destroyed a rubber factory that produces surgical gloves. More information |
Thursday
Dec 14 |
Bloomberg, Canada: An oil company’s processing unit exploded, but started no fire. More information |
Thursday
Dec 14 |
Melbourne, Australia: A grass fire threated a fuel terminal. More information |
Thursday
Dec 14 |
Baghdad, Iraq: A mortar shell landed on an oil pipeline, sparking a refinery fire. More information |
Thursday
Dec 14 |
New London, CT: A cheese plant was evacuated when 2 chemicals mistakenly mixed created toxic gas. More information |
Thursday
Dec 14 |
Atull, India: A fire caused major damage at a chemical plant. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 13 |
Douglasville, GA: A tank of molten asphalt caught fire and exploded at a refinery. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 13 |
Des Moines, IO: Fire broke out at a tire plant. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 12 |
Auckland, New Zealand: Fire destroyed a factory designed to chemically treat potentially contaminated products brought into the country. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 12 |
Freeport, TX: Two workers were exposed to a small amount of chlorine gas at a chemical plant. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 12 |
Marion, N.C.: Workers evacuated a packaging plant when a machine used to bail cardboard caught fire. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 12 |
Cleveland, OH: Fire destroyed a warehouse containing lubricant oil. More information |
Monday
Dec 11 |
Bridgeview, IL: Workers were evacuated after a spill at a chemical refinery involving hydroxylamine sulfate. More information |
Monday
Dec 11 |
Minatitlan, Mexico: Two workers were burned when fire broke out in a sulfur recovery unit at an oil refinery. More information |
Monday
Dec 11 |
Springfield, N.Y.: A small fire broke out at a feed factory. More information |
Sunday
Dec 10 |
Brisbane, Australia: A truck spilled 900 liters of potassium hydroxide, closing a major motorway. More information |
Sunday
Dec 10 |
Champion, OH: An explosion involving propane tanks rocked a chemical refinery. More information |
Sunday
Dec 10 |
Cleveland, OH: A ladle spilled at a steel plant, igniting a number of fires. More information |
Sunday
Dec 10 |
Sydney, Australia: Responders used a jackhammer to free a guard dog trapped between the walls of two factories. More information |
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