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Entries for December 2006
Sunday
Dec 10 |
Iron River, MI: A small fire at a plant is being investigated as suspicious. More information |
Sunday
Dec 10 |
Philadelphia, PA: A welding torch appears to have touched off an explosion and fire that injured three workers at an oil refinery. More information |
Saturday
Dec 09 |
Riverton, MT: Fire shut down a plant that makes concrete pipe. More information |
Saturday
Dec 09 |
Santa Clarita, CA: A maintenance worker at a power plant fell to his death. More information |
Saturday
Dec 09 |
Carson, CA: A safety flare was used to deal with a sulfur dioxide release at an oil refinery. More information |
Saturday
Dec 09 |
Wallerawang, Australia: Two buildings at a fireworks factory were destroyed in an explosion. More information |
Saturday
Dec 09 |
Watgunge, India: A large portion of a pulse-processing unit of a textile mill was gutted by fire. More information |
Friday
Dec 08 |
Fort Bend County, TX: A worker suffered serious burns when 600 gallons of sulfuric acid spilled at a power plant. More information |
Friday
Dec 08 |
Los Angeles, CA: Flames shot through the roof of a textiles factory. More information |
Friday
Dec 08 |
Kansas City, KS: Firefighters pumped water onto molten glass while fighting a fire in a fiberglass factory. More information |
Thursday
Dec 07 |
Droitwich, U.K.: Wooden pallets and furniture caught fire at a package delivery facility. More information |
Thursday
Dec 07 |
Durban, South Africa: A leaking flange on a vacuum unit ignited at an oil refinery. More information |
Thursday
Dec 07 |
Greensburo, N.C.: A small fire broke out in a power production line at a chemical plant. More information |
Thursday
Dec 07 |
Mallipo Beach, South Korea: An oil tanker collided with another ship, dumping 66,000 barrels of crude into the water. More information |
Thursday
Dec 07 |
Taeon, South Korea: A supertanker spilled 10,900 tons of crude oil after being rammed by a barge. More information |
Thursday
Dec 07 |
Wagga Wagga, Australia: A factory fire was reported. More information |
Thursday
Dec 07 |
Wirral, U.K.: Responders spent two days battling a fire at a meat packing plant. More information |
Thursday
Dec 07 |
Rettaipuliyamaruthur, India: Chlorine gas leaked from a caustic soda plant, overcoming five people. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 06 |
Palmyra, N.Y.: Several workers fell ill at a plant specializing in gaskets and seals. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 06 |
Broxburn, U.K.: An overpressurized pipe burst at a food processing plant, injuring one worker. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 06 |
Greenville, S.D.: Rainy weather caused seepage of cilene gas into a production area at a solar cell plant. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 06 |
Holyoke, MA: Work with an acetylene torch was under way when fire broke out at a power substation. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 06 |
Hutchinson, KS: Vandals caused a 6,000 gallon gasoline spill from a storage tank. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 06 |
Marshall, TX: An inorganic acid leaked from containers on a tractor-trailer rig. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 06 |
Memphis, TN: An asphalt storage tank caught fire at a wood products plant. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 06 |
Miyagi Prefecture, Japan: An explosion at a plant manufacturing front axles for trucks and buses injured one worker. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 06 |
Nampa, ID: Fire broke out on the roof of a sugar factory. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 06 |
Nipissing, Ontario: Fire gutted a furniture factory. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 06 |
Phoenix, AZ: A tank fire broke out at a petroleum products plant. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 06 |
Swannanoa, N.C.: A heating unit malfunctioned, igniting a fire at a manufacturing plant. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 06 |
Torrance, CA: Dangerous levsl of combustible gas was detected in a home near a refinery. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 05 |
Belton, TX: Fire gutted a school library furniture manufacturing company. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 05 |
Calgary, Alberta: A coker unit fire forced a cut in production at an oil sands facility. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 05 |
Caldwell, TX: An overturned tanker truck spilled 4,000 gallons of jet fuel. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 05 |
Nampa, ID: Responders extinguished a roof fire at a sugar beet factory. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 05 |
Savannah, GA: Two Molotov cocktails were discovered on the ground of a textile mill. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 05 |
Staten Island, N.Y.: An overpressurized steam pipe exploded at a dry dock facility, injuring one. More information |
Monday
Dec 04 |
Smithfield, OH: Foam and rubber from cars ignited at a scrap metal facility. More information |
Monday
Dec 04 |
Austin, TX: A tractor-trailer rig carrying hydrochloric acid tipped over. More information |
Monday
Dec 04 |
Chevrly, MD: Fire spread through a 60-foot high pile of scrap metal at a recycling plant. More information |
Monday
Dec 04 |
Downers Grove, IL: Nearly 1,400 gallons of hydrochloric acid leaked at an industrial park. More information |
Monday
Dec 04 |
Independence, MO: Fire broke out in a storage elevator at a concrete plant. More information |
Monday
Dec 04 |
Kansas City, MO: A tractor-trailer rig caught fire at a concrete plant. More information |
Monday
Dec 04 |
Matosinhos, Portugal: A small fire was extinguished at an oil refinery. More information |
Monday
Dec 04 |
Muscatine, IO: Malfunctioning equipment at a food processing plant spilled 500 gallons of barbecue sauce into a local creek. More information |
Monday
Dec 04 |
Worcester, U.K.: A small machinery fire broke out at a fabrication plant. More information |
Sunday
Dec 03 |
Sydney, Australia: Fire broke out in a woodworking factory. More information |
Sunday
Dec 03 |
Jiddah, Saudi Arabia: A malfunctioning cooling fan ignited a propane leak at an oil refinery. More information |
Sunday
Dec 03 |
Midland, TX: Fire erupted in a tank battery at a gas plant. More information |
Saturday
Dec 02 |
Dickinson, N.D.: Icy road conditions contributed to a 10,000 gallon diesel spill which leaked from a tractor-trailer wreck. More information |
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