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Entries for March 2006
Friday
Mar 31 |
Zhejiang Province, China : Five people were killed in a laboratory explosion. More information |
Friday
Mar 31 |
Pijnacket, Netherlands : An explosion in a food plant sent 4 people to the hospital with minor burns. More information |
Friday
Mar 31 |
Hammond, IN : There was fire that broke out in a chemical company. More information |
Friday
Mar 31 |
Tongi, Bangladesh : A printing and packaging factory was damaged in a huge fire. More information |
Thursday
Mar 30 |
Fengnan District of Tangshan, China : A furnace exploded in an ironworks factory and killed 6 people. More information |
Thursday
Mar 30 |
Barcem-Paddi, India : A tanker truck went off the road and spilled 30 tones of sulphuric acid on the road. More information |
Thursday
Mar 30 |
Monclova, Mexico : Due to a series of explosions at an assembly plant several people were evacuated. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 29 |
Navatas, Philippines : There was an ammonia leak in an ice plant which caused 5 people to be taken to the hospital. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 29 |
Green Bay, WI : Several firefighters were called to a two alarm chemical fire. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 29 |
Renukoot, India : Six workers were killed while they were shifting a half-filled chlorine gas cylinder in a chemical factory. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 28 |
Vienna, Austria : A huge fire broke out in a crude oil refinery. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 28 |
Herne, Germany : A tanker truck overturned and spilled 25 tones of acetone on the road. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 28 |
Geleen, Netherlands : Flames broke out in an ammonia plant. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 28 |
Haldia, India : A fire broke out in a petrochemical plant. More information |
Monday
Mar 27 |
Shanghai, China : An electric transformer exploded outside a metal polishing factory and injured several people. More information |
Sunday
Mar 26 |
Lucena City, Philippines : Chemical waste from a soap factory spilled into a river and caused a huge pollution problem. More information |
Sunday
Mar 26 |
Martinez, CA : An oil refinery accidentally released hazardous chemicals into the air. More information |
Saturday
Mar 25 |
Gaoqiao, China : A leak was discovered at a gas well and caused several people to be evacuated from their homes. More information |
Friday
Mar 24 |
Vickey, OH : A chemical reaction at a hazardous waste plant caused a orange plume of nitrogen dioxide to be released from the plant. More information |
Friday
Mar 24 |
Oregon, OH : An oil refinery leaked an undetermined amount of Naphtha. More information |
Thursday
Mar 23 |
Kirikkale, Turkey : A fire in an armament factory triggered an explosion that injured two workers. More information |
Thursday
Mar 23 |
Nigeria : A petrochemical company shut down due to an equipment failure that caused the release of carbon into the air. More information |
Thursday
Mar 23 |
Wenzhou City, China : A chemical leak in a chemical plant killed one person. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 22 |
Ohi, Japan : Flames broke out in a nuclear waste plant. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 22 |
Zhejiang, China : A tanker truck overturned and spilled 19 tones of xylene onto an expressway. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 22 |
Hawthorne, NJ : There was a fire at a chemical plant. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 21 |
Venezuela : One person was killed when a fire broke out during a maintenance operation at a hydrogen plant. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 21 |
Bossier City, LA : Several lanes of highway was closed due to a hydrochloric acid and acetone spill. More information |
Monday
Mar 20 |
Sydney, Australia : A chemical spill in a warehouse prompted several workers to be hospitalized. More information |
Monday
Mar 20 |
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany : A worker was burned in a fire involving lacquer in a plastics plant. More information |
Sunday
Mar 19 |
Shouoguang, China : Two people were killed in an explosion in a chemical company. More information |
Sunday
Mar 19 |
Umm al-Ghaznan village, Iran : A crude oil pipeline caught fire at a oil and gas exploitation company. More information |
Saturday
Mar 18 |
Dublin, GA : Fire broke out in a warehouse filled with tons of old newspapers. More information |
Saturday
Mar 18 |
Mingo Junction, OH : A rubber conveyor belt started a fire in a steel plant. More information |
Friday
Mar 17 |
Richmond, VA : Employees of a chemical company were evacuated after 150 gallons of nitric acid spilled onto the ground. More information |
Friday
Mar 17 |
Bethel, CT : A worker at a chemical plant was hospitalized after inhaling lithium hydroxide. More information |
Friday
Mar 17 |
Pune, India : Two employees were killed in an explosion in a production unit of an ordnance factory. More information |
Thursday
Mar 16 |
North Sea, UK : A high voltage electrical motor overheated and caused an electrical fire on an oil platform. More information |
Thursday
Mar 16 |
New Iberia, LA : A 55 gallon drum filled with “off shore cleaning solution” fell off the truck that was carrying it. More information |
Thursday
Mar 16 |
Wabash, IN : A fire broke out in a paper mill. More information |
Thursday
Mar 16 |
Fontana, CA : A chemical spill closed part of a highway and sent several people to the hospital. More information |
Thursday
Mar 16 |
Shizuoke, Japan : Test equipment using radioactive material malfunctioned and exposed 10 people to radiation in a nuclear power plant. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 15 |
Tentefield, Australia : A truck carrying 900 kilograms of liquid cylinder caught fire. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 15 |
La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland : Flames broke out after an employee cleaned out a petroleum machine. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 14 |
Tamil Nadu : A truck carrying flammable chemical compounds caught fire. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 14 |
York, PA : A fire broke out in a the dust collection system at a coffin factory. More information |
Monday
Mar 13 |
Phoenix, AZ : An ammonia based chemical exploded and started a fire in at a plant that manufactures ejection seats for aircraft. More information |
Monday
Mar 13 |
Cobb County, GA : There was a small fire in a chemical plant. More information |
Monday
Mar 13 |
Northhampton, UK : A pipe to a liquid petroleum gas tanker caught fire and forced evacuations. More information |
Sunday
Mar 12 |
Scarborough, Ontario : A three-alarm blaze in a wood working factory prompted about 100 firefighters to be called to the scene. More information |
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