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Entries for June 2006
Friday
Jun 30 |
Columbia, MO: Firefighters responded to a chemical spill after a container carrying dry - cleaning products cracked leaking its contents onto the road. More information |
Friday
Jun 30 |
Shahdara, India: Two workers were seriously injured when a boiler at a scrap metal dismantling plant exploded. More information |
Thursday
Jun 29 |
Rubbertown, KY: Lighting struck a chemical plant causing several cooling units to shut down and a valve to open, allowing 165 gallons of butadiene and acrylonitrile to leak out. More information |
Thursday
Jun 29 |
Esmeraldas, Ecuador: A small fire broke out in the residual gas burning section of a refinery. More information |
Thursday
Jun 29 |
Moonachie, NJ: About 75 employees were evacuated from a polyurethane manufacturing plant due to an accidental chemical reaction. More information |
Thursday
Jun 29 |
Moonachie, N.J. : An accidental chemical reaction at a polyurethane plant forced an evacuation of employees. More information |
Thursday
Jun 29 |
Rubbertown, KY : A small amount of 1,3 butadiene and acrylonitrile spilled atop a chemical plant forced hazmat team intervention. More information |
Thursday
Jun 29 |
Omak, WA : Fire destroyed portions of a plywood factory. More information |
Thursday
Jun 29 |
East Huntington, PA : A 2-alarm fire destroyed packing material at an electronics plant. More information |
Thursday
Jun 29 |
Bell Bay, CA : A fire at a fiberboard factory spread through a 4-story press unit. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 28 |
Kansas City, MO : A spill of 300 gallons of hydrochloric acid was enough for management to send employees home. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 28 |
Richmond, CA : 3 workers were hospitalized after a release at a chemical plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 28 |
Lanzhou, China: One person was killed in an oil refinery after a gas leak explosion. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 28 |
Penal, Trinidad and Tobago: Two workers were burnt to death in an explosion at a power plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 28 |
Torrance, CA: A small fire erupted in a coker unit of an oil refinery. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 28 |
Anderson County, TN: One man was sent to the hospital with burns due to an explosion at an oil drilling company. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 27 |
Leverkusen, Germany: Several workers were hospitalized after gaseous hydrogen fluoride was released inside a chemical plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 27 |
Beatrice, NB: A short power outage led to an anhydrous ammonia leak at a fertilizer manufacturing plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 27 |
Little Falls, MN: A ruptured crude oil pipeline leaked 67,000 gallons of oil. More information |
Monday
Jun 26 |
Nitro, WV: A delivery truck snapped a power line, blowing out 3 transformers and sparking a fire that destroyed 2 trailers at a chemical plant. More information |
Monday
Jun 26 |
Albemarle, NC: A valve malfunctioned, leading to a chlorine leak at a water treatment plant. More information |
Monday
Jun 26 |
Shiraz: One person was killed in a gasoline explosion. More information |
Monday
Jun 26 |
Torrence, CA: A small fire was started in an oil refinery after a compressor malfunctioned. More information |
Monday
Jun 26 |
Madras, OR: A delivery driver was burned in a fire and explosion at a propane company. More information |
Monday
Jun 26 |
Nitro, W.V. : A downed power line at an industrial facility caused a fire that gutted two trailers. More information |
Sunday
Jun 25 |
Houston, TX: Methane was released into the air for 10 minutes due to an open block valve at an oil refinery. More information |
Sunday
Jun 25 |
Hazle Township, PA : Smoke from a malfunctioning pollution control device at a glass plant was quickly death with. More information |
Saturday
Jun 24 |
Rubidouox, CA: Two vehicles collided, one spilling several gallons of hypochlorite solution that closed several lanes of traffic. More information |
Saturday
Jun 24 |
Troup, TX: An explosion occured when welders at an energy company attempted to connect an oil tank to a well. More information |
Friday
Jun 23 |
Trafford, PA: Thirty foot flames shot into the sky after a gas well exploded. More information |
Friday
Jun 23 |
Richmond, CA: A nearby chemical plant let out fumes that sent 3 refinery workers to the hospital. More information |
Friday
Jun 23 |
Canby, OR: A building belonging to a bio diesel manufacturing plant was destroyed in a fire. More information |
Thursday
Jun 22 |
Macon, GA : A power plant for a containerboard mill burned, injuring 3 workers. More information |
Thursday
Jun 22 |
Burkely, GA: Three persons were injured in a fire at a paper mill. More information |
Thursday
Jun 22 |
Burkina Faso: One person was killed when a gas tanker truck exploded during a leak and pressure test. More information |
Thursday
Jun 22 |
Hangzhou, China: Several maintenance workers were overcome by a gas leak while repairing underground gas pipelines. More information |
Thursday
Jun 22 |
Cherryhill, NJ: Several paper and plastic drums containing nitrocellulose caught fire, creating a cloud of yellow smoke in a chemical plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 21 |
Ireland: A fire broke out at a protein abrasives plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 21 |
Paducah, KY: A tanker truck, carrying 10,500 gallons of fuel, overturned and exploded. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 20 |
Beachland, Nigeria: Engineers were working on an oil tanker when it exploded at an oil company. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 20 |
Bunderlocks, India: One person was killed in an explosion at an iron metal plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 20 |
Matshilori Village, Zimbabwe: A tanker overturned and spilled 29,000 liters of 98 percent sulphuric acid. More information |
Monday
Jun 19 |
Houston, TX: Heavy rain water caused a storage tank at a chemical plant to tip over, releasing chemicals into the air. More information |
Monday
Jun 19 |
Sydney, Australia: One hundred firefighters were called to put out a huge fire at an aerosol factory. More information |
Monday
Jun 19 |
Raven, France: The crude distillation unit at an oil refinery was shut down due to a fire. More information |
Sunday
Jun 18 |
Lorie, France: A toxic cloud was created after a fire broke out in a warehouse containing chlorine compounds. More information |
Sunday
Jun 18 |
Chettikulam, India: A huge fire broke out in a power plant. More information |
Friday
Jun 16 |
Torrance, CA : A worker was burned at a refinery when petroleum product splashed on him. More information |
Friday
Jun 16 |
Greater Sudbury, Ontario : 9 workers were treated after a gas leak at an acid plant. More information |
Friday
Jun 16 |
West Deptford, N.J. : A small fire broke out on the upper deck at an refinery cooling tower. More information |
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