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Entries for September 2006
Saturday
Sep 30 |
St-Georgen-Lantgenschitach, Germany: 22 people were injured in a gas tank blast. More information |
Friday
Sep 29 |
Rogers, AR: A fire broke out at a plant that manufactures paper packaging products. More information |
Thursday
Sep 28 |
West Yorkshire, UK: Firefighters put out a blaze at a fireworks warehouse containing 2 tons of pyrotechnics. More information |
Thursday
Sep 28 |
Bristol, TN: Fire broke out in a battery plant. More information |
Thursday
Sep 28 |
Nynashamn, Sweden: A lubricating oil plant leaked 45,800 gallons of oil. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 27 |
Zhuangtou Village, China: 5 people were killed in an explosion at a ferrous ore concentrating plant. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 27 |
Havana, Cuba: A huge fire that started at the loading dock of a refinery injured 2 workers. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 27 |
Shreveport, LA: 4 people were sprayed with sulfuric acid at a chemical plant. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 27 |
De Pere, WI: A molten metal spill ignited wooden forms at a metals plant. More information |
Tuesday
Sep 26 |
Fairbanks, AR: It took firefighters 5 hours to clean up a light oil spill. More information |
Monday
Sep 25 |
Melbourne, Australia: Ammonia leaked from a rupture in a flexible hose, forcing the evacuation of a chemical factory. More information |
Monday
Sep 25 |
Stockten, UT: Workers at a chemical department contained a liquid mustard agent leak. More information |
Monday
Sep 25 |
Chalmette, LA: A gasoline-producing catalytic cracking unit at an oil refinery was shut down due to a fire. More information |
Monday
Sep 25 |
Bingen, Germany: A barge ran aground and spilled 14 tons of diesel oil into the ocean. More information |
Sunday
Sep 24 |
Quebec, Canada: A tanker truck carrying molten aluminum overturned, spilling its load. More information |
Saturday
Sep 23 |
Nairobi, Kenya: A fire in a paint factory knocked out power for the entire area. More information |
Saturday
Sep 23 |
El Paso, TX: Firemen rushed to a refinery after 1,100 gallons of oil spilled and ignited. More information |
Saturday
Sep 23 |
Batangas Province, Philippines: A tanker transferring chemicals spilled 100 gallons of sodium hydroxide into the water. More information |
Saturday
Sep 23 |
Yerevan, Armenia: An explosion at a chemical plant was blamed on gas in the sewers. More information |
Friday
Sep 22 |
Idemitsu Kosan, Japan: Fire spread from an external monitoring device attached to a oil refinery desulfurization unit. More information |
Friday
Sep 22 |
Gaziantep, Turkey: 2 people were killed in a fire that engulfed a chemical factory. More information |
Friday
Sep 22 |
Karachi, Pakistan: Firefighters extinguished a fire at a chemical warehouse. More information |
Thursday
Sep 21 |
Monroe, OH: Fire departments were called to a food chemicals plant after an explosion. More information |
Thursday
Sep 21 |
Horry County, SC: 2,000 gallons of motor oil spilled at a recycling plant. More information |
Thursday
Sep 21 |
Tucson, AZ: A fire broke out at a metals recycling plant. More information |
Thursday
Sep 21 |
Jinzipai Village, China: Turpentine from a chemical factory polluted local drinking water. More information |
Thursday
Sep 21 |
Samra´a, Iraq: Gas pipelines exploded resulting in a huge fire. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 20 |
Omsk, Russia: A gas reaction unit was the cause of a huge fire at an oil refinery. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 20 |
Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia: 1 employee was killed in a small fire in a refinery oil terminal. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 20 |
Ismailia, Egypt: 5,000 tons of crude oil leaked into a canal from an oil tanker. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 20 |
Georgetown, MI: 4 workers were overcome by ammonia at a vegetable processing plant. More information |
Tuesday
Sep 19 |
Biloxi, MS: A parked tanker truck leaking hydrochloric acid forced the closure of a highway. More information |
Tuesday
Sep 19 |
Corpus Christi, TX: A small fire broke out at an oil refinery. More information |
Monday
Sep 18 |
Wallmannsthal, Africa: A tanker filled with explosive ammonium nitrate prill overturned. More information |
Sunday
Sep 17 |
Langley, UK: Several explosions lead to a huge fire at a plastics plant. More information |
Sunday
Sep 17 |
Westlake, LA: Fire broke out inside a furnace at a vinyl chloride plant. More information |
Friday
Sep 15 |
Ram Darbar, India: 1 person was killed in a fire at plant specializing in industrial products. More information |
Friday
Sep 15 |
Belgium: A sulfuric acid leak inside a chemical plant was blamed on a filter. More information |
Friday
Sep 15 |
Heilbronn, Germany: A gaseous acrylate leaked in a plastics factory. More information |
Thursday
Sep 14 |
Seminole County, FL: A gasoline tank explosion severely burned 1 worker. More information |
Thursday
Sep 14 |
Sestao, Spain: An explosion at a steel plant injured 4 workers. More information |
Thursday
Sep 14 |
Plaquemine, LA: A flash fire at a chemical plant sent 3 employees to the hospital. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 13 |
Colombia, TN: Fumes ignited by a spark caused a huge explosion at a sponge plant. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 13 |
Wigton, UK: An explosion at a polypropylene plant left 2 men severely burned. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 13 |
India: 2 workers were killed in a huge fire at a food processing plant. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 13 |
Lincolnshire, UK: Several thousand gallons of crude oil leaked for a storage tank. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 13 |
Obernzell, Germany: Flames broke out in an electroplating plant. More information |
Tuesday
Sep 12 |
Medcode, Slovenia: A fire broke out in a tire refurbishment plant. More information |
Tuesday
Sep 12 |
River Rouge, MI: An explosion in a steel plant sent 5 workers to the hospital. More information |
Tuesday
Sep 12 |
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: A pressurized gas container exploded at a plastics plant. More information |
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