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Entries for November 2007
Saturday
Nov 24 |
Melbourne, Australia: Responders quickly isolated a fire at a factory for converting vehicles to LPG. More information |
Saturday
Nov 24 |
Samobor, Croatia: Residents were ordered to shelter-in-place when ammonia escaped from an industrial plant. More information |
Saturday
Nov 24 |
Valsayn, Trinidad: Fire destroyed a garment factory. More information |
Friday
Nov 23 |
Bridport, N.Y.: Fire broke out at a methane plant. More information |
Friday
Nov 23 |
Bullskin Twp., PA: A large building at a lumber mill was destroyed by fire. More information |
Friday
Nov 23 |
Darwin, Australia: Sodium hydroxide leaked from a damaged valve on a railcar. More information |
Friday
Nov 23 |
Farmington Hills, MI: An auto parts plant worker died in a fire that broke out during maintenance on the electrical system. More information |
Friday
Nov 23 |
Kansas City, KS: Flames spread through a plant warehouse. More information |
Friday
Nov 23 |
Kansas City, KS: An ammonia leak led to the evacuation of a meat processing plant. More information |
Friday
Nov 23 |
Maylands, Australia: Fire gutted a lingerie factory. More information |
Friday
Nov 23 |
Richmond, B.C.: Bales of paper caught fire at a paper recycling plant. More information |
Friday
Nov 23 |
Rosario, Philippines: One worker died in a pressure tank explosion at a denim factory. More information |
Friday
Nov 23 |
Schonebeck, Germany: An explosion at an ammunitions plant left one worker injured. More information |
Friday
Nov 23 |
Tampa, FL: A gasoline tanker overturned, spilling a large amount of fuel. More information |
Friday
Nov 23 |
Walpole, N.H.: Hot asphalt ignited at a plant specializing in granite, cement and gravel. More information |
Thursday
Nov 22 |
Braddan, Isle of Man: Fire was reported at a waste burning power plant. More information |
Thursday
Nov 22 |
Penang, Malaysia: A transformer exploded at a power plant. More information |
Thursday
Nov 22 |
Pleasant Prairie, WI: Fire spread through a fire alarm factory. More information |
Thursday
Nov 22 |
Seattle, WA: Fire burned through the roof at a dry cleaning plant. More information |
Thursday
Nov 22 |
Sonepat, India: Fire gutted a blanket factory. More information |
Thursday
Nov 22 |
Telford, U.K.: Fire was reported at a manufacturing plant. More information |
Thursday
Nov 22 |
Toowoomba, Australia: Welding was being done when fire spread through polystyrene at a foam box plant. More information |
Thursday
Nov 22 |
Youngstown, OH: A garbage fire threatened an industrial plant. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 21 |
Bartow, FL: A worker at a plastic products plant was sucked into a shredding machine while doing maintenance. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 21 |
Bethlehem, N.Y.: Fire ignited in the roof ventilation system at an insulation plant. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 21 |
Alvarado, TX: Three worker were injured at an oil services facility when explosive pressure escaped from a pipeline. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 21 |
Greenville, MI: An overpressurization at a solar cell plant resulted in an explosive release. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 21 |
Lancaster, TX: Fire destroyed a model airplane plant. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 21 |
Midland, TX: Two workers died from injuries sustained in an oil well explosion. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 21 |
Port of Bas-Congo, Congo Republic: Welding was being done when an explosion rocked an oil barge under repair, killing three workers. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 21 |
Sault St. Marie, Ontario: A steelworker was seriously injured in an accident. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 21 |
Shantou, China: An explosion and fire injured 21 candy factory workers, many sprayed with boiling syrup. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 21 |
Bartow, FL: A worker at a plastic products plant was sucked into a shredding machine while doing maintenance. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 21 |
Bethlehem, N.: Fire ignited in the roof ventilation system at an insulation plant. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 21 |
Jiaxing City, China: Three workers died from inhaling methane gas at a paper mill. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 20 |
Ionia, MA: A filer caught fire above a welding machine at an auto parts plant, forcing workers to evacuate. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 20 |
Kolkata, India: Fire destroyed a chemical fertilizer plant and two residential buildings. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 20 |
Newport, N.H.: A fire at a plant that makes wooden trusses threatened to spread into a nearby lumber yard. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 20 |
Princeton, N.J.: About 2,000 gallons of diesel spilled when a tanker truck overturned. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 20 |
Ionia, MA: A filter caught fire above a welding machine at an auto parts plant, forcing workers to evacuate. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 20 |
Lodosa, Spain: Three workers at a fertilizer plant were severely burned in an explosion and fire. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 20 |
Princeton, N.J.: About 2,000 gallons of diesel spilled when a tanker truck overturned. More information |
Monday
Nov 19 |
Lancashire, U.K.: A plastics plant fire is being investigated as arson. More information |
Monday
Nov 19 |
Quebec, Quebec: The province’s largest winery went up in flames. More information |
Monday
Nov 19 |
Corio, Australia: A short fire broke out at a metals processing plant. More information |
Monday
Nov 19 |
Durban, South Africa: Five to eight million liters of gasoline burned when lightning struck an oil refinery storage tank. More information |
Monday
Nov 19 |
Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta: Leaking hydrogen ignited at a plant that processes bitumen from oil sands. More information |
Monday
Nov 19 |
Lancashire, U.K.: Fire extensively damaged a plastics recycling plant. More information |
Monday
Nov 19 |
London, U.K.: Three people were injured by a sudden release of pressure from a carbon filter at a pharmaceutical factory. More information |
Monday
Nov 19 |
Port Dickson, Malaysia: Lightning ignited rim seals on two crude oil tanks at an oil refinery. More information |
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