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Entries for June 2007
Friday
Jun 15 |
Sydney, Australia: A lightning strike is blamed for a furniture plant fire. More information |
Thursday
Jun 14 |
West Valley City, UT: Fire broke out in an assembly line at a plant specializing in carbon fibers. More information |
Thursday
Jun 14 |
City of Industry, CA: An acidic gas leak at a plant specializing in industrial cleaning supplies forced an evacuation. More information |
Thursday
Jun 14 |
Point Comfort, TX: Seven workers were treated after contact with hydrogen fluoride gas at an aluminum plant. More information |
Thursday
Jun 14 |
Elkhart County, IN: One worker was killed in a fire at a recycling plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 13 |
Crowley, TX: Two people were injured when a gas storage tank exploded. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 13 |
Bedford, IN: A tank containing 1,500 gallons of molasses ruptured at an agricultural processing plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 13 |
Villers-Saint-Paul, France: A worker lapsed into a coma after being found inside a chemical tanker. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 13 |
Harrison, PA: Fire broke out at a glass recycling plant, forcing workers to flee. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 12 |
Garrapinillos, Spain: An explosion and fire were reported at a fireworks factory. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 12 |
Daqing, China: An explosion in a catalytic reforming unit rocked a petroleum refinery. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 12 |
Celina, TX: A storage tank containing 5,500 gallons of powdered iron ore ruptured at a chemical plant, injuring one worker. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 12 |
Hackensack, N.J.: Fire broke out in a laboratory at a pharmaceutical plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 12 |
Toronto, Ontario: A recycling plant fire closed a major highway. More information |
Monday
Jun 11 |
Yichang City, China: An explosion involving a synthetic ammonia production line injured 23 chemical plant workers. More information |
Monday
Jun 11 |
Gainesville, GA: An explosion at a die casting company injured one worker. More information |
Monday
Jun 11 |
Corlu, Turkey: Four employees died in a boiler explosion at a curtain factory. More information |
Monday
Jun 11 |
Toulouse, France: A release of hydrochloric acid was reported at a chemical plant. More information |
Monday
Jun 11 |
Riverside, CA: Fire spread through a woodworking plant with at least one explosion reported. More information |
Monday
Jun 11 |
Middleport, N.Y.: Fire destroyed a cold storage and fruit processing plant. More information |
Saturday
Jun 09 |
Xinjiang, China: One worker was killed and 23 others overcome when an ammonia pipeline burst at a food processing plant. More information |
Saturday
Jun 09 |
Wyalusing, PA: More than 600 workers were evacuated after an ammonia leak was discovered at a food processing plant. More information |
Friday
Jun 08 |
Rotem, Belgium: At least 20 employees were overcome by a toxic vapor cloud at a paint factory. More information |
Friday
Jun 08 |
Firebaugh, CA: An explosion caused extensive damage at a 24-megawatt biomass power plant. More information |
Friday
Jun 08 |
Mount Sterling, KY: Leaking ammonia ignited and blew out a wall at a food processing plant. More information |
Friday
Jun 08 |
Muskogee, OK: An ammonia spill forced a local business to evacuate. More information |
Friday
Jun 08 |
Greeneville, TN: A uncontrolled chemical reaction resulted in the evacuation of a metal foundry. More information |
Thursday
Jun 07 |
Milwaukie, WI: Three workers were treated when ammonia leaked at a cold storage company. More information |
Thursday
Jun 07 |
Olkiluoto, Finland: A fire triggered the automatic shutdown of a nuclear reactor. More information |
Thursday
Jun 07 |
Bridgeview, IL: An explosion and fire in a vat at an aerosol plant left one worker injured. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 06 |
Canton, OH: A malodorous sulfur dioxide release at an oil refinery lasted more than 30 minutes. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 06 |
Haughton, LA: An explosion injured two workers who were shredding old butane and propane tanks at an idle gas processing plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 06 |
Lincoln, MT: An explosion and fire destroyed a propane company’s maintenance shop. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 06 |
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia: Two tons of ammonia leaked out of a cargo ship in a fishing port, causing one death. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 06 |
Sheboygan Falls, WI: Fire destroyed a historic tannery plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 06 |
Salt Lake City, UT: A 12,000 gallon propane tank ignited at an airport. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 06 |
Durham, N.C.: A tanker overturns and spills its chemical contents. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 05 |
Maracaibo, Venezuela: A gas pipeline feeding an industrial area catches fire. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 05 |
Valle de Aspe, France: A chemical truck dumped 5,000 gallons of potassium hydroxide into a mountain stream, killing fish for four miles More information |
Monday
Jun 04 |
Crewe, U.K: A fire that started in a machine used to crush aerosol cans spread throughout a chemical plant. More information |
Monday
Jun 04 |
Belding, MI: A hazardous release forced the evacuation of a company specializing in chlorine tablets. More information |
Monday
Jun 04 |
Piplaj, India: An explosion and fire were reported at a petrochemical plant. More information |
Monday
Jun 04 |
Peshawar, Pakistan: A scrap metal truck at a steel plant explodes, killing one and injuring others. More information |
Sunday
Jun 03 |
Columbo, Sri Lanka: A large fire on a docked oil freighter send several to the hospital. More information |
Saturday
Jun 02 |
Marlow, OK: Three people were treated after a small explosion involving a tanker truck being loaded. More information |
Saturday
Jun 02 |
Strathcona County, Alberta: An oil refinery continued operation at reduced capacity after a fire in a crude oil processing unit. More information |
Saturday
Jun 02 |
Bethlehem, PA: A fire at a steel plant was quickly extinguished. More information |
Friday
Jun 01 |
Cove Point, MD: Wooden construction material at an LNG facility was quickly extinguished after catching fire. More information |
Friday
Jun 01 |
Tomsk Region, Russia: A pipeline which supplies this coal mining region exploded and burned. More information |
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