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Entries for July 2007
Tuesday
Jul 31 |
Elkhart County, IN: Fire damaged three RVs parked at an RV plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 31 |
Statesville, N.C.: Arson is suspected in a fire that destroyed a furniture warehouse. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 31 |
Huntsville, AL: A chicken processing plant was evacuated after an ammonia leak was discovered. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 31 |
San Juan, Puerto Rico: Fire broke out in the turbine section of a power plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 31 |
Berlin, Germany: Nearly 40 gallons of hydrochloric acid leaked at a medicament plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 31 |
Corunna, Spain: Fire broke out at a refinery’s marine terminal. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 31 |
Bakersfield, CA: A fire at a chemical plant was reported. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 31 |
Qiandai, China: Nearly 30 tons of crude oil leaked onto agricultural property. More information |
Monday
Jul 30 |
Louisville, KY: A 75 gallon spill of perchloroethylene was reported at a chemical plant. More information |
Monday
Jul 30 |
Scottsbluff, NE: An explosion rocked a sugar plant. More information |
Monday
Jul 30 |
Upper Gwynedd, PA: An explosion occurred in the laboratory at a chemical plant. More information |
Monday
Jul 30 |
Tsalenjikha, Georgia: A nut processing plant reported an explosion. More information |
Monday
Jul 30 |
Mount Sterling, KY: A food processing plant was evacuated due to an ammonia leak. More information |
Monday
Jul 30 |
Martinez, CA: An oil refinery reported a hole in a discharge pipe at a wet gas compressor. More information |
Monday
Jul 30 |
Beaver, AK: Fire destroyed the local power plant leaving the village without electricity. More information |
Sunday
Jul 29 |
Venice, LA: A ruptured pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico left an oil slick two miles long. More information |
Sunday
Jul 29 |
Petaluma, CA: Firefighters battled a grain silo fire. More information |
Friday
Jul 27 |
Kern County, CA: 3 people were killed and 3 injured in an explosion at a rocket testing facility. More information |
Friday
Jul 27 |
Philadelphia, PA: A small iso-butane leak at a refinery was enough to trigger an area evacuation alarm. More information |
Friday
Jul 27 |
Detroit, MI: A plant was evacuated after a hazmat spill was reported. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 25 |
Dallas, TX: Continuous explosions at an industrial gas facility sent debris skyward. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 25 |
Scunthorpe, U.K.: Oil escaping from a hydraulic roller used to roll steel burst into flames at a steel mill. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 25 |
Karachi, Pakistan: A boiler in a dying plant exploded, killing nine workers. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 25 |
Rothschild, WI: A worker at a plant specializing in large storage tanks was killed by falling steel. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 24 |
Burnaby, B.C.: A ruptured pipeline released a 40-foot geyser of crude oil in an ocean front community. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 24 |
Camp Washington, OH: Fire damaged a storage tank at a cosmetics plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 24 |
Annacis Island, B.C.: An explosion and fire at a plant specializing in coatings sent six workers to the hospital. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 24 |
Hattiesburg, MS: Employees rapidly dealt with a fire in the production area of a plant specializing in resins. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 24 |
Mattoon, IL: Sprinklers helped to limit damage from a press fire at a printing plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 24 |
Springfield, MO: Paper fed into a hopper ignited at a pet food plant, disrupting operations. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 24 |
Fergus Falls, MN: Fire in a coal storage bunker forced the evacuation of a power plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 24 |
Spokane, WA: A series of explosions spread through fuel drums at a petroleum products warehouse. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 24 |
Lake Charles, LA: A chemical plant worker died in a workplace accident. More information |
Monday
Jul 23 |
Chester Hill, PA: Corrosive chemicals released during a fire at a pool supplies warehouse ruined much of the fire equipment used. More information |
Monday
Jul 23 |
Cowpens, S.C.: A textile mill being prepared for reopening burned. More information |
Monday
Jul 23 |
Monroe, WI: A silo fire ignited at an ethanol production facility. More information |
Monday
Jul 23 |
Findlay, OH: A small fire at a plant specializing in fabricated pipe fittings was quickly extinguished. More information |
Monday
Jul 23 |
Maryville, TN: A firefighter was injured battling one of two fires reported at an aluminum plant. More information |
Saturday
Jul 21 |
Honeywell, LA: A failed gasket resulted in a chemical leak at local plant. More information |
Saturday
Jul 21 |
Lincoln, NE: A construction accident ruptured a gas line at a motorcycle manufacturer, causing a fire. More information |
Saturday
Jul 21 |
Greenville, S.C.: A plant specializing in emulsions was evacuated after a fire broke out in a chemical warehouse. More information |
Saturday
Jul 21 |
Manatee, FL: Fire damaged an annex building at a furniture factory. More information |
Friday
Jul 20 |
Rupert, ID: A sulfur fire at a fertilizer plant resulted in a one-mile radius evacuation. More information |
Thursday
Jul 19 |
Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia: Four workers died in a refinery fire linked to maintenance work. More information |
Thursday
Jul 19 |
Lima, OH: A fire reduced production at a 165,000 bpd refinery by 75 percent. More information |
Thursday
Jul 19 |
French Island, WI: An electrical fire in a fan protecting one of two power plant boilers shut down the entire facility. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 18 |
Wolsingham, U.K.: An LPG tanker plunged 70 feet off a bridge onto a rail line, killing the driver. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 18 |
Emmen, Netherlands: A cloud of sulphuric acid fumes escaped from a factory that makes artificial fiber. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 18 |
Arcade, N.Y.: A bathroom fire damaged offices at a welding equipment manufacturer. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 18 |
Feluy, Belgium: Fire broke out at a plant following an alkyl aluminum release. More information |
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