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Entries for July 2007
Wednesday
Jul 11 |
Buena Park, CA: A carbon dioxide leak at a food processing plant sent 24 people to the hospital. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 11 |
Muscatine, IA: Firefighters battled a fire at a tire recycling plant for nearly seven hours. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 10 |
Corregidora, Mexico: An explosion damaged a 36-inch pipeline and forced more than 100 companies to reduce or suspend production. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 10 |
Perth Amboy, N.J.: Fire fed by a pressurized gas leak burned through the roof of a metals plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 10 |
Milford, UT: Workers at a geothermal power plant were trapped by a wildfire that spread across more than 500 acres. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 10 |
Hardeeville, S.C.: Sprinklers helped contain a fire at a paper recycling plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 10 |
Sioux City, IA: Workers at an agricultural processing plant were evacuated when flames ignited a leaking propane. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 10 |
Bartow, FL: Flames destroyed an air conditioning filter plant, the 3rd fire reported there in 3 months. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 10 |
Wheatfield, IN: A transformer explosion and fire shut down a coal-fired power plant. More information |
Monday
Jul 09 |
Elwood, IN: An electrical fire at an auto parts factory destroyed a power transformer and shut down operations. More information |
Monday
Jul 09 |
Tiffin, OH: Fire broke out in a silo used to collect sawdust at a furniture manufacter. More information |
Monday
Jul 09 |
Armthorpe, U.K.: Firefighters battled a plastics factory fire involving pallets of plastic materials. More information |
Monday
Jul 09 |
Westlake, LA: A worker died more than two weeks after being overcome by titanium tetrachloride in a chloride process unit emergency. More information |
Monday
Jul 09 |
Nesquehoning, PA: A worker at a fire apparatus plant was pinned by a fallen water tank. More information |
Sunday
Jul 08 |
Lusikisiki, S. Africa: Two workers were killed in a fire at a timber plant. More information |
Sunday
Jul 08 |
Gorinchem, Netherlands: A truckload of hydrogen cylinders caught fire at plant producing artificial sweetener. More information |
Sunday
Jul 08 |
Alliance, OH: Firefighters forced open a garage door to reach a fire at a waxed paper plant. More information |
Sunday
Jul 08 |
Clarinda, IA: A gas leak in a furnace led to a flash fire at a ball bearing plant. More information |
Saturday
Jul 07 |
Decatur, AL: A fire broke out in processing equipment at an agricultural products plant. More information |
Saturday
Jul 07 |
Derry, N.H.: Fire destroyed a furniture factory and caused massive traffic congestion. More information |
Saturday
Jul 07 |
Aigio, Greece: A fire at an industrial plant was extinguished before reaching a testing area for projectiles. More information |
Saturday
Jul 07 |
Downs, IL: A gasoline tanker overturned and caught fire, killing the driver. More information |
Saturday
Jul 07 |
Frederick Twp, MI: Firefighters spend several hours extinguishing an oil well fire. More information |
Saturday
Jul 07 |
Linz, Austria: An oil tanker struck a quay wall, spilling thousands of gallons of fuel into the River Danube. More information |
Friday
Jul 06 |
Orlando, FL: A warehouse forklift punctured a propane tank which ignited. More information |
Friday
Jul 06 |
Derry, N.H.: Fire destroyed a furniture factory. More information |
Friday
Jul 06 |
Nampa, ID: A worker got his leg jammed in a conveyor belt at a sugar beet processing plant. More information |
Friday
Jul 06 |
Mühlheim am Main, Germany: A flash fire involving a gas cylinder injured a meat plant worker. More information |
Friday
Jul 06 |
Victoria, TX: Firefighters responded to a twin oil tank fire. More information |
Thursday
Jul 05 |
Borden, KY: Fire broke out inside the wall of a woodworking plant. More information |
Thursday
Jul 05 |
Columbia, PA: A ruptured hydraulic line on a plastic molding machine caught fire at a plant specializing in pipe fittings. More information |
Thursday
Jul 05 |
Shreveport, LA: A machine that sifts animal feed caught fire at a dog food plant. More information |
Thursday
Jul 05 |
Wichita, KS: Barley was being unloaded into a grain elevator when an explosion occurred at an agricultural products plant. More information |
Thursday
Jul 05 |
Whiting, IN.: A small leak forced the shutdown of a pipe distillation unit responsible for 250,000 barrels of oil daily. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 04 |
Ewing, N.J.: Fire broke out in the duct work at a paper recycling plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 04 |
Phoenix, AZ: A fire was reported at a recycling plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 04 |
Muskegon, MI: Fire destroyed a roof truss plant, occupying firefighters nearly 5 hours. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 04 |
Wentworth, S. Africa: 2 small fires broke out at a refinery. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 04 |
Celaya, Mexico: A natural gas pipeline exploded, forcing an evacuation. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 04 |
Sparta, MI: Fire destroyed a roof truss plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 03 |
Yenagoa, Nigeria: A crude oil spill ignited at an oil refinery. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 03 |
Kent, WA: A truckload of liquid paraffin spilled on a highway ramp. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 03 |
Padeswood, U.K.: Firefighters spent 14 hours battling a blaze at a cement plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 03 |
Jose, Spain: 2 workers were seriously injured in a boiler explosion at a petrochemical plant. More information |
Monday
Jul 02 |
Ribbleton, U.K.: More than 16,000 gallons of flammable waste burned at a waste management facility. More information |
Monday
Jul 02 |
Eindhoven, Netherlands: A tanker containing more than 6,000 gallons of isopropanol overturned, resulting in a brief spill. More information |
Monday
Jul 02 |
Susquehanna Twp., PA: Hydraulic fluid ignited inside an 800-pound pressurized cylinder being dismantled, burning a worker over 80 percent of his body. More information |
Monday
Jul 02 |
Coffeyville, KS: A pumping malfunction at a refinery spilled 42,000 gallons of crude oil into nearby river. More information |
Monday
Jul 02 |
Bethlehem Twp., N.J.: A dust explosion spread through a polymers plant, injuring 1 worker. More information |
Monday
Jul 02 |
San Pedro, Mexico: At least 43 people were affected by an ammonia leak from an ice factory. More information |
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