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Entries for September 2007
Thursday
Sep 13 |
Bonn, Germany: Ethyl acrylate leaked from a 60-ton rail car tanker. More information |
Thursday
Sep 13 |
Granbury, TX: An explosion near a natural gas well destroyed a tank battery. More information |
Thursday
Sep 13 |
Kralupy, Czech Republic: Fire broke out at a rubber plant. More information |
Thursday
Sep 13 |
McConnelsville, OH: Fire fighting at a tire shredding plant put a strain on local municipal water supplies. More information |
Thursday
Sep 13 |
Millersburg, OR: Fire spread through the dryer system at a composite wood panel plant. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 12 |
Circleville, OH: An explosion at a wood products plant led to a fire. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 12 |
Claxton, TN: A switchyard transformer caught fire at a power plant. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 12 |
Delaware City, DE: A power outage resulted in a sulfur dioxide release at an oil refinery. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 12 |
Grimsby, U.K.: Two teenagers were arrested in connection with a fire that gutted a food processing plant. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 12 |
Indianapolis, IN: A worker died while inside the tank of a gasoline tanker truck. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 12 |
Karachi, Pakistan: At least 17 people were injured in an explosion at a pharmaceutical company under construction. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 12 |
La Porte, TX: An accidental release was reported at a chemical plant. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 12 |
Mandan, N.D.: An ammonium sulphide release occurred as a new unit came online at an oil refinery. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 12 |
Mexico City, Mexico: Two auto plants and hundreds of other plants were shut down after explosions cut natural gas supplies. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 12 |
York, PA: An equipment fire damaged a brick factory. More information |
Tuesday
Sep 11 |
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: A fire broke out at a plant that uses waste to generate power. More information |
Tuesday
Sep 11 |
Gainesville, GA: A fire in the offices of a petroleum plant shutdown a main thoroughfare. More information |
Tuesday
Sep 11 |
Oakwood, GA: An explosion at a compressor factory injured one. More information |
Tuesday
Sep 11 |
Plattsburgh, N.Y.: Four workers were overcome by fumes from a chemical spill at a supply company. More information |
Tuesday
Sep 11 |
Wichita, KS: A generator exploded at a cardboard box factory. More information |
Monday
Sep 10 |
Dubai, UAE: Fire broke out at a plastics plant. More information |
Monday
Sep 10 |
Hipperholme, U.K.: Fire destroyed an outbuilding at a plastics plant 15 days after a major fire at the facility. More information |
Monday
Sep 10 |
Lynn, MA: Thick smoke filled a plant specializing in aluminum wheels. More information |
Monday
Sep 10 |
Marshfield, WI: An explosion and fire occurred at a food processing plant. More information |
Monday
Sep 10 |
Sheboygan, WI: A gunman killed a former co-worker at a coffee filter factory before killing himself. More information |
Sunday
Sep 09 |
Burnley, U.K.: Fire broke out at a kitchen appliance factory. More information |
Sunday
Sep 09 |
Dogubayazit, Turkey: Iran haulted gas supplies to Turkey after a pipeline explosion. More information |
Sunday
Sep 09 |
North Gansu Province, China: Eight workers died in a fire at a lead smelter. More information |
Sunday
Sep 09 |
Orangeburg, S.C.: A fire at a chemical plant storage shed was quickly extinguished. More information |
Sunday
Sep 09 |
Spring Garden Twp, PA: Firefighters could not use water on a flammable metals fire at a metal processing plant. More information |
Saturday
Sep 08 |
Ayrshire, U.K.: Explosions and huge flames were reported at a chemical plant. More information |
Saturday
Sep 08 |
Guelph, Ontario: A large pile of wood chips caught fire at a biofuels plant, smouldering for weeks. More information |
Saturday
Sep 08 |
Huntingdon, TN: A garment factory warehouse was destroyed by fire. More information |
Friday
Sep 07 |
Corpus Christi, TX: Fire broke out an oil refinery. More information |
Friday
Sep 07 |
Dunstable, U.K.: An equipment fire brought production to a standstill at a plastics plant. More information |
Friday
Sep 07 |
Junction City, OR: A fire at a wood chip plant kept fire crews busy overnight. More information |
Friday
Sep 07 |
Wheeling, IL: A leaking propane tank at an automotive chemicals plant forced an area evacuation. More information |
Thursday
Sep 06 |
Accra, Ghana: A factory making latex foam was destroyed by fire. More information |
Thursday
Sep 06 |
Benahadux, Spain: Seven workers were injured in an explosion at a perfume factory. More information |
Thursday
Sep 06 |
Kanpur, India: Fire broke out at a lubricant factory. More information |
Thursday
Sep 06 |
Middletown, MO: A 3,200 barrel spill forced the closure of a major pipeline. More information |
Thursday
Sep 06 |
Nazareth, PA: Fire spread through a building being demolished at a cement plant. More information |
Thursday
Sep 06 |
Niagara Falls, N.Y.: Burning magnesium created spectacular fireworks near a chemical plant. More information |
Thursday
Sep 06 |
Parma, OH: About 1,200 gallons of hydrochloric acid spilled from a tanker truck at a heat-treatment plant. More information |
Thursday
Sep 06 |
Poughkeepsie, N.Y.: A 44-foot storage tank collapsed after a fire at a petroleum company. More information |
Thursday
Sep 06 |
Talmo, GA: A fire in a waste lagoon of an industrial treatment plant for agricultural waste was expected to burn at least two days. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 05 |
Bara Bazaar, Pakistan: One worker died in a blast at a steel factory scrap warehouse. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 05 |
Chorzow, Poland: One worker died and five were injured in a steel plant explosion. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 05 |
Huntington, IN: A storage tank fire halted production at an aluminum wheel plant. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 05 |
Nashville, TN: Fast action by firefighters contained a fire at a plant specializing in construction materials. More information |
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