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Entries for January 2008
Monday
Jan 21 |
Port Talbot, U.K.: A ruptured gas main caused an explosion at a steel plant. More information |
Monday
Jan 21 |
Gary, IN: A small machine fire at a steel plant took an hour to extinguish. More information |
Monday
Jan 21 |
Omoku, Nigeria: An oil pipeline ruptured and caught fire. More information |
Monday
Jan 21 |
Philadelphia, PA: A six-alarm fire spread through a furniture plant. More information |
Sunday
Jan 20 |
Mount Pleasant, TX: An equipment fire at a food processing plant was quickly extinguished. More information |
Sunday
Jan 20 |
Minatitlan, Mexico: A fire broke out in a heater in a distillation unit of a refinery. More information |
Saturday
Jan 19 |
Abingdon, U.K.: A ruptured gas line ignited at an industrial unit. More information |
Saturday
Jan 19 |
Searsport, ME: A railcar carrying sulfuric acid derailed, releasing a small amount of chemical. More information |
Friday
Jan 18 |
Beaufort, N.C.: A silo fire broke out at a veneer plant. More information |
Friday
Jan 18 |
Harrison, MI: A warehouse explosion injured one worker. More information |
Friday
Jan 18 |
Sheboygan Falls, WI: A small explosion at a toilet seat factory injured one. More information |
Friday
Jan 18 |
St. Paul, MN: A two-alarm fire forced the partial evacuation of a paper recycling plant. More information |
Thursday
Jan 17 |
Jurong Island, Singapore: Fire broke out at an industrial gas plant. More information |
Thursday
Jan 17 |
Kemsley, U.K.: A worker was injured when he fell into machinery at a paper mill. More information |
Thursday
Jan 17 |
Ormeau, Australia: An ammonia spill occurred at a cold storage plant. More information |
Thursday
Jan 17 |
Pokolbin, Australia: Welding was underway when ethanol vapors ignited, blowing apart a winery. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 16 |
Acacia Ridge, Australia: An aluminum smelter by-product reacted with water to create toxic fumes at a railroad yard. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 16 |
Billingshurst, U.K.: Fire broke out at a chemical plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 16 |
Cocoa, FL: Fire spread through a tire recycling plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 16 |
Malpen, India: A collision and fire involving a chemical tanker and a bus killed 12. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 16 |
Mandan, N.D.: An equipment failure caused major flaring at an oil refinery. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 16 |
Penobscot, ME: Production at a paper plant shut down for several hours as firefighters battled a fire. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 15 |
Basra, Iraq: Four workers suffered burns in an oil refinery fire. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 15 |
Broughton, U.K.: A chromic acid spill at an airplane parts factory was contained. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 15 |
Carlstadt, N.J.: An explosion at an aluminum casting plant killed one. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 15 |
Federalsburg, MD: A small fire broke out at a cup manufacturing plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 15 |
Louisville, KY: Multiple small explosion in leftover material was reported at a plastics plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 15 |
Ras Al Khor, Dubai: An aerosol gas exploded in a perfume factory. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 15 |
San Juan, Philippines: Fire destroyed a guitar factory. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 15 |
Worthington, MN: An ammonia leak at a meat packing plant sent workers to the hospital. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 15 |
Wuyi County, China: Four workers died in a chemical plant explosion. More information |
Monday
Jan 14 |
Blenheim, New Zealand: A fire destroyed a timber products factory. More information |
Monday
Jan 14 |
Elbasan, Albania: A worker died in an explosion at a steel plant. More information |
Monday
Jan 14 |
Red Bluff, CA: A tanker carrying hazardous materials exploded, shutting down an interstate. More information |
Monday
Jan 14 |
Texas City, TX: A refinery worker died when the metal lid on a water filtration system blew off. More information |
Sunday
Jan 13 |
Beaumont, TX: A spill involving 3,341 barrels of refined gasoline happened at a refinery. More information |
Sunday
Jan 13 |
Damascus, GA: Fire broke out in a warehouse storing 20,000 tons of ground peanut hulls. More information |
Sunday
Jan 13 |
Lynchburg, VA: Fire destroyed a fertilizer plant. More information |
Sunday
Jan 13 |
Tianpu, China: A fire in a filtering system disrupted production of methylcellulose. More information |
Saturday
Jan 12 |
Chennai, India: Two workers were killed in an explosion while cleaning a storage tank at an oil refinery. More information |
Saturday
Jan 12 |
Delaware Water Gap, PA: A hazmat spill at a chemical plant forced an area evacuation. More information |
Friday
Jan 11 |
Plainview Twp., IO: A chimney fire forced workers to evacuate a factory that makes rubber traffic safety cones. More information |
Friday
Jan 11 |
Atlanta, TX: Fire destroyed a plant specializing in welding gloves. More information |
Friday
Jan 11 |
Agrabad, Bangladesh: Raw materials and finished products burned at a garment factory. More information |
Friday
Jan 11 |
Port Harcourt, Nigeria: An explosion on board a chemical tanker was ruled an accident. More information |
Friday
Jan 11 |
Paterson, N.J.: Neighboring residents were ordered to shelter-in-place when a fire broke out at a paper recycling plant. More information |
Thursday
Jan 10 |
Leola, PA: A five-hour fire at a Styrofoam plant was confined to a single storage room. More information |
Thursday
Jan 10 |
Dinamita, Mexico: Two workers died in an explosion at a plant that makes pyrotechnic fuses. More information |
Thursday
Jan 10 |
Detroit, MI: A tanker truck plunged from an overpass and exploded. More information |
Thursday
Jan 10 |
Gumi, South Korea: An explosion at a glass plant killed one. More information |
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