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Entries for January 2008
Thursday
Jan 10 |
Mason City, IA: A fire at an agricultural processing plant damaged a soybean dryer and 3,000 bushels of beans. More information |
Thursday
Jan 10 |
San Antonio, TX: Fire broke out at a paper recycling plant. More information |
Thursday
Jan 10 |
Anglo-Tignish, Prince Edward Island: Fire destroyed mink pelts stored in a transport trailer. More information |
Thursday
Jan 10 |
Burnley, U.K.: Equipment at a cotton factory caught fire. More information |
Thursday
Jan 10 |
Detroit, MI: A tanker truck carrying butane plummeted from an overpass and exploded. More information |
Thursday
Jan 10 |
Paterson, N.J.: An extinguished fire at a recycling plant later rekindled. More information |
Thursday
Jan 10 |
St. Polten, Austria: Fire broke out at a plant specializing in man-made fibers. More information |
Thursday
Jan 10 |
Gumi, South Korea: An explosion in a water-processing tank killed a glass plant worker. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 09 |
Chongqing, China: Five workers died from a hydrogen sulfide leak at a chemical plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 09 |
Carthage, MO: Work crews were melting ice on the roof of a food processing plant when fire broke out. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 09 |
Banan District, China: Five workers died from a hydrogen sulfide leak at a chemical plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 09 |
Nalco, India: A fire was reported at a smelter plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 09 |
Salisbury, MD: A bottling plant worker suffered a fractured leg when a forklift toppled on him, then caught fire. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 09 |
Beatrice, NE: Four workers were reported in good condition after being exposed to ammonia at an industrial gas plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 09 |
Colac, Australia: Fire destroyed a timber drying kiln. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 08 |
Lincoln Twp., MI: An electrical fire was reported at an automotive factory, leaving one worker in critical condition. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 08 |
Midland, TX: An electrical fire ignited rolls of paper at an industrial facility. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 08 |
Edinburgh, Australia: Three workers were hospitalized after an ammonia leak at a chicken factory. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 08 |
Palm Desert, CA: Firefighters extinguished a blaze threatening a 40,000-square-foot industrial facility. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 08 |
Rumford, ME: Workers were evacuated after a chlorine dioxide leak at a paper mill. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 08 |
Donna, TX: A food processing plant worker was injured in a steam explosion. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 08 |
Edinburgh, Australia: Three workers were treated for exposure to ammonia at a chicken processing factory. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 08 |
Rumford, ME: A forklift hit a chlorine dioxide line at a paper mill. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 08 |
Bowling Green, OH: An explosion and fire at a manufacturing plant closed two major highways. More information |
Monday
Jan 07 |
Cleveland, OH: A worker at a cardboard processing plant fell 10 feet into a hole. More information |
Monday
Jan 07 |
Ha Tay, Vietnam: A brick kiln exploded, killing five workers. More information |
Monday
Jan 07 |
Shirley, N.D.: Responders isolated a leaking valve on an anhydrous ammonia tank at a grain elevator. More information |
Monday
Jan 07 |
Shreveport, LA: An electrical transformer exploded at an oil refinery. More information |
Monday
Jan 07 |
Xinghualing District, China: Four workers were killed when an oil tank exploded in a chemical refinery. More information |
Monday
Jan 07 |
Long An, Vietnam: A barge that exploded at a ship building factory killed five workers. More information |
Monday
Jan 07 |
Sanlesbury, U.K.: Workers evacuated a defense plant when fire broke out. More information |
Monday
Jan 07 |
Long An, Vietnam: Five workers died when a barge exploded at a shipbuilding plant. More information |
Monday
Jan 07 |
Manolrarpur, India: A refinery pipeline caught fire but was quickly extinguished. More information |
Monday
Jan 07 |
El Ranchito, Mexico: An LPG tanker overturned, forcing an area evacuation. More information |
Monday
Jan 07 |
Icheon, South Korea: Forty workers died in a fire in a cold storage facility. More information |
Monday
Jan 07 |
Baiji, India: One worker died in an oil refinery fire. More information |
Monday
Jan 07 |
Baiji, Iraq: An explosion in an LPG unit at an oil refinery killed one worker. More information |
Monday
Jan 07 |
Icheon, South Korea: Six workers died in an explosion at a plant. More information |
Monday
Jan 07 |
Kernerville, N.C.: A silo filled with sawdust caught fire at a frame factory. More information |
Monday
Jan 07 |
Manoharpu, India: A leaking pipeline ignited without report of injury. More information |
Monday
Jan 07 |
Vanguard, Nigeria: Fire gutted a brewery. More information |
Sunday
Jan 06 |
Berkshire, U.K.: Residents were asked to shelter-in-place when fire swept through a warehouse for paper products. More information |
Sunday
Jan 06 |
Dearborn, MI: An explosion in a steel plant furnace injured one worker. More information |
Sunday
Jan 06 |
Miami, Australia: A fire in a mattress factory damaged other nearby businesses. More information |
Sunday
Jan 06 |
Avon, IN: Thousands of gallons of diesel fuel and soybean oil spilled in a railroad derailment. More information |
Sunday
Jan 06 |
Rushford, MN: A snow slide on the roof of an electronics plant resulted in a fire in a heating unit. More information |
Saturday
Jan 05 |
Los Olivos, CA: Thousands of gallons of crude oil leaked from a power plant tank battery into a nearby creek. More information |
Saturday
Jan 05 |
Jersey City, N.J.: Fire broke out in a newspaper printing plant. More information |
Saturday
Jan 05 |
Chicago, IL: An outdoor tank leaking hydrochloric acid at a pipe manufacturing plant prompted a haz mat response. More information |
Saturday
Jan 05 |
Clinton, IO: A fire in the ductwork at a corn germ drier caused minor damage at an agricultural plant. More information |
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