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Entries for November 2008
Tuesday
Nov 11 |
Roanoke VA: Workers evacuated a plant specializing in explosion-proof electrical products when a forklift ruptured a gas line. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 11 |
Simcoe U.K.: A tanker containing 15,000 gallons of gasoline burned. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 11 |
Straight, OK: Fire ignited in a fuel tank at a power plant. More information |
Monday
Nov 10 |
Tel Aviv Israel: A factory fire dumped cleaning chemicals into the Yarkon River. More information |
Monday
Nov 10 |
Teesside U.K.: Fire broke out at a chemical plant. More information |
Monday
Nov 10 |
San Luis Obispo CA: Smoke in a computer room activated a fire alarm at a nuclear power plant. More information |
Monday
Nov 10 |
Port Talbot U.K.: Excavation work at a steel plant halted when an unexploded WWII-era bomb was uncovered. More information |
Monday
Nov 10 |
Melbourne, Australia: 100 workers fled a commercial bakery when a forklift ruptured an ammonia pipeline. More information |
Monday
Nov 10 |
Holzminden Germany: A cleaning agent used to clear pipes at a chemical plant resulted in a smoky reaction. More information |
Monday
Nov 10 |
Chicago Heights IL: A steel plant worker was crushed beneath fallen machinery. More information |
Monday
Nov 10 |
Augusta, IL: 90,000 gallons of pig manure spilled at an industrial farm. More information |
Sunday
Nov 09 |
Savannah GA: Fire destroyed a warehouse at a welding and machining plant. More information |
Sunday
Nov 09 |
Salina Cruz Mexico: A small explosion in a chimney rocked an oil refinery. More information |
Sunday
Nov 09 |
Paliometochou Cyprus: A fire at an ice cream factory destroyed 3 trucks. More information |
Sunday
Nov 09 |
Prince George BC: Fire broke out in a wood hopper at a lumber mill. More information |
Sunday
Nov 09 |
Neepawa Manitoba: Fire gutted two main buildings at a forest products plant. More information |
Sunday
Nov 09 |
Hamilton ON: Smoke released by a zinc factory fire was not toxic. More information |
Sunday
Nov 09 |
Dalton TN: A carpet plant worker died when he became caught in a rolling machine. More information |
Sunday
Nov 09 |
Chanditala, India: 2 people were injured in a chemical factory fire. More information |
Saturday
Nov 08 |
Waterlooville U.K.: Sprinklers helped confine a fire at a factory for sewage management products. More information |
Saturday
Nov 08 |
Sydney Australia: Fire burned more than 24 hours at a food processing plant. More information |
Saturday
Nov 08 |
Ouang Ngai Vietnam: A fire at a food processing plant may hurt hundreds of cassava growers. More information |
Saturday
Nov 08 |
Mansfield OH: Responders from three departments contained a chemical leak at a metals processing plant. More information |
Saturday
Nov 08 |
Kingston Jamaica: A safety valve failed at a refinery, releasing oil. More information |
Saturday
Nov 08 |
Houston TX: Bundles of paper goods caught fire at a recycling plant. More information |
Saturday
Nov 08 |
Horwich U.K.: Fire broke out in machinery at a toilet paper plant. More information |
Saturday
Nov 08 |
Farmington NY: A food processing plant worker was injured when heavy equipment fell from a forklift. More information |
Saturday
Nov 08 |
Dibrugarh India: An attempt to steal gas sparked a pipeline fire. More information |
Saturday
Nov 08 |
Channelview, TX: 3 warehouses at a plastics manufacturing plant went up in flames. More information |
Friday
Nov 07 |
Wilmington NC: Liquid fertilizer leaked from a one million gallon storage tank. More information |
Friday
Nov 07 |
North Attleboro MA: About 400 people were evacuated after chlorine gas leaked at a precious metals processing plant. More information |
Friday
Nov 07 |
Mazeikiai, Luthuania: An oil spill at a refinery ignited but was quickly extinguished. More information |
Friday
Nov 07 |
Huntsville AL: Workers evacuated an industrial gas plant when a truck caught fire. More information |
Friday
Nov 07 |
Ham Belgium: A tanker truck hauling trichloroethane overturned at a highway exit. More information |
Friday
Nov 07 |
Freestone County TX: Fire broke out at a lignite mine that fuels a power plant. More information |
Friday
Nov 07 |
Catawissa PA: Fire ignited in a grain dryer at a feed plant. More information |
Friday
Nov 07 |
Adelaide Australia: Fire broke out at a recycling plant. More information |
Friday
Nov 07 |
Dripping Springs, TX: A welded working at a vodka distillery suffered severe burns in an explosion. More information |
Thursday
Nov 06 |
Seiersdorf Germany: An explosion rocked a biogas plant. More information |
Thursday
Nov 06 |
Roaring Spring, PA: Fire broke out at a paper plant. More information |
Thursday
Nov 06 |
Riley Twp., MN: An explosion at a fireworks factory injured a worker. More information |
Thursday
Nov 06 |
Oxford Twp., MI: A fire triggered by a molten metal spill forced factory workers to flee. More information |
Thursday
Nov 06 |
Mt. Pleasant TN: Workers at an automobile interior manufacturing plant fled when a fire spread through the building’s exhaust system. More information |
Thursday
Nov 06 |
Milford Haven U.K.: A fire at an oil refinery was extinguished by on site responders. More information |
Thursday
Nov 06 |
Fresno CA: Hydrochloric acid leaked from the overflow valve atop a tank car. More information |
Thursday
Nov 06 |
Duisburg Germany: An explosion at a tank cleaning company injured 3 workers. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 05 |
Wilton U.K.: An oil line leak closed down part of a chemical plant. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 05 |
Valenzuela, The Philipines: Fire gutted a paint factory. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 05 |
Swadlincote U.K.: A number of aerosol cans burst in the packing area at a specialty chemicals plant. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 05 |
Priolo Gargallo Italy: At least 13 workers were overcome by fumes at an chemical refinery. More information |