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Entries for February 2008
Monday
Feb 18 |
Wahpeton, N.D.: Fire destroyed a metal plating plant, creating hazmat concerns. More information |
Monday
Feb 18 |
Wright Township, PA: An explosion and fire ripped through a pipeline transfer station. More information |
Sunday
Feb 17 |
Cincinnati, OH: A fire that destroyed a cabinet factory later rekindled. More information |
Sunday
Feb 17 |
Kolkata, India: Fire swept through a leather manufacturing plant. More information |
Sunday
Feb 17 |
Provo, UT: A gas explosion at an iron factory left one worker critically injured. More information |
Sunday
Feb 17 |
Utah County, UT: An explosion ripped through a pipe factory, injuring 11 workers. More information |
Sunday
Feb 17 |
Springville, UT: An explosion ripped through the casting floor of a pipe plant when calcium carbide mixed with water. More information |
Saturday
Feb 16 |
Corsham, U.K.: Fire damaged the loading bay of a cooked meats factory. More information |
Saturday
Feb 16 |
Detroit, MI: Fuel spilled from a tractor-trailer truck at a food processing plant. More information |
Saturday
Feb 16 |
Kalaeloa, HI: Multiple processing units were disabled by a refinery fire. More information |
Saturday
Feb 16 |
Kibbutz Givat Oz, Israel: Two workers were injured in an explosion at a cosmetics factory. More information |
Saturday
Feb 16 |
Waycross, GA: A fire in a former meat packing plant that smoldered several days threatened a sheet metal plant. More information |
Saturday
Feb 16 |
Warren, PA: Vandals started a fire that damaged a propane refinery. More information |
Friday
Feb 15 |
Iowa Falls, IA: Nearly 29,000 gallons of ethanol spilled at a plant, threatening to contaminate a pond. More information |
Friday
Feb 15 |
Lagos, Nigeria: Fire spread through three factories and two warehouses. More information |
Friday
Feb 15 |
McCook, TX: A 20-inch gas pipeline ruptured and caught fire. More information |
Friday
Feb 15 |
Mittagong, Australia: Ammonia leaking from a freight train halted rail service. More information |
Friday
Feb 15 |
Wilson, N.C.: Fire caused extensive damage at a rubber manufacturing plant. More information |
Thursday
Feb 14 |
Clarksville, TN: A small explosion damaged electrical systems at a zinc refinery. More information |
Thursday
Feb 14 |
Giles County, VA: Nearly 7,100 gallons of kerosene and diesel leaked from an overturned tanker into a creek. More information |
Thursday
Feb 14 |
Michigan City, IN: A small fire broke out at a factory for making polyester. More information |
Thursday
Feb 14 |
Rechytsa, Belarus: Several hundred cubic meters of diesel leaked from a pipeline. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 13 |
Elmwood Park, N.J.: Fire spread through a warehouse at a paper mill. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 13 |
Fife, U.K.: Two firefighters were injured in a packaging plant fire. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 13 |
Goalpara, India: Four workers at an animal feed plant died after descending into a tank of molasses. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 13 |
Limerick, Ireland: Fire broke out in a cold storage unit. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 13 |
Prudhoe, U.K.: Paper tissue on a drying machine caught fire at a hygiene products factory. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 13 |
Surat, India: A fire at a photo chemicals plant caused major damage. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 13 |
Tristan, Falkland Islands: Fire destroyed a fish processing factory. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 13 |
Udhana, India: A fire broke out in a storeroom of a plant making gold and silver thread. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 12 |
Beaufort, N.C.: A seriously injured worker at a veneer plant spent more than an hour trapped in a conveyor belt. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 12 |
Breitenau am Hordrlantsch, Austria: Nearly 6,000 liters of a hydrochloric acid solution leaked from a truck. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 12 |
Calgary, Alberta: A chemical reaction led to the evacuation of an industrial park. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 12 |
Ecru, MS: Almost half of a 12 million square foot furniture plant was destroyed by fire. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 12 |
Goldsley, OK: Fire spread through a tire factory. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 12 |
Leominster, MA: A fire suppression system extinguished a flash fire in equipment at a custom flocking plant. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 12 |
Lynchberg, VA: An explosion involving sawdust stored for heating shook a furniture factory. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 12 |
Ricardo, TX: A 16-inch pipeline ruptured and caught fire. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 12 |
Rosemount, MN: Fire broke out in equipment at a feed processing plant. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 12 |
Tyler, TX: At least 2,800 pounds of sulfur dioxide was released into the air at a refinery. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 12 |
Wilmington, CA: A worker was injured in a flash fire at a refinery. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 12 |
Yunnan, China: A tanker truck spilled its load of sulfuric acid into a river. More information |
Monday
Feb 11 |
Auckland, New Zealand: A worker at an electro-plating factory was splashed with sodium cyanide. More information |
Monday
Feb 11 |
Fort St. John, B.C.: Fire broke out at a chemical storage facility. More information |
Monday
Feb 11 |
Fosteria, OH: Frozen hydrants hindered extinguishing a furnace fire at a materials technology plant. More information |
Monday
Feb 11 |
McIntosh, AL: Leaking toxic gas injured one refinery worker and forced the closure to two schools. More information |
Monday
Feb 11 |
Malters, Switzerland: A worker died from burns received from an explosion inside a tank. More information |
Monday
Feb 11 |
Torrance, CA: An equipment breakdown at a refinery required flaring. More information |
Monday
Feb 11 |
Winchester, KY: An oil pipeline crossing a farm ruptured. More information |
Sunday
Feb 10 |
Decatur, IL: Two workers died and 16 became ill from carbon monoxide after a fire in an air handling unit at a corn processing plant. More information |
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