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Entries for February 2008
Sunday
Feb 10 |
Delaware City, DE: A power failure triggered two small fires at an oil refinery. More information |
Sunday
Feb 10 |
El Jebel, CO: About 1,000 gallons of gasoline spilled when a tanker overturned. More information |
Sunday
Feb 10 |
Galilee, R.I.: An ammonia leak at a seafood processing plant closed the facility for several hours. More information |
Saturday
Feb 09 |
Ingolstadt, Germany: Refinery firefighters extinguished a fire when gasoline leaked from pipework. More information |
Friday
Feb 08 |
Braine-l’Alleud, Belgium: A gas leak was reported at a pharmaceuticals plant. More information |
Friday
Feb 08 |
Foleshill, U.K.: Fifty workers evacuated a luxury flooring plant due to an equipment fire. More information |
Friday
Feb 08 |
Gunahati, India: One worker died and nine were injured in an explosion at an aluminum plant. More information |
Friday
Feb 08 |
Henry, TN: Fire destroyed a pre-fab construction plant. More information |
Thursday
Feb 07 |
Port Wentworth, GA: Twelve workers died resulting from a dust explosion at a sugar refinery. More information |
Thursday
Feb 07 |
Selbyville, DE: Leaking ammonia at a chicken processing plant affected more than 30 people. More information |
Thursday
Feb 07 |
Mount Isa, Australia: Sulfur dioxide gas spread through an acid plant. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 06 |
Castrop Ravxel, Germany: An explosion rocked a tar distillation column. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 06 |
Centralia, WA: An equipment fire at a carpet pad plant led to concerns about toxic exposure. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 06 |
El Morell, Spain: About 190 tons of toxic liquid spilled from a chemical plant into the River Francoli. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 06 |
Kandla Port, India: A storage tank filled with 500 tons of methanol burned 21 hours. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 06 |
Puertollana, Spain: A worker was injured in a refinery fire. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 06 |
Rovinj, Croatia: A Turkish cargo ship carrying hazardous material caught fire. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 06 |
Silver Springs, N.Y.: Titanium piping and a forklift caught fire at a salt plant. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 06 |
TePuke, New Zealand: A storage tank containing hydraulic oil caught fire at a sawmill. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 06 |
Visalia, CA: Responders contained a formaldehyde spill at a pet food plant. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 06 |
West Chester Twp, OH: A chlorine leak from a tanker disrupted operations at an industrial chemical distribution facility. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 05 |
Allegheny County, PA: A power outage at a chemical plant resulted in an accidential release of hydrocarbon vapors. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 05 |
Flitwick, U.K.: A pipe transporting calcium hydroxide ruptured at a pre fab housing plant. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 05 |
Huntsville, GA: Fire broke out at a natural gas compressor. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 05 |
Ploiest, Romania: Two storage tanks caught fire at a refinery. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 05 |
Rosario, Argentina: An explosion at a steel plant injured eight people. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 05 |
South Waikato, New Zealand: A major fire broke out at a paper mill. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 05 |
Tenth of Ramadan City, Egypt: A carpet factory fire injured 56 people. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 05 |
West Chester Twp., OH: A chlorine leak was reported at a chemical distribution facility. More information |
Monday
Feb 04 |
Auburndale, FL: Fire destroyed a packaging plant. More information |
Monday
Feb 04 |
Augusta, GA: Sulfur trioxide leaked from a rail tanker at a chemical plant. More information |
Monday
Feb 04 |
Cadiz, Spain: An explosion occurred outside a power plant. More information |
Monday
Feb 04 |
El Dorado, AR: A chemical plant fire caused little damage. More information |
Monday
Feb 04 |
Jet Park, S. Africa: An explosion and fire at a chemical plant followed a lightning strike. More information |
Monday
Feb 04 |
Kanpur, India: Fire broke out at a plastics plant. More information |
Monday
Feb 04 |
LaLouviere, Belgium: Eight steel plant workers were injured in an explosion when leaking water ran inside an electric arc furnace. More information |
Monday
Feb 04 |
Stockton, IL: Firefighters contained an acid spill at an automotive plant. More information |
Monday
Feb 04 |
Suffolk, VA: Workers extinguished a paint fume fire at a farm equipment plant. More information |
Monday
Feb 04 |
Kanpur, India: Fire broke out at a plastics plant. More information |
Monday
Feb 04 |
Suffolk, VA: Workers extinguished a paint fume fire at a farm equipment plant. More information |
Sunday
Feb 03 |
Jackson, MI: A fire in a heat treating machine damaged a steel treating plant. More information |
Sunday
Feb 03 |
Belidzh, Russia: A ruptured pipeline spilled almost 100 tons of oil. More information |
Sunday
Feb 03 |
Daghestan, Russia: Oil from a pipeline rupture seeped into the Caspian Sea. More information |
Sunday
Feb 03 |
Dongguan, China: Fire damaged three-fourths of a plant specializing in computer monitors. More information |
Sunday
Feb 03 |
Jackson, MI: Production continued at a steel treating plant despite a fire. More information |
Sunday
Feb 03 |
Miami, FL: Firefighters quickly extinguished a burning warehouse containing vats of hydrochloric and sulfuric acid and cyanide. More information |
Saturday
Feb 02 |
Ashwaubenon, WI: Vapors from spilled hydrogen peroxide forced the evacuation of a fiber manufacturing plant. More information |
Saturday
Feb 02 |
Corydon, AK: Fire destroyed a veneer plant. More information |
Saturday
Feb 02 |
Norstam, IL: Fire broke out in a veneer manufacturing plant. More information |
Saturday
Feb 02 |
Pockwood Pond, British Virgin Islands: A fire at an asphalt plant was quickly extinguished. More information |