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Entries for March 2008
Monday
Mar 17 |
Koln,Germany: A ruptured ethylene pipeline ignited at a chemical plant. More information |
Monday
Mar 17 |
Nizhny, Russia: An ammonia leak killed a refinery worker. More information |
Monday
Mar 17 |
Pockwood,British Virgin Islands: A fire at a used oil dumpsite spread to a power plant. More information |
Monday
Mar 17 |
Stolzenau,Germany: An explosion rocked a coating company. More information |
Monday
Mar 17 |
Williamson,N.Y.: Ammonia escaped from a cold storage plant used for preserving fruits. More information |
Sunday
Mar 16 |
Fond du Lac,WI: Firefighters extinguished a furnace fire at an outboard motor plant. More information |
Sunday
Mar 16 |
Karachi,Pakistan: An eight-hour fire broke out in a refrigerator factory. More information |
Sunday
Mar 16 |
Nantes,France: Almost 27,000 gallons of heavy fuel spilled into the Loire River while a ship was loading at a refinery. More information |
Sunday
Mar 16 |
Toledo,OH: A wooden pallet left too close to a radiator caught fire at a food processing plant. More information |
Saturday
Mar 15 |
NewHampton,IA: A fire at a feed plant was prevented from reaching fertilizer and other hazardous materials. More information |
Friday
Mar 14 |
Brokdorf,Germany: A malfunctioning pump resulted in a fire at a nuclear power plant. More information |
Friday
Mar 14 |
Sarnia,Ontario: Residents were ordered to shelter-in-place after a benzene release at an oil refinery. More information |
Friday
Mar 14 |
Smithers,British Columbia: An explosion and fire at a particle board plant injured two. More information |
Friday
Mar 14 |
Sterling,KS: Fire damaged a chemical plant. More information |
Thursday
Mar 13 |
Ardmore,OK: A small fire broke out at a tire plant. More information |
Thursday
Mar 13 |
Batavia,IL: A machine fire erupted at a plastics manufacturing plant. More information |
Thursday
Mar 13 |
Chicago,IL: Battery acid fumes overcame workers at a food service factory. More information |
Thursday
Mar 13 |
Istanbul,Turkey: Six shipyard workers were overcome by carbon dioxide. More information |
Thursday
Mar 13 |
Ringwood,IL: A release of vinylidene chloride occurred at a chemical plant. More information |
Thursday
Mar 13 |
Victoria,British Columbia: A fire gutted a fish processing plant. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 12 |
Baton Rouge, LA: An oil refinery worker was killed. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 12 |
Euless,TX: A fire ignited at a chemical plant. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 12 |
MiddleSwan,Australia: A machine fire caused major damage at a brick making plant. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 12 |
New Bedford,MA: Ammonia vapor escaped from a scrap and waste disposal plant. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 12 |
Tangra,India: A fire injured three chemical plant workers. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 12 |
Wuppertal,Germany: Ammonia vapor released from a pharmaceuticals plant affected 23 people. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 11 |
Attercliffe,U.K.: Hydrogen sulfide gas escaped from a waste management facility. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 11 |
Bath,N.Y.: An explosion at a liquid propane storage facility injured four workers. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 11 |
Buddhi Nallah, India: Five people struggling to rescue a calf that fell into a distillery drain died from inhaling hydrogen sulfide. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 11 |
Decatur,AL: A reported fire at a plastics plant was later attributed to an optical illusion. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 11 |
Milazzo,Italy: Fire broke out in the diesel section of an oil refinery. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 11 |
Northland, KS: A construction crew ruptured a gasoline pipeline, spilling nearly 1,000 gallons. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 11 |
Rotherham,U.K.: A wood chip machine at a recycling plant caught fire. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 11 |
St. Lambrecht, Austria: Two workers were killed in an explosives plant accident. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 11 |
Worcester,MA: Leaking ammonia forced workers at a plant specializing in grinding gear to evacuate. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 11 |
Yosu,South Korea: A tanker spilled 43 tons of diesel in a collision with a cargo ship. More information |
Monday
Mar 10 |
Oak Park Heights,MN: An explosion and fire rocked a power plant coal crusher. More information |
Monday
Mar 10 |
Uruma, China: Four people storing chemicals in a porcelain factory warehouse died in an explosion. More information |
Monday
Mar 10 |
Winchester,KY: An ammonia release was reported at a bottling plant. More information |
Monday
Mar 10 |
Windsor,Ontario: Five auto plant workers were injured in a fire. More information |
Sunday
Mar 09 |
Pimpri,India: An explosion in a chemical plant laboratory seriously injured an employee. More information |
Sunday
Mar 09 |
Ramat Hovau,Israel: Leaking methyl bromide at a magnesium products plant forced an area evacuation. More information |
Saturday
Mar 08 |
Bokaro,India: Sixteen steel plant workers were taken ill, complaining of leaking gas. More information |
Saturday
Mar 08 |
Cilacap, Indonesia: Three oil refinery workers doing routine maintenance on a fin-fan cooler died in a fire. More information |
Saturday
Mar 08 |
Edmonton, Alberta: A worker at a hydrogen sulfide plant was found dead. More information |
Saturday
Mar 08 |
WestGippsland,Australia: Powdered milk stored in a four-story hopper caught fire. More information |
Friday
Mar 07 |
Bury St. Edmunds, U.K. - Fire broke out in an animal food factory. More information |
Friday
Mar 07 |
Little Island, Ireland - A chemical spill was reported at a pharmaceutical plant. More information |
Friday
Mar 07 |
Salisbury,N.C.: Fire ignited at a plant specializing in rubberized products such as hose. More information |
Friday
Mar 07 |
Salisbury, N.C. - Fire broke out at a plant specializing in rubberized products such as hose. More information |
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