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Entries for May 2008
Saturday
May 31 |
Deerfield Beach, FL: Firefighters reported feeling sick after fighting a warehouse fire at a cosmetics company. More information |
Saturday
May 31 |
Marchin, Belgium: A spill of nearly 10,000 gallons (36,000 liters) of sulfuric acid was reported. More information |
Friday
May 30 |
Fallsburg, OH: A tanker truck transporting oil exploded, killing one person. More information |
Friday
May 30 |
Hull, U.K.: A tannery was evacuated after a 500-gallon tank of sulfuric acid began leaking. More information |
Friday
May 30 |
Kalundborg, Denmark: A fire broke out at an oil refinery. More information |
Friday
May 30 |
Maple Heights, OH: Several small explosions damaged a metals plant warehouse, injuring one worker. More information |
Friday
May 30 |
Nueva Renca, Chile: A safety valve in a boiler room ruptured from excessive pressure at a thermoelectric power plant. More information |
Friday
May 30 |
Reventador, Ecuador: A ruptured pipeline spilled 48 tons of LPG. More information |
Thursday
May 29 |
Auburn, ME: Renovation work at a plastics plant ignited an insulation fire inside a wall. More information |
Thursday
May 29 |
Dillard, OR: An explosion damaged a particleboard drying facility. More information |
Thursday
May 29 |
Omaha, NE: A defective valve allowed hydrochloric acid to leak from a railroad tank car. More information |
Thursday
May 29 |
Utica, N.Y.: Fire broke out at a brewery. More information |
Wednesday
May 28 |
Midlothian, TX: A salvage yard fire at a steel plant burned nearly 24 hours. More information |
Tuesday
May 27 |
Beaumont, TX: Responders repaired a small leak of MDI from a rail car. More information |
Tuesday
May 27 |
Rocky Point, N.C.: A truck carrying ammonium nitrate explosives overturned. More information |
Monday
May 26 |
Awoba, Nigeria: An explosion near a pipeline flow station is believed to have been terrorism. More information |
Monday
May 26 |
Sarnia, Ontario: A fire was reported at an oil refinery. More information |
Monday
May 26 |
Victoria, Romania: Two people died in an explosion at a waste incinerator. More information |
Sunday
May 25 |
Urbana, OH: An explosion at a packaging materials plant blew out walls and caused roof damage. More information |
Friday
May 23 |
Barcelona, Spain: A tank containing dimethylamine ruptured after being dropped at a cargo terminal. More information |
Friday
May 23 |
Warren County, GA: A truck carrying 24 tons of ammonia nitrate explosive overturned. More information |
Thursday
May 22 |
Port of Tampa, FL: A worker was injured when a barge unloading fuel caught fire. More information |
Thursday
May 22 |
Simpang Pulai, Malaysia: Gas cylinders exploded at a factory, severely burning one worker. More information |
Thursday
May 22 |
Veliky Ustyug, Russia: Almost seven tons of diesel fuel spilled when a cargo ship and tanker collided. More information |
Thursday
May 22 |
Montrond-les-Bains, France: A truck lost a barrel containing phosphoric acid on a major roadway. More information |
Wednesday
May 21 |
Lovedale, Australia: Two tons of ammonium nitrate emulsion used as an explosion spilled when a trailer overturned. More information |
Wednesday
May 21 |
Palm Bay, FL: An explosion killed a chemical plant worker trying to neutralize a chemical by-product. More information |
Wednesday
May 21 |
Salt Lake City, UT: A truck loaded with D-siocyanate and B/resin caught fire at an insulation manufacturing plant. More information |
Wednesday
May 21 |
Springdale, AR: An explosion at a recycling plant send one worker to the burn ward and knocked out power to 1,000 residents. More information |
Tuesday
May 20 |
Corinth, ME: A fire at a wood pellet plant caused major damage. More information |
Tuesday
May 20 |
Iquque, Chile: Fire destroyed a pipe manufacturing plant. More information |
Monday
May 19 |
Chacabuco, Chile: A worker was injured when an explosion blew a manhole cover off an underground fuel storage tank. More information |
Monday
May 19 |
Kawana, Australia: Workers at an engineering company were evacuated when an acetylene cylinder caught fire. More information |
Monday
May 19 |
La Tremblade, France: Seven shellfish plant workers were sickened by leaking hydrofluoric and nitric acid. More information |
Monday
May 19 |
Gorakpur, India: Two workers were injured in a fire at a food processing plant. More information |
Monday
May 19 |
Omsk, Russia: Fire broke out at a petroleum refinery. More information |
Sunday
May 18 |
Redwood, MS: An explosion in a recovery boiler killed a paper mill worker. More information |
Sunday
May 18 |
Princess Anne, MI: A worker doing maintenance on a methane line at a bio-diesel plant died in an explosion. More information |
Saturday
May 17 |
Mead, CO: An explosion in an oven at a chemical plant killed one worker. More information |
Thursday
May 15 |
Olive Township, MI: An ammonia leak forced hazmat crews to respond to a commercial bakery plant. More information |
Thursday
May 15 |
Sevierville, TN: Plant firefighters contained a blaze that broke out at a catalysts manufacturer. More information |
Thursday
May 15 |
Ankara, Turkey: Two people died in an explosion at a milk processing plant. More information |
Thursday
May 15 |
Cleveland, U.K.: A burst gasket activated the fire suppression system at a chemical plant, dumping foam. More information |
Thursday
May 15 |
Ellesmere, U.K.: Twenty tons of cardboard went up in flames at a recycling plant. More information |
Wednesday
May 14 |
Hildebran, N.C.: Fire raged in the basement of a furniture factory. More information |
Wednesday
May 14 |
Martinez, CA: Initial estimates of a 1,500 gallon gasoline spill resulting when a tugboat struck a refinery wharf were later reduced to less than 10 gallons. More information |
Wednesday
May 14 |
Mountain Home, AR: A power failure caused a plastics mixer to stop, igniting the combustible material at a healthcare plant. More information |
Wednesday
May 14 |
Skikda, Algeria: Five people were injured when fire broke out at a fuel depot. More information |
Wednesday
May 14 |
Vernon, CA: Two packing plant workers were hospitalized after exposure to ammonia. More information |
Tuesday
May 13 |
Ceres, CA: Fire covered 60 acres of a recycling plant. More information |
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