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Entries for May 2008
Tuesday
May 13 |
Chengdu, China: Several thousand people were killed when a factory collapsed during an earthquake. More information |
Tuesday
May 13 |
Dalton, GA: Fire broke out on the roof of a floorcovering plant. More information |
Tuesday
May 13 |
Piggott, AK: Haz mat unit responded to a spill at a plant specializing in truck seating. More information |
Tuesday
May 13 |
Port Lavaca, TX: A large transformer caught fire outside a plastics plant. More information |
Tuesday
May 13 |
Ghlin, Belgium: Barley dust exploded at a malt factory. More information |
Tuesday
May 13 |
Madera County, CA: Fire destroyed 10,000 tons of almond hulls at a hulling plant. More information |
Tuesday
May 13 |
Piggott, AK: Haz mat unit responded to a spill at a plant specializing in truck seating. More information |
Tuesday
May 13 |
Port Lavaca, TX: A large transformer caught fire outside a plastics plant. More information |
Monday
May 12 |
Boise, ID: Embers from a small waste fire ignited wooden pallets at a wood products plant. More information |
Monday
May 12 |
Sacramento, CA: High winds proved a problem for firefighters battling a pipe foundry blaze. More information |
Monday
May 12 |
Detroit Lakes, MN: Three tons of molten aluminum spilled at a foundry when a valve was damaged during maintenance. More information |
Saturday
May 10 |
Lawrence, MA: Sodium chlorate recovered from a chemical spill related to a freight train derailment caught fire. More information |
Saturday
May 10 |
Tlaquepaque, Mexico: An explosion and fire in an oil storage tank at a cement plant killed two people. More information |
Saturday
May 10 |
Grangemouth, U.K.: Fire broke out in an oil refinery after a two-day strike. More information |
Friday
May 09 |
Karnal, India: Leaking poison gas from the chimney of an iron foundry killed three. More information |
Friday
May 09 |
Mont-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland: Nearly 100 trout died when sulfuric acid leaked from a dairy. More information |
Friday
May 09 |
Mobile, AL: Four workers were injured in an explosion and fire at a building products mill. More information |
Friday
May 09 |
Westminster, CA: Three people were treated after a mixture of nitric acid and salt spilled at a metal coating plant. More information |
Thursday
May 08 |
Chiba, Japan: Officials ordered a chemical plant closed after 19 workers were hospitalized from a chlorine gas leak. More information |
Wednesday
May 07 |
Handan City, China: Phosphorus trichloride was accidentally released at a chemical plant. More information |
Wednesday
May 07 |
Morgan, UT: A large fire broke out at a cement plant. More information |
Wednesday
May 07 |
Valleseco, Spain: A fuel pipeline that connects a refinery with its docks ruptured. More information |
Tuesday
May 06 |
Golden, CO: A forging furnace exploded at a metal fixtures plant. More information |
Tuesday
May 06 |
St. John’s, Newfoundland: A fish plant worker injured in a fall later died. More information |
Monday
May 05 |
Richmond, CA: A shelter-in-place order was issued when 3,600 gallons of toluene was released at a chemical plant. More information |
Sunday
May 04 |
Gorham, ME: An incident involving hazardous materials drew responders to a metal plating factory. More information |
Sunday
May 04 |
Salamanca, Mexico: Two refinery workers suffered severe burns when seals on a pump failed, causing an explosion. More information |
Sunday
May 04 |
Houston, TX: Material ignited in a scrap recycling plant proved difficult to extinguish. More information |
Sunday
May 04 |
Ankleshwar, India: A storage tank explosion killed three workers at a pharmaceutical plant. More information |
Friday
May 02 |
Ankleshwar, India: Nine chemical plant workers were exposed to chlorine gas. More information |
Friday
May 02 |
Scott County, MO: Iron pyrites that combusted at a port raised concern about a nearby stock of ammonium nitrate. More information |
Friday
May 02 |
Santa Barbara, CA: Hazmat specialists responded to a reported spill at a power plant. More information |
Friday
May 02 |
North Aurora, IL: A pump manufacturing plant was evacuated when magnesium caught fire. More information |
Thursday
May 01 |
Fayetteville, N.C.: A small fire broke out at a polyester resin plant when antifreeze spilled on a hot pipe. More information |
Thursday
May 01 |
Nagpur, India: Fire gutted a rubber goods factory. More information |
Thursday
May 01 |
Marion Township, PA: An unknown amount of titanium tetrachloride was released at an electronics plant with one worker exposed. More information |
Thursday
May 01 |
Phoenix, AZ: An empty asphalt tank exploded and burned at an asphalt plant. More information |
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