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Entries for September 2008
Monday
Sep 22 |
Antrim, U.K.: A glass factory fire prompted an area evacuation. More information |
Monday
Sep 22 |
Atwater Village, CA: Fire destroyed a 2,000-square-foot printing plant. More information |
Monday
Sep 22 |
Friesoythe, Germany: Two fermentation vessels caught fire at a bio gas plant. More information |
Monday
Sep 22 |
Kremlin, OK: One of three contractors who received chemical burns at a coking refinery later died. More information |
Monday
Sep 22 |
Mukterpur Ghat, Bangladesh: An explosion in a match factory killed two workers. More information |
Monday
Sep 22 |
Philadelphia, PA: Heavy fire tore through a laminations factory. More information |
Sunday
Sep 21 |
St. Leonard, Quebec: Fire broke out at a paint factory. More information |
Sunday
Sep 21 |
Tallman, NY: Garbage at a paper recycling plant caught fire. More information |
Sunday
Sep 21 |
Township, MI: A small fire shutdown one of two units at a nuclear power plant. More information |
Saturday
Sep 20 |
Auburn, PA: A former firefighter was charged with arson in a fire that damaged a filtration products plant. More information |
Saturday
Sep 20 |
Lawton, OK: A rubber plant worker died after being caught in a piece of equipment. More information |
Saturday
Sep 20 |
Port Khalid, UAE: Fire erupted at a cooking oil storage depot. More information |
Thursday
Sep 18 |
New Castle, PA: A fire at a hazardous waste disposal facility generated massive amounts of smoke. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 17 |
Cedar Rapids, IA: A rooftop dust collector caught fire at an agricultural products plant. More information |
Tuesday
Sep 16 |
Gulf of Mexico, USA: Hurricane Ike destroyed 28 offshore oil platforms. More information |
Tuesday
Sep 16 |
Ridley Twp., PA: Fire broke out in an autoclave at a plant specializing in composite materials for aircraft. More information |
Monday
Sep 15 |
Cedar Rapids, IA: Fire was reported inside a grain bin at a mill. More information |
Monday
Sep 15 |
Cuttack, India: Fire destroyed a nail enamel factory. More information |
Monday
Sep 15 |
Grand View, ID: A tractor-trailer carrying sodium hydrosulfide crashed, spilling its contents. More information |
Monday
Sep 15 |
Lahore, Pakistan: A fire at a cotton mill destroyed a large inventory of raw material. More information |
Monday
Sep 15 |
Tiptree, U.K.: Toxic gas from an acid spill sent 12 jam factory workers to the hospital. More information |
Sunday
Sep 14 |
Dundalk, MD: Fire broke out at a power plant. More information |
Sunday
Sep 14 |
Guiguinto, Bulacan: Fire gutted four warehouses at a plastics factory. More information |
Sunday
Sep 14 |
Kiryat Gat, Isreal: A hazmat leak injured two factory workers. More information |
Sunday
Sep 14 |
Kiwanga, Uganda: Flames gutted a yarn spinning factory. More information |
Sunday
Sep 14 |
Jianshanzi Village, China: Two workers died in an explosion that rocked a petrochemical plant. More information |
Sunday
Sep 14 |
Manitowac, WI: Workers at an aluminum casting plant complained of nausea when a tank of sulfur dioxide leaked. More information |
Sunday
Sep 14 |
Robstown, TX: A potentially toxic chemical caught fire at a waste disposal site. More information |
Sunday
Sep 14 |
Salisbury, South Africa: Vandals smashed chemical tanks at a wool processing plant, releasing hydrogen peroxide and sulfuric acid. More information |
Sunday
Sep 14 |
Tempe, Australia: A printing plant fire threatened to spread to the Sydney airport. More information |
Saturday
Sep 13 |
Cherry Hill, NJ: Fire broke out at a factory that makes dental implants. More information |
Saturday
Sep 13 |
Mouscron, Belgium: More than 500 tons of eggs were destroyed after a fire in a refrigerated storage area. More information |
Saturday
Sep 13 |
San Carlos, CA: A structure fire broke out at a plating plant. More information |
Saturday
Sep 13 |
Sheffield, U.K.: Fire broke out at a tire recycling plant. More information |
Saturday
Sep 13 |
Turnwater, WA: A worker at a glass plant died in a fall. More information |
Friday
Sep 12 |
Aztec, NM: A tank on a nitrogen transfer truck exploded, killing one oil field worker. More information |
Friday
Sep 12 |
Columbia, TN: A worker at a plant specializing in agricultural nutrient died when he was pulled into moving machinery. More information |
Friday
Sep 12 |
Cuautitlan, Mexico: Construction workers punctured a gas pipeline, triggering a fire. More information |
Friday
Sep 12 |
Fort Lupton, CO: Firefighters used an on-site cherry picker to reach a small fire in the rafters of an aluminum plant. More information |
Friday
Sep 12 |
LaCangrejera, Mexico: An explosion and fire happened at a petrochemical plant. More information |
Friday
Sep 12 |
Mexico City, Mexico: A natural gas pipeline caught fire, injuring one person. More information |
Friday
Sep 12 |
Minden, LA: Fire damaged a warehouse at a plant specializing in oil field drilling materials. More information |
Friday
Sep 12 |
Pune, India: A worker burned to death and six others were injured in a fire at a bio-medical waste disposal plant. More information |
Friday
Sep 12 |
Salamanca, Mexico: An oil refinery released hydrogen sulfide that made at least four people ill. More information |
Friday
Sep 12 |
Stevens County, WA: A tractor-trailer rig rolled over, spilling liquid nitrogen. More information |
Friday
Sep 12 |
Wausau, WI: An electrical fire spread to damp pulp fiber at a paper mill. More information |
Thursday
Sep 11 |
Akershus, Norway: About 1,400 liters of lubricating oil leaked from a refinery. More information |
Thursday
Sep 11 |
Canadaigua, NY: Six workers at a specialty packaging plant were checked after exposure to sulfuric acid that leaked from a forklift battery. More information |
Thursday
Sep 11 |
Change County, FL: Fire broke out in a fiberglass factory. More information |
Thursday
Sep 11 |
Georgetown County, FL: Workers mixing chemicals triggered an explosion at a chemical plant. More information |
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