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Entries for January 2009
Monday
Jan 05 |
Gateshead, UK: Fire spread from an oven used to seal coatings at a radiator factory. More information |
Monday
Jan 05 |
Gujarat, India: Three workers at a chemical plant died when a reactor vessel exploded. More information |
Monday
Jan 05 |
Hillsboro, OR: Toxic gas formed by mistakenly mixing cyanide and sulfuric acid forced workers to evacuate a semiconductor plant. More information |
Monday
Jan 05 |
Ijmuiden, Netherlands: A false alarm triggered by an ammonia detector led to a major response to a steel plant. More information |
Monday
Jan 05 |
Louisville, OH: A fire at a stainless steel foundry was quickly extinguished by employees. More information |
Monday
Jan 05 |
South Molton, UK: Fire broke out in a compressor unit at a furniture plant. More information |
Monday
Jan 05 |
Vandalia, OH: A contractor was treated after exposure to hydrofluoric acid at an auto parts plant. More information |
Monday
Jan 05 |
Wilson County, KS: Vandalism is blamed for oil spills at four different facilities belonging to the same company. More information |
Monday
Jan 05 |
Woodlawn, MD: Workers fled when a magnesium fire broke out at a machine works. More information |
Sunday
Jan 04 |
Conisholme Fen, UK: A 66-foot-long blade fell off a wind turbine. More information |
Sunday
Jan 04 |
Dongying City, China: One person died and two others were missing after an oil tanker exploded at a fishing port. More information |
Sunday
Jan 04 |
Kalama, OR: Molten glass leaked at a wine bottle factory. More information |
Sunday
Jan 04 |
Kulim, Malaysia: Fire destroyed three bales of plastic at a recycling factory. More information |
Sunday
Jan 04 |
Miami Twp., OH: Two workers suffered minor burns in an ammonia leak at a fertilizer plant. More information |
Sunday
Jan 04 |
Torrance, CA: Fireballs rose from a 200-foot high flare stack at an oil refinery. More information |
Sunday
Jan 04 |
Wasco, CA: Fire swept through a recycling plant. More information |
Saturday
Jan 03 |
Ames, IA: An equipment fire shut down a trash-to-energy power plant. More information |
Saturday
Jan 03 |
Cannock, UK: Fire destroyed a plant specializing in plastic injection molding. More information |
Saturday
Jan 03 |
Fort McMurray, AL: A pipeline leaked about 4,000 barrels of oil at a tank farm. More information |
Saturday
Jan 03 |
Rheda-Wiedenbruck, Germany: An ammonia leak was reported at Germany’s biggest meat packing plant. More information |
Saturday
Jan 03 |
Zongyang county, China: Thirteen workers were overcome, one fatally, by carbon monoxide fumes from the dust collection system on a cement factory furnace. More information |
Friday
Jan 02 |
Christchurch, New Zealand: Two firefighters were treated for burns after chemicals penetrated their gloves during a warehouse fire. More information |
Friday
Jan 02 |
Gwinner, ND: Fire destroyed a recycling plant. More information |
Friday
Jan 02 |
Lichfield, UK: A 3½ - hour fire that damaged a plastics factory is being investigated as arson. More information |
Friday
Jan 02 |
Marrickville, Australia: A two-story confectionary factory caught fire, leading to an area power outage. More information |
Friday
Jan 02 |
Langley, UK: A fire at a specialty chemicals plant released a thick cloud of phosphorus. More information |
Friday
Jan 02 |
Vasteras, Sweden: A fatality road accident left a tanker truck leaking ammonia. More information |
Thursday
Jan 01 |
Fogg Dam, Australia: Nearly 1,600 gallons of sulfuric acid spilled in a truck rollover. More information |
Thursday
Jan 01 |
Renfrew, ON: Freezing temperatures and high winds hindered responders battling a cabinet factory fire. More information |
Thursday
Jan 01 |
Wucheng County, China: Five workers died from an explosion at a chemical plant. More information |
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