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Entries for November 2009
Monday
Nov 09 |
Ferrum, VA: Fire destroyed a cabinet-making plant. More information |
Monday
Nov 09 |
Freeport, Bahamas: A small fire erupted while pipeline work was being done at an oil terminal. More information |
Monday
Nov 09 |
Kidderminster, UK: Fire spread through a warehouse used for plastic packaging storage at an industrial estate. More information |
Monday
Nov 09 |
Rochester, NH: Fire broke out above a bathroom and threatened to spread through the loading dock at a tool factory. More information |
Monday
Nov 09 |
Singapore: A food processing plant was shut down after an ammonia gas leak. More information |
Monday
Nov 09 |
West Homestead, OH: A small fire broke out in an electrical panel at a steel plant. More information |
Sunday
Nov 08 |
Albany, GA: A fire in a roof blower at a candy factory spread to waste product. More information |
Sunday
Nov 08 |
Pointe-a-Pierre, Trinidad & Tobago: Security guards shot at two men who broke into the refinery, striking one. More information |
Saturday
Nov 07 |
Debuque, IA: Sparks from a conveyor system started a small fire. More information |
Saturday
Nov 07 |
Grand Island, NE: A worker fell into equipment at a meatpacking plant, cutting himself. More information |
Saturday
Nov 07 |
Ruaraka, Kenya: Fire spread through 10 tons of rubber at a shoe factory. More information |
Saturday
Nov 07 |
Taguig City, Philippines: Fire broke out in a food processing plant. More information |
Saturday
Nov 07 |
Karachi, India: A 19-hour fire destroyed a textile mill. More information |
Saturday
Nov 07 |
Trail, BC: A plant that recycles lithium batteries caught fire. More information |
Saturday
Nov 07 |
Wilson, NC: A fire in a dryer shut down a tobacco processing plant. More information |
Friday
Nov 06 |
Fullerton, CA: Fire damaged a testing and engineering facility. More information |
Friday
Nov 06 |
Greenport, NY: A fire in a large turbine grinder spread to the surrounding structure. More information |
Friday
Nov 06 |
Karachi, Pakistan: Fire engulfed a chemical factory. More information |
Friday
Nov 06 |
New Westminster, BC: A fire at a plant that produces utility poles and pilings resulted in a temporary shutdown. More information |
Friday
Nov 06 |
Veracruz, Mexico: A fire broke out at an oil refinery. More information |
Thursday
Nov 05 |
Hebei Province, China: Three workers died in an explosion at a plywood plant. More information |
Thursday
Nov 05 |
Lima, OH: A oil refinery worker died in an industrial accident. More information |
Thursday
Nov 05 |
Longford, UK: A fire at a glue factory burned more than 24 hours. More information |
Thursday
Nov 05 |
Princeville, IL: Two tanker trailers carrying anhydrous ammonia tipped over on their side, causing traffic problems. More information |
Thursday
Nov 05 |
St. Joseph, MO: A contract worker at a food processing plant died in an industrial accident while working on a condenser unit. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 04 |
Chicago, IL: Flames broke out in the duct work at a plastic cup factory. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 04 |
Colne, UK: A fire on an industrial estate resulted in an area evacuation. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 04 |
Corwen, UK: Fire spread through scrap cars at a metal recycling center. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 04 |
Johor Baharu, Malaysia: Explosions rocked a cooking gas factory. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 04 |
Moses Lake, WA: Hydrogen ignited in a sump, causing an explosion at a polysilicon plant. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 04 |
Woods Cross, UT: A 10-inch pipe connecting to an oil refinery distillate dewaxing unit ruptured, releasing hydrogen gas that ignited in a massive fireball. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 04 |
Yeadon, UK: A worker trying to free a pneumatically-operated valve in the furnace room of a plant died when the valve struck him. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 04 |
Lake View, IA: Fire destroyed a concrete plant. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 03 |
Burlington, NC: Welding was being done when fire broke out at a textile mill. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 03 |
Fos-sur-Mer, France: A power failure resulted in the release of a powdered silica catalyst at an oil refinery. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 03 |
Muttenz, Switzerland: A steam boiler exploded in the power plant for a factory making asphalt mix. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 03 |
Perry, UT: Haz mat teams destroying at large quantity of model rocket fuel and other flammables created a crater 20 feet deep and 30 feet wide. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 03 |
Redford Twp., MI: A temporary worker died when a steel beam fell on him at a galvanizing plant. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 03 |
St. Petersburg, Russia: Fire broke out at a plastics factory with two injuries reported. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 03 |
Vandalia, IL: A fire in a storage tank injured two gas plant workers welding on it. More information |
Monday
Nov 02 |
Marysville, MI: Explosions at an industrial gas supplier injured one man. More information |
Monday
Nov 02 |
Belleville-sur-Loire, France: A fire in a non-nuclear area of a nuclear power plant resulted in a 40 percent reduction in power. More information |
Monday
Nov 02 |
Bow, NH: Fire broke out at a coal-fired power plant being restarted after maintenance. More information |
Sunday
Nov 01 |
Marysville, MI: Multiple explosions rocked a welding supply plant after an acetylene tank burst into flames. More information |