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Entries for June 2009
Wednesday
Jun 17 |
Bellingham, WA: A cutting torch was in use when a metal drum with a residue of acetone exploded at an industrial park. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 17 |
Cleveland, OH: Responders dealt with an oil pan fire and chemical spill at a metals manufacturing plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 17 |
Dublin, Ireland: A major fire broke out at a tea factory. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 17 |
Ellisburg, NY: Fire destroyed a feed production plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 17 |
Leominster, UK: Fire in a printing press spread through an industrial packaging plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 17 |
Pasadena, MA: A fire in a coal hopper burned a power plant worker. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 17 |
Pierrepoint Manor, NY: A tank of animal fat ignited at a feed processing plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 17 |
Platteville, CO: Damage was minimal from a fire at a camper manufacturing plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 17 |
Pratt, KS: Drip gas bled from a semi tanker ignited an explosion that injured 2 workers. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 17 |
St. Augustine, FL: The fire suppression system at an aircraft plant accidentally activated, dumping almost 3,000 gallons of fire fighting foam. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 17 |
Texarkana, AR: Ammonia leaked at a cold storage plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 17 |
Manistree, MI: A coal fire broke out in a power plant serving a salt factory. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 17 |
New Windsor, NY: fire broke out in an industrial oven at a felt and filter plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 17 |
Springmill Twp., ON: An explosion shook an asphalt plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 16 |
Alexandria, Egypt: A fire in an air cooler reduced production at an oil refinery. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 16 |
Constantine, Algeria: 2 people died when a container of polystyrene pellets exploded at an insulation plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 16 |
Gaffney, SC: Fire damaged a textile plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 16 |
Gazipur, Bangladesh: 3 workers died and 15 were injured in a fire at a blade factory. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 16 |
Nantong, China: At least 8 workers died in an accident involving a block of steel mesh. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 16 |
St. George, NB: A worker fell into a tub of disinfectant chemicals. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 16 |
St. Ives, UK: An explosion at a printing plant blew a hole in the roof. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 16 |
Tennerton, WI: Nearly 900 gallons of hydrochloric acid leaked from a tanker truck. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 16 |
Winchester, KY: Fire broke out in the dryer area of a fermentation factory. More information |
Monday
Jun 15 |
Clinton, IA: About 35 gallons of methyl acetate leaked at a packaging plant. More information |
Monday
Jun 15 |
Lake Macguarie, Australia: Fire broke out in a dust collection system at a cereal factory. More information |
Monday
Jun 15 |
Newark, NJ: A fire broke out at a chemical factory. More information |
Monday
Jun 15 |
Plaquemine, LA: Fire broke out at a vinyl plant. More information |
Sunday
Jun 14 |
Edmonton, AB: Fire spread through baled paper at a paper recycling and shingle manufacturing plant. More information |
Sunday
Jun 14 |
Fairbanks, AK: A coal fire shut down half of a power plant’s output. More information |
Sunday
Jun 14 |
Kellogg, IA: Fire broke out at an engine parts factory. More information |
Sunday
Jun 14 |
Los Angeles, CA: Firefighter shut down an ammonia leak at a cold storage warehouse. More information |
Sunday
Jun 14 |
Port of Toledo, OH: Fire broke out at a biodiesel plant. More information |
Sunday
Jun 14 |
Tockwith, UK: Fire ignited at an environmental services company. More information |
Saturday
Jun 13 |
Long Beach, CA: A tanker truck carrying ethanol overturned and caught fire. More information |
Saturday
Jun 13 |
Rotterdam, Netherlands: Thousands of liters of benzene spilled when 2 ships collided. More information |
Friday
Jun 12 |
Martinsburg, WI: A press fire forced printing plant employees to flee. More information |
Friday
Jun 12 |
Midland, NC: A tanker truck carrying ethanol overturned, spilling 1,500 gallons. More information |
Friday
Jun 12 |
Varanasi, India: 3 chemical plant workers died from burns. More information |
Thursday
Jun 11 |
Kiel, Germany: An 18,000 gallon tank of paraffin ignited at a tank farm. More information |
Thursday
Jun 11 |
Mexia, TX: An explosion rocked a recycling plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 10 |
Bradford, UK: Firefighters established a wide evacuation zone around a burning environmental waste facility. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 10 |
Ceres, CA: A huge pile of cardboard caught fire at a recycling plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 10 |
El Centro, CA: Firefighters at an alternate fuel plant responded to a field fire nearby. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 10 |
Hainan Province, China: 5 workers were trapped in a sub-sea pipeline that flooded. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 10 |
Kakinada, India: A cooling unit at an oil refinery was destroyed by fire. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 10 |
Louisville, KY: An explosion at a resin plant injured one. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 10 |
Marion, IA: An explosion shook an asphalt plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 10 |
Ninove, Belgium: A brewery worker was hit in the face by leaking ammonia. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 10 |
Spring Grove, OH: Flames came through the roof of a chemical plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 10 |
Stafford, MO: A worker using a cutting torch was burned in a flash fire at a manufacturing plant. More information |
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