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Entries for July 2009
Sunday
Jul 12 |
Edison, NJ: A mineral factory was gutted by flames. More information |
Sunday
Jul 12 |
Joypurhat, Bangladesh: A gas line explosion at a rice mill killed 1 and injured 5. More information |
Sunday
Jul 12 |
Midong, China: Fire broke out in a 2.5 million gallon oil storage tank at a chemical plant. More information |
Sunday
Jul 12 |
Paragould, AR: Fire erupted at a sprocket and gear plant. More information |
Sunday
Jul 12 |
Salem, OR: A carbon monoxide leak at a produce plant hospitalized 7 people. More information |
Sunday
Jul 12 |
Urumqi, China: An oil storage tank burned at a chemical plant. More information |
Sunday
Jul 12 |
Windygates, UK: Nitric acid used to clean the cooling system at a distillery leaked from a storage tank. More information |
Sunday
Jul 12 |
Skewen, UK: A fire involving 1,500 tons of mixed waste was reported at a recycling plant. More information |
Saturday
Jul 11 |
Boston, MA: A fish processing plant and warehouse was destroyed by fire. More information |
Saturday
Jul 11 |
Cy Fair, TX: A shelter-in-place order was issued during a fire at a chemical plant. More information |
Saturday
Jul 11 |
Hoshangabad, India: An explosion at an ordinance factory killed a worker. More information |
Saturday
Jul 11 |
Nijmegen, Netherlands: A shelter-in-place order was issued when fire broke out at a cellulose plant. More information |
Friday
Jul 10 |
Fujairah, UAE: Fire spread through a plastics plant. More information |
Friday
Jul 10 |
Lockport, NY: A small explosion and fire rocked a chemical plant. More information |
Friday
Jul 10 |
Parmer County, TX: Nearly a million chickens died in a fire at an egg plant. More information |
Friday
Jul 10 |
Saukville, WI: A worker was injured in an explosion at a polymer plant. More information |
Thursday
Jul 09 |
Doncaster, UK: Fire broke out in a pallet of plastic at a plastics plant. More information |
Thursday
Jul 09 |
Halle, Germany: 13 workers were exposed to chlorine at a chocolate factory. More information |
Thursday
Jul 09 |
Sidoarjo, Indonesia: 4 soybean curd factory workers were hurt in a blast. More information |
Thursday
Jul 09 |
South Plainsfield, NJ: Pressure blew the lid off a holding container of nitric acid, releasing fumes at an electronic materials plant. More information |
Thursday
Jul 09 |
Tiruchi, India: 3 workers died when an empty steel tank that formerly held alcohol exploded at a distillery. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 08 |
Jacksonville, FL: A chemical fire spread noxious fumes through a beer can plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 08 |
Newberry, PA: Metals and plastics burned at a recycling plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 08 |
Tuzla, Turkey: A shipyard worker died in an explosion during maintenance work on a fuel tanker. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 08 |
Hanhville, LA: A crack in an ethyl acrylate tank at a chemical plant released noxious fumes. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 08 |
Camden, NJ: A chocolate factory worker died after falling into a tank of molten chocolate. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 07 |
Williamsport, PA: Fire spread through scrap metal at a recycling plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 07 |
Tennerton, WV: Nearly 900 gallons of hydrochloric acid leaked from a tanker truck at a drilling company. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 07 |
Tenaha, TX: A tanker truck carrying hazardous chemicals rolled over, shutting down a major highway most of the day. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 07 |
Swan Hill, Australia: A fire at a pipe factory was quickly contained. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 07 |
Sparta, TN: Fire broke out in the paint drying room on the roof of a plant making lighting products. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 07 |
Sarnia, ON: A small fire at a chemical plant was put out with an extinguisher. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 07 |
Mexia, TX: Fire broke out at an oil recycling plant, the second such incident in a month. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 07 |
Houston, TX: A flash fire erupted while a tanker truck was being cleaned at an environmental services facility, killing a worker. More information |
Monday
Jul 06 |
Westwego, LA: A power outage triggered an ammonia leak at a specialty chemical plant. More information |
Monday
Jul 06 |
Sangolqu, Ecuador: An explosion rocked a munitions factory. More information |
Monday
Jul 06 |
Oswego, NY: No injuries were reported in a fire at a wire manufacturing plant. More information |
Monday
Jul 06 |
Kanagawa, Japan: A paper plant was destroyed by fire. More information |
Monday
Jul 06 |
Cudahy, WS: Nearby residents evacuated when flames gutted part of a meatpacking plant, threatening a potential ammonia explosion. More information |
Monday
Jul 06 |
Belleville, IL: An anhydrous ammonia leak at a meat plant prompted a hazmat response. More information |
Sunday
Jul 05 |
Tulsa, OK: Humidity caused a reaction in a drum of chemicals stored at an environmental waste management company. More information |
Sunday
Jul 05 |
Singrauli, India: 10 workers died in a series of explosions at 2 explosives factories. More information |
Sunday
Jul 05 |
Madhya, Pradesh, India: An explosion at an explosives plant killed 10 people. More information |
Sunday
Jul 05 |
Islamabad, Pakistan: Flames swept through a paint storage warehouse. More information |
Sunday
Jul 05 |
Bokaro, India: Three steel plant workers fainted from carbon monoxide leaking from a blast furnace. More information |
Sunday
Jul 05 |
Bhopal, India: A blast at an explosives factory killed 10 people. More information |
Sunday
Jul 05 |
Bernama, Kuaha Lumpur: Fire razed a factory manufacturing electric motors. More information |
Sunday
Jul 05 |
Bokaro, India: Three steel plant workers fainted from carbon monoxide leaking from a blast furnace. More information |
Saturday
Jul 04 |
Kajang, India: Fire broke out in an electric motor plant. More information |
Saturday
Jul 04 |
Fallon, NV: Smoke from a fire at a plant specializing in industrial cutting tools forced officials to close area roads. More information |
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