Monday
Oct 04 |
Clearwater, FL: A drum filled with titanium shavings caught fire at a metals recycling plant. More information |
Monday
Oct 04 |
Ajka, Hungary: Seven people died when a burst reservior dumped a million cubic meters of toxic sludge from aluminum manufacturing onto local property and into a tributary of the Danube. More information |
Monday
Oct 04 |
Toledo, OH: Fire broke out in a rubber factory vacant since 2006. More information |
Monday
Oct 04 |
Basseterre, St. Kitts: A tanker carrying 22,000 barrels of diesel broke free of its moorings in rough weather and ran aground. More information |
Monday
Oct 04 |
Huy, Belgium: A nuclear power plant released acid mixed with water. More information |
Monday
Oct 04 |
Snyder, TX: An explosion at a chemical plant left a worker with burns on his arms and hands. More information |
Monday
Oct 04 |
Urbana, IL: Fire broke out in a paint booth at a manufacturing plant. More information |
Sunday
Oct 03 |
Guzelburc, Turkey: Three people died and five were injured when a boiler exploded at a leather tannery. More information |
Sunday
Oct 03 |
Zunyi City, China: Six people died and 12 were injured in a coal mine gas explosion. More information |
Sunday
Oct 03 |
Anshun City, China: Five people were killed and four others were injured in a colliery explosion. More information |
Sunday
Oct 03 |
Houston, TX: The Houston Ship Channel was closed for three days after a tugboat pushing barges struck a tower carrying high tension power lines. More information |
Sunday
Oct 03 |
Chiayi County, Taiwan: Fire destroyed a synthetic paper plant. More information |
Saturday
Oct 02 |
Muang district, Thailand: A furniture factory was extensively damaged by fire. More information |
Saturday
Oct 02 |
Harbanspura, India: Two people died and six others were injured in blast at a fireworks factory. More information |
Friday
Oct 01 |
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QB: Workers at a laminate plant were evacuated after an explosion in a chemical reservior. More information |
Friday
Oct 01 |
Marion, OH: A broken rail car valve spilled 1,000 gallons of phosphoric acid at a chemical plant. More information |
Friday
Oct 01 |
Sandakan, Malaysia: Fire broke out in a dryer unit at a playwood factory. More information |
Friday
Oct 01 |
Dundalk, MD: Fire destroyed a vacant liquor warehouse. More information |
Friday
Oct 01 |
Maspeth, NY: Flames ripped through the silos of a cement plant during a three-alarm inferno. More information |