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Entries for April 2010
Monday
Apr 26 |
Holland Twp., MI: A defibrillator saved the life of a metal finishing plant worker who was electrocuted. More information |
Monday
Apr 26 |
Fort Wayne, IN: A semi idling at an plant loading dock caught fire. More information |
Monday
Apr 26 |
Ellesmere Port, UK: A worker at a glass recycling plant died in an accident involving a forklift. More information |
Monday
Apr 26 |
Antrim, UK: A fire in an empty factory forced officials to issue a shelter-in-place order. More information |
Sunday
Apr 25 |
Santa Cruz, Bolivia: Protesters set fire to a sugar refinery, causing a small amount of damage. More information |
Sunday
Apr 25 |
Ponce de Leon, FL: A factory specializing in aquarium filters caught fire. More information |
Sunday
Apr 25 |
Mumbai, India: A major fire broke out at a leather factory. More information |
Sunday
Apr 25 |
Morris, PA: A drilling rig worker died when a high-pressure hose valve burst. More information |
Sunday
Apr 25 |
Maharashtra, India: Fire destroyed a razor blade factory. More information |
Sunday
Apr 25 |
Khudureya, Saudia Arabia: A fire at a sponge factory spread through three large shipping containers. More information |
Sunday
Apr 25 |
Irbil, Iraq: Five workers died in a explosion at an iron factory. More information |
Sunday
Apr 25 |
Cleveland, OH: Students from a fire training academy responded when fire broke out at a mulching plant. More information |
Sunday
Apr 25 |
Chattanooga, TN: Gusty winds make it difficult to fight a warehouse fire in an industrial park. More information |
Sunday
Apr 25 |
Abdullapur Basti, India: A cotton gin caught fire. More information |
Sunday
Apr 25 |
Mazatlán, Mexico: A blast triggered by an attempt to steal fuel from a pipeline left 2 people dead. More information |
Sunday
Apr 25 |
Mazgaon, India: Fifteen fire tenders rushed to a burning chemical plant in a dockyard industrial area. More information |
Saturday
Apr 24 |
Beaumont, TX: A coker unit was taken out of service due to a crack releasing pollution. More information |
Saturday
Apr 24 |
Tallulah Port, LA: A tornado damaged a chemical plant, causing a small spill of liquid nitrogen. More information |
Saturday
Apr 24 |
Sunshine, LA: A tank barge exploded at a storage tank terminal on the Mississippi River. More information |
Saturday
Apr 24 |
Shropham, UK: A compressor room fire spread through a vegetable processing plant. More information |
Saturday
Apr 24 |
San Bernardino, CA: Fire broke out in a trash compactor at a snack chip factory. More information |
Saturday
Apr 24 |
Port Klang, Malaysia: A paint factory was destroyed by fire. More information |
Saturday
Apr 24 |
New Haven, IN: About 2,000 pounds of chlorine gas escaped from an aluminum smelting plant. More information |
Saturday
Apr 24 |
Ludlow, MA: A heating tank exploded at a natural gas plant. More information |
Saturday
Apr 24 |
East Allen Twp., PA: Fire damaged conveyor belts and an elevator at a cement plant. More information |
Saturday
Apr 24 |
Cardon, Venezuela: Fire broke out at a refinery after an explosion in a catalytic cracker. More information |
Saturday
Apr 24 |
Attleborough, UK: Fire broke out at a food processing plant. More information |
Friday
Apr 23 |
Woodbridge, NJ: An overpressurized portable tank split, igniting a small amount of gasoline. More information |
Friday
Apr 23 |
Shibrampur, Bangladesh: A fire at a sweater factory destroyed equipment and inventory. More information |
Friday
Apr 23 |
Shahdol, India: A transformer blaze triggered a fire that spread through a power plant. More information |
Friday
Apr 23 |
Scunthorpe, UK: A steel plant worker died in an industrial accident. More information |
Friday
Apr 23 |
Newport, KY: An ammonia leak at a dairy plant injured a worker and triggered an evacuation. More information |
Friday
Apr 23 |
Fitchburg, MA: Sparks from a grinder ignited a dust explosion that spread to a silo at a biomass plant. More information |
Friday
Apr 23 |
Fazeley, UK: A fire in an empty factory in an industrial park is under investigation as possible arson. More information |
Friday
Apr 23 |
Algona, IA: A fire call at a tool plant turned out to be filters smoldering in a drying oven. More information |
Thursday
Apr 22 |
Seattle, WA: A propane tank exploded when it fell into a shredder at a metal recycling plant. More information |
Thursday
Apr 22 |
Plymouth, WI -- A warehouse fire at a cheese factory burned more than eight hours. More information |
Thursday
Apr 22 |
Port Wentworth, GA: A lumber products plant worker was crushed to death by mobile equipment. More information |
Thursday
Apr 22 |
Peoria, IL: A corn germ dryer sparked a fire at an agricultural products plant. More information |
Thursday
Apr 22 |
Oxford Twp., NJ: Fire broke out in a trash pit used to fuel a power producting incinerator. More information |
Thursday
Apr 22 |
Nuneaton, UK: Water run off from a metal finishing plant fire may have polluted a nearby river. More information |
Thursday
Apr 22 |
New Caledonia, France: An extraction column at a new nickel treatment plant ruptured, spilling acid and solvents. More information |
Thursday
Apr 22 |
Murray County, TN: A worker fell head first into machinery at a carpet factory. More information |
Thursday
Apr 22 |
Hartford, WI: Fire damaged a wood pallet factory. More information |
Thursday
Apr 22 |
Delhi, India: Firefighters fought a fire at a ball bearings factory nearly four hours. More information |
Thursday
Apr 22 |
Charleston, SC: A worker suffered burns when an industrial kiln being welded caught fire. More information |
Thursday
Apr 22 |
Carson Valley, NV: A metal fabricating plant caught fire. More information |
Thursday
Apr 22 |
Belle, WV: A vent lifted on a storage tank at a chemical plant release a strong odor. More information |
Thursday
Apr 22 |
Augusta, GA: Responders spent hours battling flames at a recycling plant. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 21 |
Waskatenau, AB: A grain elevator filled with oats and wheat caught fire, forcing an area evacuation. More information |
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