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Entries for June 2010
Monday
Jun 21 |
June 21 - Gull Lake, AB: A lightning strike ignited a tank battery. More information |
Monday
Jun 21 |
Berhampur, India: More than 40 people fell sick when chlorine leaked in an industrial area. More information |
Monday
Jun 21 |
Rahnal, India: Fire swept through 11 warehouse, most storing chemicals. More information |
Monday
Jun 21 |
St. Clair Twp., OH: Smoke forced workers to evacuate a brewery. More information |
Monday
Jun 21 |
Sparrows Point, MI: A flash fire at a locomotive repair plant injured 1. More information |
Monday
Jun 21 |
Wellford, SC: A semi caught fire at a textile plant loading dock. More information |
Monday
Jun 21 |
Savannah, GA: An ammonia leak forced workers at a food processing plant to leave. More information |
Sunday
Jun 20 |
Creswell, OR: Investigators found fuel-soaked rags at a mill fire. More information |
Sunday
Jun 20 |
Tema, Ghana: Damage due to heavy rains forced an oil refinery to halt operations. More information |
Sunday
Jun 20 |
Chattanooga, TN: Foam was used to extinguish burning debris at a metals plant. More information |
Sunday
Jun 20 |
Peabody, MA: Tons of mulch were involved in a fire at a mulch plant. More information |
Sunday
Jun 20 |
Tema, Ghana: Damage due to heavy rains forced an oil refinery to halt operations. More information |
Sunday
Jun 20 |
Southampton, UK: About 20 barrels of vacuum gas oil were spilled as a ship unloaded at a refinery. More information |
Sunday
Jun 20 |
Vernon, CA: A packing plant worker lost both legs when he fell into a multi-blade meat grinder. More information |
Sunday
Jun 20 |
San MartÃn del Rey Aurelio, Spain: A fire swept through homes next to a flammable goods warehouse. More information |
Sunday
Jun 20 |
Saint-Martin-de-Beauce, QC: Fire destroyed a plant specializing in exterior wood coatings. More information |
Sunday
Jun 20 |
Caudan, France: Molten steel spilled in an oven at a car parts plant, igniting a fire. More information |
Sunday
Jun 20 |
Roodepoort, S. Africa: An explosion at a plant making mining charges disrupted Soccer City activities. More information |
Saturday
Jun 19 |
Gibson County, IN: Fire destroyed part of a unused meat packing plant. More information |
Saturday
Jun 19 |
Vernon, CA: A meat packing plant worker was critically injured when he fell into a meat grinder. More information |
Saturday
Jun 19 |
Gazipur District, Bangladesh: A worker died when a chemical drum exploded at a ceramics plant. More information |
Saturday
Jun 19 |
Vernon, CA: A meat packing plant worker was critically injured when he fell into a meat grinder. More information |
Saturday
Jun 19 |
Sacramento, CA: A grass fire spread to piles of cardboard at a recycling center. More information |
Saturday
Jun 19 |
Somerset, KY: An equipment fire broke out at a glass plant. More information |
Saturday
Jun 19 |
Fort Branch, IN: A closed meat packing plant burned 3 days. More information |
Saturday
Jun 19 |
Anacortes, WA: A pinhole leak at an oil refinery briefly ignited. More information |
Friday
Jun 18 |
Devon, PA: A small explosion rocked an industrial testing lab. More information |
Friday
Jun 18 |
Pawtucket, RI: 3 firefighters were exposed to an ammonia leak at a power plant. More information |
Friday
Jun 18 |
Maryborough, Australia: A chemical explosion rocked an iron foundry. More information |
Friday
Jun 18 |
Berlin, Germany: An arson arrest was made in a fire that damaged a factory. More information |
Friday
Jun 18 |
Jackson, IL: A railroad worker clearing a derailment died when a crane collapsed. More information |
Friday
Jun 18 |
Pecos, TX: Fire swept through storage sheds at a food processing plant. More information |
Thursday
Jun 17 |
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: 21 workers were injured in an explosion at a chemical warehouse. More information |
Thursday
Jun 17 |
Benicia, CA: Steam mixed with a refining process byproduct, injuring several refinery workers. More information |
Thursday
Jun 17 |
Simi Valley, CA: A pressure vessel blast destroyed a facility for testing alternate fuels, killing 1. More information |
Thursday
Jun 17 |
Beech Island, SC: Fire broke out at a paper plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 16 |
Mt. Holly, NC: An equipment fire broke out at a chemical plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 16 |
Tampa, FL: A set of conveyor belts on a freighter unloading granite gravel caught fire. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 16 |
Everett, WA: A chemical spill at a paper mill prompted a large hazmat response. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 16 |
Garden City, NY: An aerospace plant worker lost 7 fingers and part of an 8th when machinery slammed shut. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 16 |
Dundee, NB: A fire that damaged an asphalt plant is being investigated as arson. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 16 |
Karlstadt, Germany: Fire damaged a cement factory. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 16 |
Mt. Holly, NC: An equipment fire broke out at a chemical plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 16 |
Rotterdam, Netherlands: A contract worker died in a construction accident at a refinery. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 16 |
Vadapatti, India: 6 people died in an explosion at a firecracker factory. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 15 |
Ajman, UAE: 2 workers cleaning an oil storage tank after a fire were overcome by fumes and died. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 15 |
Aguaray, Argentina: An explosion involving 2 relief valves rocked a refinery. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 15 |
Tacoma, WA: An explosion rocked a biodiesel plant operated in a neighborhood garage. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 15 |
Saint John, NB: The second fire in a week at a paper mill is under investigation. More information |
Tuesday
Jun 15 |
Gulf of Mexico: A small fire broke out aboard a ship recovering oil from a massive spill in the Gulf. 7ugq More information |
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