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Entries for July 2010
Tuesday
Jul 20 |
Newnan, GA: A packaging plant worker suffered burns from direct contact with ammonia fumes. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 20 |
Milford Haven, UK: A power outage resulted in a process unit fire at an oil refinery. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 20 |
Vadodara, India: Firefighters fought a three hour blaze at a chemical plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 20 |
Nashville, TN: Firefighters fought a blaze in a vacant book publishing plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 20 |
Deer Park, TX: A responder suffered a steam burn during a small fire at a chemical plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 20 |
Hooks, TX: A worker at an ammunition plant lost her left hand in an explosion. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 20 |
Cowell, Australia: A mine worker had to be treated for smoke inhalation after a fire. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 20 |
Driefontein, South Africa: A mine worker was killed in an accident. More information |
Monday
Jul 19 |
Buffalo, NY: Fire destroyed an industrial building. More information |
Monday
Jul 19 |
Piqua, OH: A 5,000 pound roll of coiled steel wire fell on the foot of an filler metal plant worker. More information |
Monday
Jul 19 |
Leverstock Green, UK: Digging equipment caught fire at a compost plant after an electrical fault. More information |
Monday
Jul 19 |
Warrick County, IN: Fire broke out at a coal-fueled electricity-generating power plant. More information |
Monday
Jul 19 |
Lynn, MA: A small insulation fire broke out in the gear plant building at an aviation manufacturer. More information |
Monday
Jul 19 |
Morristown, TN: An explosion at a plant that manufactures printing materials injured one person. More information |
Monday
Jul 19 |
Marine City, MI: A foam packaging plant was evacuated after a fork lift hit a gas line. More information |
Monday
Jul 19 |
LaPaz, IN: Fire broke out at a fireworks factory. More information |
Monday
Jul 19 |
Niagra Falls, NY: Smoke from an overheated air cooling system filled a city water treatment plant. More information |
Monday
Jul 19 |
La Praille, Switzerland: Four drums of heat-sensitive amyl nitrite began swelling at a transport facility. More information |
Monday
Jul 19 |
Waltham, MA: A guard was hospitalized after a fire involving lactic acid lithium broke out at a chemical plant. More information |
Monday
Jul 19 |
Hilzingen, Germany: Fire broke out at a biogas plant. More information |
Monday
Jul 19 |
Gescher, Germany: A shredder at a waste disposal plant exploded. More information |
Monday
Jul 19 |
Novo Hamburgo, Brazil: An explosion occurred in a furnace used to cure high temperature paint. More information |
Sunday
Jul 18 |
San Antonio, TX: A fire at a box manufacturing plant was confined to one area. More information |
Sunday
Jul 18 |
Grove City, OH: Firefighters contained a tire recycling plant fire within an hour. More information |
Sunday
Jul 18 |
Lonsdale, Australia: A fire at a gas cylinder plant involved a furniture storage area. More information |
Sunday
Jul 18 |
Narsinghdi, Bangladesh: Fire damaged a 210 megawatt turbine unit at a thermal power plant. More information |
Sunday
Jul 18 |
Dennis, MS: A conveyor belt fire ignited wood chips being loaded onto a barge. More information |
Sunday
Jul 18 |
Toano, VA: A fire at a bottling plant began in the basement and spread to the roof. More information |
Sunday
Jul 18 |
Riegelwood, NC: An electrical fire ignited sawdust in a silo at a paper plant. More information |
Sunday
Jul 18 |
Santa Clara, CA: A recycling plant fire spread through cardboard and plastic. More information |
Sunday
Jul 18 |
Stanford, KY: Workers accidently cracked a chlorine tank at a water treatment plant, forcing an area evacation. More information |
Sunday
Jul 18 |
New Dehli, India: An electrical fire resulted in an 8-hour blaze at a shoe factory. More information |
Sunday
Jul 18 |
Vladikavkaz,Russia: A pump failure at a zinc factory released sulfuric acid into the atmosphere. More information |
Saturday
Jul 17 |
Monroe, LA: Sprinklers extinguished a warehouse fire in an industrial park. More information |
Saturday
Jul 17 |
Tyler, TX: A worker unloading a railcar died after being trapped in a conveyor belt. More information |
Saturday
Jul 17 |
Whitehall, OH: A hot oil spill at a refinery blew a gasket in a hydrogen tank & caused a pipe to catch fire.
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Saturday
Jul 17 |
Takoradi, Ghana: Fire destroyed a generating unit at a thermal power plant. More information |
Saturday
Jul 17 |
Shreveport, LA: A chemical burn-off process caused heavier than usual smoke from a refinery's smokestacks. More information |
Saturday
Jul 17 |
Coalville, UK: A shelter-in-place order was issued during a smokey factory fire. More information |
Saturday
Jul 17 |
West Homestead, PA: Responders rescued a man who had a diabetic emergency while operating a crane at a manufacturing plant. More information |
Saturday
Jul 17 |
Tomball, TX: Firefighters chose not to intervene in a 4-alarm fire at a paint factory. More information |
Saturday
Jul 17 |
Los Angeles, CA: Firefighters knocked down a smokey blaze in a metal recycling yard next to a mattress factory. More information |
Saturday
Jul 17 |
Petersburg, VA: A former tobacco plant undergoing renovation caught fire. More information |
Saturday
Jul 17 |
Jiangxi Province, China: An explosion at a shipyard killed 5 people. More information |
Saturday
Jul 17 |
Fernley, NV: A barrel aboard a truck at a metals recovery plant began emiting smoke. More information |
Friday
Jul 16 |
Independence, IA: A dust explosion at a corn cob processing plant kept volunteer firefighters busy. More information |
Friday
Jul 16 |
Port Kembla, Australia: Insulation on an unused cooling tower caught fire at an industrial facility. More information |
Friday
Jul 16 |
Garner, NC: Responders rescued a concrete plant worker who suffered a head injury on a 25-foot-tall platform. More information |
Friday
Jul 16 |
Kinmel Bay, UK: Firefighters battled a recycling plant fire. More information |
Friday
Jul 16 |
Takoradi, Ghana: Fire razed a paint factory. More information |
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