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Entries for July 2010
Saturday
Jul 10 |
Ludwigshafen, Germany: Fire swept through a 130-foot storage rack at a chemical plant. More information |
Saturday
Jul 10 |
Ravensburg, Germany: An explosion rocked a chipboard production factory. More information |
Saturday
Jul 10 |
New Baltimore, MI: A fire at a plant making thermoplastic piping systems took 3 hours to extinguish. More information |
Friday
Jul 09 |
Mount Vernon, OH: A small fire broke out at a paper container plant. More information |
Friday
Jul 09 |
Banten, Indonesia: A chemical plant explosion involving 3 hydrochloric acid storage tanks killed 1 person. More information |
Friday
Jul 09 |
Decatur, AL: Steel workers accidentally detonated a military explosive device in the company's scrap yard. More information |
Friday
Jul 09 |
Leverkusen, Germany: Water curtains were used to contain a release of titanium tetrachloride at a chemical plant. More information |
Friday
Jul 09 |
Eitorf, Germany: An explosion at a gas bottling plant that injured one was followed by a second emergency four days later. More information |
Friday
Jul 09 |
Anderson, IN: A man trapped in a mattress-rolling machine was airlifted with a partially amputated arm. More information |
Friday
Jul 09 |
Chester, VA: Fire broke out at an industrial park in several businesses undergoing renovation. More information |
Friday
Jul 09 |
Jackson, MN: Smoke triggered a fire alarm at an electronics plant in an industrial park. More information |
Friday
Jul 09 |
Holyoke, MA: Hot ash clogged duct work at a power plant, resulting in a fire. More information |
Friday
Jul 09 |
Boise, ID: Sprinklers helped douse a fire at a coffee roasting plant. More information |
Friday
Jul 09 |
Calcutta, India: A fire at a dyeing factory threatened to spread to a nearby plastics plant. More information |
Friday
Jul 09 |
Eldridge, IA: A fire at at a printing plant injured 2 when a baler machine caught fire.
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Friday
Jul 09 |
Columbia, MO: A food processing plant worker got his arm caught in rolling machine. More information |
Friday
Jul 09 |
Vernal, UT - 4 oil field workers were overcome when hydrogen sulfide escaped from a rig. More information |
Friday
Jul 09 |
White City, OR: Fire destroyed 2 occupied buildings in an industrial park. More information |
Friday
Jul 09 |
Pachuta, MS: An oil storage tank explosion that injured a vacuum truck driver forced the evacuation of about 150 people. More information |
Friday
Jul 09 |
Willow Lake, IL: A mine worker died in an underground accident involving a shuttle car. More information |
Thursday
Jul 08 |
Lake Charles, LA: A drum containing a corrosive agent exploded at an oilfield services company while being pressurized, injuring 1. More information |
Thursday
Jul 08 |
Englewood, CO: A welder died from injuries when vapors inside a half-full 21,000-gallon fuel tank exploded. More information |
Thursday
Jul 08 |
Loughborough, UK: A truck caught fire at the indoor loading bay for a brush plant. More information |
Thursday
Jul 08 |
Lausanne, Switzerland: A fire at a polyethylene recycling plant shut down nearby rail service. More information |
Thursday
Jul 08 |
Karachi, Pakistan: 2 people were killed while 2 others injured when the roof of a factory collapsed. More information |
Thursday
Jul 08 |
Chattanooga, TN: Workers were evacuated when fire broke out at an agricultural mill. More information |
Thursday
Jul 08 |
Forsyth County, GA: 2 abandoned barrels labeled as oxidizer turned out to be waste oil. More information |
Thursday
Jul 08 |
Darlington, UK: Fire crews responded to a huge blaze at a refuse plant. More information |
Thursday
Jul 08 |
Menasha, WI: Sprinklers extinguished most of a fire that broke out at a plastic pellets plant. More information |
Thursday
Jul 08 |
Albany, IN: Fire broke out at an aluminum alloy die casting plant. More information |
Thursday
Jul 08 |
Blackpole, UK: Firefighters extinguished a fire at a fiberglass panel plant within an hour. More information |
Thursday
Jul 08 |
Chicago, IL: Firefighters battled a fire at an industrial bakery specializing in pita bread. More information |
Thursday
Jul 08 |
Kuchink, India: A missing worker is feared dead after a fire at a timber & hardward factory. More information |
Thursday
Jul 08 |
Noblesville, IN: Fire broke out in a storage area at a painting & staining plant. More information |
Thursday
Jul 08 |
Stulln, Germany - A worker suffered serious burns in an explosion in a chemical plant. More information |
Thursday
Jul 08 |
Kampung Baru, Malaysia: 1 factories making pet food and furniture were destroyed by fire. More information |
Thursday
Jul 08 |
Ladner, BC: A small explosion at a factory that makes inflatable boats injured 1.
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Thursday
Jul 08 |
Hopewell, VA: A bomb squad robot was used to investigate a suspicious package at a packaging plant. More information |
Thursday
Jul 08 |
Aden, Yemen: The latest of three major fires at power plant in south Yemen was reported. More information |
Thursday
Jul 08 |
Knowsley, UK: Fire broke out in a storage bunker at a wood chipping factory. More information |
Thursday
Jul 08 |
Heijningen, Netherland: Fire broke out in a plastics factory. More information |
Thursday
Jul 08 |
Tavaux, France: Nearly 8,000 liters of gas containing chlorine leaked at a chemical plant. More information |
Thursday
Jul 08 |
Gympie, Australia: A fiberboard factory is expected to remain closed 2 weeks after an electrical fire. More information |
Thursday
Jul 08 |
Indiana Harbor, IL: A steam explosion from molten metal exposed to moisture injured 3 steel plant workers. More information |
Thursday
Jul 08 |
Tullnerbach, Austria: A truck carrying hazardous materials crashed near a lake, then caught fire as it was being towed away. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 07 |
Bolton, UK: A fire in a storage container at a textiles factory is being investigated as arson. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 07 |
Fremont, OH: 1 contractor died & 1 was trapped when the roof of a food processing plant collapsed. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 07 |
Elizabethton, TN: A fire in a metal dust collector at a pre-fab building plant injured a worker. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 07 |
Escanaba, MI: Fire destroyed a plant for processing wild game. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 07 |
Rowan County, NC: Stacks of wooden pallets at a forest products plant caught fire. More information |
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