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Entries for August 2010
Tuesday
Aug 03 |
Blackrod, UK: A recycling plant warehouse burned through the night. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 03 |
Hai Phong, Vietnam: A chemical explosion at a power plant killed two workers and seriously injured four others. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 03 |
Hollister, CA: A fire at a recycling plant threatened to ignite a wildfire. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 03 |
Geneva, NY: A 50' by 60' section section of roof collapsed at a food processing plant. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 03 |
Manchester, CT: A gunman who opened fire at a beer distributorship is among nine people killed. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 03 |
Chicago, IL: A grenade found hanging from a light pole in front of a recycling plant was later detonated safely. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 03 |
Vyksa, Russia: With workers occupied fighting wildfires across the Nizhny Novgorod region, a steel plant was forced to temporarily close. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 03 |
Cincinnati, OH: A worker at a motor oil refinery was injured in a loading dock accident. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 03 |
Pretoria, South Africa: A transformer explosion killed one auto parts plant worker and injured three others. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 03 |
Greenwood, SC: Sprinklers helped extinguish a textile factory fire but caused extensive water damage. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 03 |
Aldermaston, UK: Fire support teams were initially not allowed into an atomic weapons plant during a fire in a bunker containing explosives. More information |
Monday
Aug 02 |
Lalru, India: Fire gutted a portion of a plant making bodies for luxury buses. More information |
Monday
Aug 02 |
Jinja, Uganda: Fire destroyed an edible oil refinery. More information |
Monday
Aug 02 |
Richmond, IN: A machine fire at an auto part manufacturer took nearly two hours to extinguish. More information |
Monday
Aug 02 |
Memphis, TN: Hot weather hindered firefighters battling a fire at a corn mill. More information |
Monday
Aug 02 |
Monticello, IN: A machine fire broke out at a plant making power transmission parts. More information |
Monday
Aug 02 |
Bluegrass, IA: A fire at a rock quarry was quickly extinguished. More information |
Monday
Aug 02 |
Boise, ID: A fire swept through the heating and cooling system at a plant making semi-conductors and solar panels. More information |
Monday
Aug 02 |
Marion, PA: A silo was torn down to reach a smoldering fire at a stove pellet plant. More information |
Monday
Aug 02 |
Owens Cross Roads, AL: Fire broke out at a pyrotechnics plant. More information |
Monday
Aug 02 |
San Diego, CA: A fire broke out at a recycling plant. More information |
Monday
Aug 02 |
Pittsburgh, PA: Acrylic acid spilled inside a delivery truck, sending the driver to the hospital. More information |
Sunday
Aug 01 |
Cossipore, India: A fire gutted a first-floor sari printing factory. More information |
Sunday
Aug 01 |
Jl Prepeden Dalam, Indonesia: A furniture factory fire spread to nearby houses. More information |
Sunday
Aug 01 |
Port Arthur, TX: A worker refused treatment after suffering burns during a fire at a chemical plant. More information |
Sunday
Aug 01 |
Fresno, CA: Sprinkler helped confine a fire that broke out at an industrial laundry. More information |
Sunday
Aug 01 |
Rotherham, UK: Road and rail travel has been disrupted after a fire at a vehicle workshop at an industrial estate. More information |
Sunday
Aug 01 |
Kulai Jaya, Malaysia: Firefighters who extinguished a plastics plant fire were forced to return several hours later. More information |
Sunday
Aug 01 |
Borger, TX: An incident involving a ruptured steam line left 13 oil refinery workers injured, some with burns and others with broken bones suffered in the evacuation. More information |
Sunday
Aug 01 |
Niederdorfelden, Germany: Several 125-gallon drums of nitrocellulose granules detonated at a chemical plant. More information |
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