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Entries for April 2011
Monday
Apr 25 |
Stockton, CA: A large fire broke out at a food packaging plant. More information |
Monday
Apr 25 |
Artesia, NM: A wildfire reached the fense line of a 105,000 barrel per day oil refinery. More information |
Monday
Apr 25 |
Jiugong, China: 17 migrant workers died when a fire swept through an illegal garment factory. More information |
Monday
Apr 25 |
Ladysmith, WI: A moulding machine at a windows factory caught fire but was quickly extinguished. More information |
Monday
Apr 25 |
Brisbane, Australia: Officials evacuated a large area surround a factory fire. More information |
Monday
Apr 25 |
Danville, KY: An electrical surge from a lightning strike damaged computer systems throughout a greeting card printing plant. More information |
Monday
Apr 25 |
Lancaster, PA: Fire broke out at an aluminum plant near an outside ventilation system. More information |
Monday
Apr 25 |
Nanning, China: An explosion rocked a pesticide factory, injuring three workers. More information |
Monday
Apr 25 |
Northampton, UK: Responders managed to keep a chemical plant fire away from cyanide storage tanks. More information |
Sunday
Apr 24 |
Beijing, China: A fire at a clothing factory killed at least 17 persons and injured 24. More information |
Sunday
Apr 24 |
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: High winds stripped plywood from a contruction site and dropped it through the roof of an electrical equipment factory. More information |
Sunday
Apr 24 |
Central Point, OR: A oil barrel caught fire at a construction products plant, the second fire at the site in two weeks. More information |
Sunday
Apr 24 |
Harrah, OK: Fire broke out in a tank battery at an oil well site. More information |
Sunday
Apr 24 |
North Sea, Norway: Chronic problems with leaking gas forced an offshore oil rig to shut down production. More information |
Saturday
Apr 23 |
Gulf of Mexico: A contract worker died when he fell through an opening in the deck of an offshore oil platform. More information |
Saturday
Apr 23 |
Perth, Australia: A tanker truck carrying 45,000 liters of diesel fuel crashed and burned. More information |
Saturday
Apr 23 |
Comet, Australia: A tanker truck rolled down an embankment, spilling nearly 18,000 liters of diesel. More information |
Saturday
Apr 23 |
Johannesburg, S. Africa: Fire damage to a bedding factory was so extensive that a building collapse is feared. More information |
Saturday
Apr 23 |
New Taipei, Taiwan: An explosion at a paper mill killed four people. More information |
Saturday
Apr 23 |
St. Bernard, OH: A small fire broke out at a chemical plant during maintenance on an empty tank. More information |
Saturday
Apr 23 |
Winton Hills, OH: A two-alarm fire broke out at a chemical plant. More information |
Saturday
Apr 23 |
Kingswinford, UK: Fire broke out at a recycling plant. More information |
Saturday
Apr 23 |
Lye, UK: Thirty tons of waste burned in a recycling plant fire. More information |
Friday
Apr 22 |
Watsonville, CA: Half the lost contents of a warehouse destroyed by fire was apple juice and cider. More information |
Friday
Apr 22 |
Borneo, Malaysia: Fire razed a closed furniture factory. More information |
Friday
Apr 22 |
Rishikesh, India: A tire factory fire took three hours to extinguish. More information |
Friday
Apr 22 |
Houston, TX: An oil refinery reported emissions due to a “unit upset." More information |
Friday
Apr 22 |
San Antonio, TX: A tanker truck carrying 8,600 gallons of gasoline overturned and burned, causing major traffic problems. More information |
Friday
Apr 22 |
Clarinda, IA: Flames shot from the roof of a bearings plant as a heating and air conditioning unit caught fire. More information |
Friday
Apr 22 |
Tulsa, OK: Fire broke out at an oil refinery as lightning was observed in the area. More information |
Thursday
Apr 21 |
Portland, OR: Fire broke out in two paint booths at a facility that makes rail cars and marine barges. More information |
Thursday
Apr 21 |
Pardubice, Czech Republic: Four people died and seven were injured in an explosion at at plant manufacturing Semtex. More information |
Thursday
Apr 21 |
Muhlenberg, KY: A tractor-trailer rig overturned, spilling 7,700 gallons of ethanol. More information |
Thursday
Apr 21 |
Pleasant View, TN: More than 700 gallons of vinyl methyl ether spilled from an overturned tank truck. More information |
Thursday
Apr 21 |
Texas City, TX: A "power blip" at an oil refinery resulted in eight hours of flaring. More information |
Thursday
Apr 21 |
Al Shaheen Field, Qatar: Fire broke out in the emergency generator room of an offshore accommodation platform. More information |
Thursday
Apr 21 |
Southport, NC: Smoke was detected from a yeast drying system at an animal feed production facility. More information |
Thursday
Apr 21 |
Chicago, IL: Two workers fell into a 40-foot hole at a water treatment plant. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 20 |
Brahmapuri, India: Fire destroyed a warehouse at a chemical plant. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 20 |
Moraine, OH: Fire broke out in a dust collector at a metals factory. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 20 |
Tulsa, OK: A worker escaped injury when a storage tank at an established oil well site exploded. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 20 |
Monument, CO: A chemical spill on a rail line prompted the evacuation of 250 homes. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 20 |
Mohave Valley, CA: A blown transformer started a fire in a power plant steam turbine. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 20 |
Santa Rosa, CA: A flash fire in machinery at an electronics plant left three workers injured. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 20 |
Meerut, India: Fire broke out in the warehouse at a chemical plant. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 20 |
Penryn, PA: An explosion and fire destroyed a wood finishing factory. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 20 |
Pardubice, Czech Republic: Four people died and nine were injured in an explosive plant blast. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 20 |
San Juan, Mexico: Two people were killed by an explosion in a fireworks factory. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 20 |
Napa, CA: An assistant winemaker died when she fell into a wine tank. More information |
Wednesday
Apr 20 |
Tema, Ghana: A gas explosion at a steel mill injured 13 workers. More information |
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