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Entries for April 2011
Monday
Apr 04 |
Liberty City, TX: Lightning struck several salt water disposal tanks, igniting a fire. More information |
Monday
Apr 04 |
Anderson County, TN: Lightning struck an underground gas pipeline, igniting a fire. More information |
Monday
Apr 04 |
Toronto, ON: A state-owned power company was the source of a mineral oil leak that reached Ashbridges Bay. More information |
Monday
Apr 04 |
Minonk, IL: A dust collector fire at a metal fabrication plant was isolated to just one room. More information |
Monday
Apr 04 |
Buffalo, NY: Firefighters used soda ash to smother flames at a titanium recycling plant. More information |
Sunday
Apr 03 |
Crystal River, FL: Insulation caught fire during the restart of a coal-fired power plant shut down since January due to fire. More information |
Sunday
Apr 03 |
Longview, TX: No injuries were reported in a small fire reported at a recycling plant. More information |
Sunday
Apr 03 |
Galloway Twp., NJ: Fire swept through the shipping and receiving area and small weave room of a textile mill specializing in wall and seating fabrics. More information |
Saturday
Apr 02 |
Orizaba, Mexico: An explosion at an alcohol production plant killed four people. More information |
Saturday
Apr 02 |
Cilacap, Indonesia: A tank containing 2.7 million gallons of a high octane gasoline component caught fire at an oil refinery. More information |
Saturday
Apr 02 |
Armstrong, BC: An explosion and fire damaged a factory that processes wood shavings into fuel pellets. More information |
Saturday
Apr 02 |
Parkersburg, WV: A rail tank car released a small amount of hydrochloric acid vapor. More information |
Saturday
Apr 02 |
Sarnia, ON: A contractor at an oil refinery lost the tips off two fingers when a wrench spun around suddenly. More information |
Saturday
Apr 02 |
Urumqi, China: Rescuers found the bodies of 10 miners overcome by gas. More information |
Saturday
Apr 02 |
Cilacap,Indonesia: Fire spread through three storage tanks at a refinery, burning for five days. More information |
Saturday
Apr 02 |
Sharjah, UAE: Fire spread through a warehouse for diesel and lubricants at a chemical plant. More information |
Friday
Apr 01 |
Shallowater, TX: A heater treater exploded in an oilfield, burning for nearly two hours. More information |
Friday
Apr 01 |
Lumberton, TX: A natural gas well exploded and burned. More information |
Friday
Apr 01 |
Newman, CA: A crop dusting plane clipped a propane tanker truck and crashed at a landing strip. More information |
Friday
Apr 01 |
Texas City, TX: A leaking relief valve at an oil refinery released hydrogen sulfide. More information |
Friday
Apr 01 |
Dongdu, China: Five people were killed when an explosion ripped through a workshop of a motorcycle parts maker. More information |
Friday
Apr 01 |
Edson, AB: An explosion at a gas well site left one worker injured. More information |
Friday
Apr 01 |
Narabi, Nigeria: A fuel tanker overturned, sparking an inferno in which some 50 people were killed More information |
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