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Entries for July 2011
Sunday
Jul 24 |
Barrow, UK: Factory firefighters extinguished a blaze that spread through machinery at a paper products factory. More information |
Sunday
Jul 24 |
Saugas, MA: A massive fireball lit up the sky when a gas tanker crashed, killing the driver. More information |
Sunday
Jul 24 |
Mango, FL: A large pipe that carries jet fuel between Tampa to Orlando ruptured, spewing thousands of gallons of fuel into a creek. More information |
Sunday
Jul 24 |
Flintshire, UK: Firefighters battled a paper mill fire for six and a half hours. More information |
Sunday
Jul 24 |
Calhoun, GA: A worker at a building materials plant died in an accident while removing a hydraulic cylinder from machinery. More information |
Sunday
Jul 24 |
Shalimar, India: Radiant heat from a burning paint factory shattered glass windows in nearby homes. More information |
Saturday
Jul 23 |
Irvine, CA: Flames rapidly engulfed a computer components factory, making an interior attack impossible. More information |
Saturday
Jul 23 |
Croydon Park, Australia: An inventory of synthetic lawn was destroyed by fire in a storage shed at a factory. More information |
Saturday
Jul 23 |
Greenport, NY: Hazmat responders dealt with an ammonia leak at a cold storage facility. More information |
Saturday
Jul 23 |
Arnold, PA: A relief valve released ammonia from a storage tank at a food processing plant when two cooling towers lost power. More information |
Saturday
Jul 23 |
Castroville, CA: An ammonia leak was reported at a cold storage facility. More information |
Saturday
Jul 23 |
Farrell, PA: A hydrogen tank being delivered to a steel plant exploded, injuring the driver making the delivery. More information |
Friday
Jul 22 |
West Chester, PA: Sulfuric acid leaked from an overhead pipe at a fire protection products plant. More information |
Friday
Jul 22 |
Naugatuck, CT: Welding at a steel fabrication plant ignited a leaking acetylene tank that burned more than six hours without exploding. More information |
Thursday
Jul 21 |
Sawyer, MI: A tanker truck loaded with a water and sodium hydroxide mixture exploded near a motel. More information |
Thursday
Jul 21 |
Launceston, Australia: A fire devastated equipment and inventory at a small goods factory. More information |
Thursday
Jul 21 |
Louisville, KY: Fire broke out at a plant specializing in conduit. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 20 |
Warner Robins, GA: A worker suffered burns in a flash fire at an outdoor propane filling station serving a glass bottle plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 20 |
New York, NY: It took 3 days to stop raw sewage from flowing into the Hudson River after a fire at a water treatment plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 20 |
Weston, WI: Fire ignited in an oven at an industrial coatings plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 19 |
Kulim, Malaysia: 600 jobs were lost when a rubber factory burned to the ground. More information |
Monday
Jul 18 |
Ingham, Australia: 5 workers suffered burns from exposure to a lime solution at a sugar refinery. More information |
Monday
Jul 18 |
Haverhill, UK: Nearly a ton of aluminium chloride spilled from a truck reacted with rain to create toxic fumes at a food flavorings plant. More information |
Monday
Jul 18 |
Pearland, TX: Firefighters used foam to extinguish a fire that spread through multiple tanks at a chemical plant. More information |
Monday
Jul 18 |
Galax, VA: An equipment fire at a furniture factory spread to a dust storage trailer and two silos. More information |
Monday
Jul 18 |
Silvertown, UK: Fire broke out in the scrape yard at a waste management facility. More information |
Sunday
Jul 17 |
Dakota City, NE: An overheated tank of beef tallow caused smoke in the byproduct rendering area of a food processing plant. More information |
Sunday
Jul 17 |
Dalian, China: An oil refinery burned nearly 5 and a half hours. More information |
Sunday
Jul 17 |
Salina Cruz, Mexico: Several units of a major refinery shut down after flooding from tropical depressions. More information |
Sunday
Jul 17 |
Wuhan, China: Nearly 20 acres of crops withered after exposure to an ammonia leak from a food processing plant. More information |
Sunday
Jul 17 |
Salina Cruz, Mexico: Heavy rains overwhelmed the wastewater treatment plant at an oil refinery, releasing untreated water into the Gulf of Tehuantepec. More information |
Saturday
Jul 16 |
Lisburne, AK: More than 2,000 gallons of a methanol-produced water mix spilled from an oilfield pipeline. More information |
Saturday
Jul 16 |
North Slope, AK: Up to 4,200 gallons of methanol mixed with production fluid spilled at an oil production facility. More information |
Friday
Jul 15 |
Sathammai, India: 1 person died from asphyxiation due to leaking hydrogen at a pharmaceutical plant. More information |
Friday
Jul 15 |
Palmer Twp., PA: Fire spread from a refuse container to inside a plastics recycling plant. More information |
Friday
Jul 15 |
Pulhat, Bangladesh: A boiler explosion in a rice mill left 3 workers dead and 3 others injured. More information |
Friday
Jul 15 |
Rockford, IL: Firefighters mounted an interior attack at a burning manufacturing factory despite blinding smoke. More information |
Friday
Jul 15 |
Damside Mill, UK: Nearby residents were ordered to shelter-in-place when fire broke out at a pet food factory. More information |
Friday
Jul 15 |
Singapore: Companies making electronic goods and plastic products were destroyed in an industrial estate fire. More information |
Thursday
Jul 14 |
Mooresville, IN: Fire broke out at a plant that manufactures bricks. More information |
Thursday
Jul 14 |
Gallatin, TN: A 3rd worker died from a May 27 fire at a plant making iron powder for use in metallugy. More information |
Thursday
Jul 14 |
Lima, OH: Workers were ordered to shelter in place during an accidental release of acrylonitrile at a chemical plant. More information |
Thursday
Jul 14 |
Albertville, AL: Workers were evacuated when an ammonia line ruptured at a chemical plant. More information |
Thursday
Jul 14 |
Rudersdorf, Austria: A biogas storage tank at an industrial park exploded, injuring 2. More information |
Thursday
Jul 14 |
Morris, IL: No injuries were reported in a chemical plant fire that burned more than five hours. More information |
Thursday
Jul 14 |
Walnut Cove, NC: A 2-hour fire at a textile mill resulted in limited equipment damage. More information |
Thursday
Jul 14 |
Cheddelton, UK: Fire broke out in a silo at a rendering plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 13 |
Boston, UK: An explosion and fire at a suspected illegal distillery at an industrial estate killed 5 people and left 1 severely burned. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 13 |
Buffalo, NY: Fire broke out on the upper floors of a plant that manufactures industrial lubricants. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 13 |
East Wheatfield, PA: A small fire at a power plant was quickly extinguished. More information |
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