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Entries for February 2012
Monday
Feb 06 |
Dzerzhynsk, Ukraine: A coal miner was killed and 9 were injured in a methane gas explosion. More information |
Monday
Feb 06 |
Mangalore, India: A tanker truck driver parked at a chemical plant died when a burning mosquito coil ignited a fire in the truck cab. More information |
Monday
Feb 06 |
Lorain, OH: Firefighters spent more than an hour and a half extinguishing a blaze that ignited inside an exhaust system at a manufacturing plant. More information |
Monday
Feb 06 |
Fresno, CA: Fire broke out in a former cotton processing plant. More information |
Monday
Feb 06 |
St. Petersburg, Russia: A power plant explosion illuminated the night sky and caused a massive outage. More information |
Monday
Feb 06 |
North Dumfries, ON: Oil on the coils of a newly installed heating unit created enough smoke to trigger an evacuation at an auto parts factory. More information |
Monday
Feb 06 |
Lincoln, NB: The ceiling above an overheated kiln caught fire at a plastics manufacturing plant. More information |
Monday
Feb 06 |
Springdale, AR: Officials say workers were evacuated at 2 northwest Arkansas meat processing plants due to ammonia leaks. More information |
Monday
Feb 06 |
Sepanggar, Malaysia: A fire in a power station generator did not result in a outage. More information |
Monday
Feb 06 |
Lahore, Pakistan: 26 people were killed when leaking gas ignited and collapsed a 4-story pharmaceuticals factory. More information |
Monday
Feb 06 |
Ipswich, UK: Fire spread through a paper and card recycling facility. More information |
Monday
Feb 06 |
Shymkent, Kazakhstan: Media are reporting that a major oil-refining plant has been damaged in a fire. More information |
Monday
Feb 06 |
Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon: Fire swept through an aluminum factory near Beirut. More information |
Monday
Feb 06 |
Bab Amro, Syria: An explosion ripped through an oil pipeline feeding a main refinery in the Syrian city of Homs. More information |
Monday
Feb 06 |
Crothersville, IN: A warehouse fire broke out at a plant making cable connectors. More information |
Monday
Feb 06 |
Naperville, IL: A worker at a building materials manufacturer became trapped in a 25 foot deep silo of sand. More information |
Sunday
Feb 05 |
St. Helens, UK: Firefighters spent nearly 24 hours on the scene of a fire at a waste-to-energy plant. More information |
Sunday
Feb 05 |
El-Arish, Eygpt: Saboteurs blew up an Egyptian pipeline that supplies gas to Israel and Jordan, in the 12th such attack in a year More information |
Sunday
Feb 05 |
Temirtau, Kazakhstan: A blast furnace at a metallurgical plant caught fire.
More information |
Sunday
Feb 05 |
Cardon, Venezuela: A large fire broke out at an oil refinery. More information |
Sunday
Feb 05 |
Sarnia, ON: A chemical spill caused an evacuation and major emergency response at the bioethanol plant. More information |
Sunday
Feb 05 |
Sarina, Australia: A chemical spill of flammable corrosion inhibitor caused an evacuation at a bioethanol plant. More information |
Saturday
Feb 04 |
Huntsville, AL: A worker suffered 2nd degree burns to her hands and face in a chemical fire at a fireworks plant. More information |
Saturday
Feb 04 |
Jusepin, Venezuela: An explosion and leak in a crude oil pipeline reached a dam and forced the shut-down of a water plant and power station. More information |
Saturday
Feb 04 |
Amherst, NH: A plastics injection molding plant suffered its second fire in 3 days. More information |
Friday
Feb 03 |
Orangeburg, SC: A fire in one of the dust collectors at an industrial gas plant filled the building with smoke, driving employees outside. More information |
Friday
Feb 03 |
Courtland, IN: Fire in a bag house at a bean meal plant was quickly contained and extinguished. More information |
Friday
Feb 03 |
Seattle, WA: A shipyard worker died when he fell more than 75 feet. More information |
Friday
Feb 03 |
Mercer County, PA: A compressor at a natural gas well caught fire. More information |
Friday
Feb 03 |
Apex, NC: A 20-acre wildfire broke out in a wooded area close to a nuclear power plant. More information |
Friday
Feb 03 |
Canonsburg, PA: Fire broke out in the 2nd floor packaging area of a candy factory. More information |
Friday
Feb 03 |
Cameron County, TX: The nearest water to a burning warehouse filled with chemicals and roofing materials was 2.5 miles away. More information |
Friday
Feb 03 |
Yibin, China: A gas explosion in a coal mine killed 11 workers and injured 6 others. More information |
Thursday
Feb 02 |
Delta, UT: An explosion shut down one of two units at a power plant. More information |
Thursday
Feb 02 |
Jarrow, UK: A chemical plant fire forced officials to close nearby roads. More information |
Thursday
Feb 02 |
Agassiz, BC: A plant worker injured when struck by moving machinery was airlifted to the hospital. More information |
Thursday
Feb 02 |
Fort Smith, AR: A fire in a cooling system unit at a closed plastics plant. More information |
Thursday
Feb 02 |
Danville, IL: Fire broke out in a large industrial oven at a crankshaft manufacturing plant. More information |
Thursday
Feb 02 |
Arlington, KS: A grain elevator explosion sent a worker to the hospital. More information |
Thursday
Feb 02 |
Landis, NC: A firefighter battling a fire in a former mill complex suffered heat exhaustion. More information |
Thursday
Feb 02 |
Wilhelmshaven, Germany: A small chlorine release from a chemical plant resulted in an area shelter-in-place order. More information |
Thursday
Feb 02 |
Cobourg, ON: Weird green smoke had firefighters concerned about a waste bin fire at an industrial park. More information |
Thursday
Feb 02 |
LaSalle, IL: A worker was taken to the hospital after an industrial accident at a plant making wire and cable products. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 01 |
Deweyville, UT: Thick smoke and the sound of small explosions filled the air as a recycling plant burned to the ground. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 01 |
West Burton, UK: Parts of a power station were evacuated after a leak of toxic, flammable hydrazine. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 01 |
Shrewsbury, PA: A worker using a cutting torch was injured when fumes inside a metal drum ignited. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 01 |
Tongaat, South Africa: 12 people were injured and 5 animals were rescued in a polystyrene factory fire More information |