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Entries for July 2012
Tuesday
Jul 31 |
Jalan Perusahaan, Malaysia: Fire broke out in the 4th floor processing area of an alcohol plant. More Information |
Tuesday
Jul 31 |
Hunts Point, NY: A 4-alarm fire ripped through a laundry factory. More Information |
Monday
Jul 30 |
Southington, CT: A fierce fire obliterated part of a 145-year-old forging plant, injuring 3 workers and sending oil into the Quinnipiac River. More Information |
Monday
Jul 30 |
Monterrey, Mexico: A gang of armed men has raided and set fire to a printing plant used to print and distribute magazines. More Information |
Monday
Jul 30 |
Civitanova, Italy: An explosion rocked a warehouse used by a company that makes adhesives. More Information |
Sunday
Jul 29 |
Rock Falls, IL: A worker died in an undisclosed accident at a plant that makes storage equipment for industrial fluids. More Information |
Sunday
Jul 29 |
Reidsville, NC: A worker died after being caught in machinery designed to separate bundles of plastic. More Information |
Sunday
Jul 29 |
Missoula, MT: Wood in a dryer caught fire, putting a halt to particle board production at a plant. More Information |
Sunday
Jul 29 |
Hosur, India: Fire broke out in the paint shop of an auto plant. More Information |
Sunday
Jul 29 |
Frenchtown, MT: Flames spread through multiple levels of a closed paperboard mill. More Information |
Saturday
Jul 28 |
Kirwan Heights, PA: A fire at a steel plant was confined to a shipping office. More Information |
Saturday
Jul 28 |
Port Arthur, TX: Fire broke out in a hydrocracking unit at an oil refinery. More Information |
Friday
Jul 27 |
Sydney, Australia: Firefighters struggled to contain a large fire at a tissue factory. More Information |
Friday
Jul 27 |
Summerville, GA: A fire at a plastics recycling plant burned for 3 days. More Information |
Friday
Jul 27 |
Picton, Australia: A machinery fire spread through a carpet manufacturing plant. More Information |
Friday
Jul 27 |
Newry, UK: A blaze which swept through a clothes recycling plant and warehouse was one of the biggest in years in Northern Ireland. More Information |
Friday
Jul 27 |
Lansing, MI: 2 workers were injured in a furnace explosion at a steel plant. More Information |
Friday
Jul 27 |
Glasgow, UK: Firefighters used water curtains to keep a fire in a derelict factory from spreading to neighboring properties. More Information |
Friday
Jul 27 |
Cloghoge, Ireland: Fire crews battled a huge blaze at a clothes recycling plant and warehouse. More Information |
Friday
Jul 27 |
Beloit, WI: Fire has caused major damage to an aluminum fabricator. More Information |
Thursday
Jul 26 |
Little Rock, AR: A small fire broke out at a chemical plant. More information |
Thursday
Jul 26 |
Labuan Island, Malaysia: A fire aboard a chemical tanker ship left 1 dead and 4 missing. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 25 |
Kadi, India: A major fire all but destroyed an air conditioning manufacturing facility. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 25 |
Muzquiz, Mexico: 7 people died in a gas explosion in a coal mine. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 24 |
Norris City, IL: 1 of 4 workers injured in an explosion while welding an oil field storage tank later died. More Information |
Tuesday
Jul 24 |
Bogatynia, Poland: A coal dust explosion at the country's top lignite power plant sparked a fire that caused a shutdown of 3 out of 8 blocks of the plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 24 |
Kelso, WA: Fire broke out at a plant that rebuilds and recovers rollers for paper machines. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 24 |
Cleveland, OH: Bullets went flying through a plant when a machine used to make ammunition caught on fire. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 24 |
Oklahoma City, OK: A forklift fire threatened to spread through a chemical plant making oil field service supplies. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 24 |
Brooklyn, NY: Firefighters brought a 7-alarm blaze at a vacant factory under control after battling it for more than 16 hours More information |
Tuesday
Jul 24 |
Brooklyn, NY: Firefighters brought a 7-alarm blaze at a vacant factory under control after battling it for more than 16 hours More information |
Tuesday
Jul 24 |
Delta Twp., MI: Firefighters responded to a power plant near Lansing. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 24 |
Laconia, NH: A hazmat spill at a circuit board plant involving 275 gallons of nitric acid sparked fears about a potential fire. More information |
Monday
Jul 23 |
Morganton, NC: A fire following a lightning strike extensively damaged a furniture factory. More information |
Monday
Jul 23 |
Seattle, WA: Police shut down nearby streets after a report of an ammonia leak at a milk processing plant. More information |
Monday
Jul 23 |
Chelsea, MA: A storage tank formerly used for liquid asphalt caught fire while being dismantled. More information |
Sunday
Jul 22 |
Gela, Italy: Fuel gas leaking from a secondary pipeline ignited at an oil refinery. More information |
Saturday
Jul 21 |
Parkersburg, OH: Fire damaged a storage facility for plastic materials. More information |
Saturday
Jul 21 |
Anderson, SC: A machine fire spread smoke through a toliet paper plant, triggering an evacuation. More information |
Friday
Jul 20 |
Province of Valencia, Spain: A laboratory explosion at a plant making cleaning agents for food hygiene forced workers to evacuate. More information |
Thursday
Jul 19 |
Woburn, MA: A hydrogen peroxide explosion at a research and development company that specializes in synthetic organic and medicinal chemistry injured 1. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 18 |
Urbana, IL: A sulfuric acid leak at an auto parts factory sent 10 workers to the hospital. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 17 |
Fairview, OR: 20 workers at a berry processing plant were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning. More information |
Monday
Jul 16 |
Bolivar, OH: An explosion at an oil and gas well site hurled a storage tank 200 yards, killing a worker who was painting it. More information |
Monday
Jul 16 |
Corpus Christi, TX: Refinery firefighters extinguished a flash fire within 20 minutes. More information |
Monday
Jul 16 |
Westerly, RI: Fire broke out at a textile mill specializing in fabrics for the U.S. military. More information |
Monday
Jul 16 |
Saint-Maximin, France: An explosion and fire in a factory of French lubricant maker left 12 people injured. More information |
Sunday
Jul 15 |
Little Rock, AR: A fire in a room housing computers caused major damage at a plant that manufactures pipes for pipelines. More information |
Saturday
Jul 14 |
Newark, CA: Two people suffered minor injuries to their eyes following an ammonia leak in a industrial bakery.
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Thursday
Jul 12 |
Mount Joy, PA: A mixture of sulfuric acid and bleach reacted, affecting 2 chocolate plant workers. More information |
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