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Entries for August 2012
Thursday
Aug 30 |
Napier, New Zealand: A fertilizer factory went up in flames. More Information |
Thursday
Aug 30 |
Whately, MA: Firefighters extinguished a fire at a candle factory. More Information |
Wednesday
Aug 29 |
Kansas City, KS: Heavy fire was reported inside a steel building at a recycling plant. More Information |
Wednesday
Aug 29 |
Austin, MN: Fire broke out in a generator at a meat packing plant. More Information |
Wednesday
Aug 29 |
Plovdiv, Bulgaria: Scavengers hunting for scrap iron ignited a fire that damaged the storage facilities for a Greek-owned firm. More Information |
Wednesday
Aug 29 |
Panzhihua, China: A gas explosion at a coal mine has trapped 50 miners underground. More Information |
Tuesday
Aug 28 |
Shreveport, LA: An elevator used to move production materials between floors caught fire at a plant specializing in catalysts used in oil refining. More Information |
Tuesday
Aug 28 |
McKinney, TX: A gas pipeline exploded at a construction site, injuring 1. More Information |
Tuesday
Aug 28 |
Flintshire, UK: Fire forced the evacuation of a trailer manufacturing plant. More Information |
Tuesday
Aug 28 |
Plymouth, MI: A small fire forced workers to evacuate a climate control plant. More Information |
Tuesday
Aug 28 |
San Luis Obispo, CA: A fence overlooking a cooling tower caught fire at a nuclear power plant. More Information |
Tuesday
Aug 28 |
St. Charles County, MO: Firefighters used SCBA to recover a sewer worker found dead at a lift station. More Information |
Monday
Aug 27 |
Washington County, MD: 4 pounds of chlorine leaked from a valve at a water treatment plant. More Information |
Monday
Aug 27 |
Port Campbell, Australia: 2 people died in an industrial accident aboard an offshore oil rig. More Information |
Monday
Aug 27 |
Melbourne, Australia: 2 people were injured in a scrap metal factory fire. More Information |
Monday
Aug 27 |
El Paso, TX: Fire broke out in a dryer at a dog food plant. More Information |
Monday
Aug 27 |
Udachninskoye, Yakutia Republic: An explosion in a diamond mine under construction killed 2. More Information |
Monday
Aug 27 |
Yingde, China: A cement plant explosion killed at least 7 people. More Information |
Monday
Aug 27 |
Wakefield, NE: Dried manure caught fire at a poultry processing plant. More Information |
Monday
Aug 27 |
Wuhan, China: Fire ripped through a timber processing plant. More Information |
Monday
Aug 27 |
Coeymans, NY: A cement plant conveyor belt stretching across a highway caught fire. More Information |
Sunday
Aug 26 |
Yan'an, China: A bus rammed into a tanker loaded with methanol causing a fire that killed 36 people. More Information |
Sunday
Aug 26 |
Jeannette, PA: Fire broke out in a glass plant being dismantled. More Information |
Sunday
Aug 26 |
Panelav, India: Fire broke out in the solvent unit of a pharmaceutical plant. More Information |
Sunday
Aug 26 |
North Andover, ME: Fire caused major structural damage to a recycling plant. More Information |
Sunday
Aug 26 |
Lewiston, NY: A transformer fire at a power plant was extinguished by sprinklers. More Information |
Sunday
Aug 26 |
St. Cloud, MN: Spontaneous combustion is being blamed for a laundry fire at a company specializing in uniform rental and linen supply. More Information |
Sunday
Aug 26 |
New Holland, PA: Fire broke out in a storage building at a factory specializing in church furniture. More Information |
Sunday
Aug 26 |
Maple Ridge, BC: Fire destroyed a cedar mill that employed 60 people. More Information |
Sunday
Aug 26 |
Lawton, OK: Fire broke out in the mixing area of a tire plant. More Information |
Saturday
Aug 25 |
Puerres, Colombia: A terrorist bomb attack destroyed a section of an oil pipeline stretching from Ecuador to Tumaco. More Information |
Saturday
Aug 25 |
Paraguaná, Venezuela: At least 41 people were killed in an explosion at the country’s largest oil refinery. More Information |
Saturday
Aug 25 |
Zibo, China: An explosion at a hydrogen peroxide facility killed 1 and injured 7. More Information |
Saturday
Aug 25 |
Mount Pleasant, TX: 800 workers evacuated a poultry processing plant due to an ammonia leak. More Information |
Saturday
Aug 25 |
Elkhart County, IN: Wood chips ignited at a recycling facility. More Information |
Saturday
Aug 25 |
Shanghai, China: A WORKER was killed and 3 injured when a storage tank exploded at a paint factory. More Information |
Friday
Aug 24 |
Hazelwood, MO: A machine fire spread through a recycling plant. More Information |
Friday
Aug 24 |
Harvey, LA: A chemist mixing materials at a bio-diesel plant died in an explosion. More Information |
Friday
Aug 24 |
Savannah, GA: Fire at a manufacturing plant destroyed a storage shed containing flammable material used in bathtubs. More Information |
Friday
Aug 24 |
Sunnyside, WA: Chlorine escaping from a faulty regulator at a city well forced authorities to close a major highway. More Information |
Friday
Aug 24 |
Rawlins, WY: Emergency crews responded to a fire at an oil refinery. More Information |
Friday
Aug 24 |
St. Petersburg, Russia: Fire broke out in an industrial complex specializing in car and furniture production. More Information |
Thursday
Aug 23 |
Fairbanks, AK: Nearly 45,000 gallons of a cyanide water solution spilled at a gold mine when a bulldozer hit a pipeline. More Information |
Thursday
Aug 23 |
Angarsk, Russia: An explosion at a petroleum storage depot left 1 person injured. More Information |
Thursday
Aug 23 |
Cheongju, South Korea: 1 person died and 13 were injured when a drum of toxic waste exploded at a chemical plant. More Information |
Thursday
Aug 23 |
Taman Kota Putri, Malaysia: Fire broke out in a plant making lubricants for cars. More Information |
Thursday
Aug 23 |
Toledo, OH: A machine fire broke out at a scrap metal plant. More Information |
Thursday
Aug 23 |
Sherman, TX: A dust fire in the air filtering system forced a plant that makes insulation to be evacuated. More Information |
Thursday
Aug 23 |
Durant, OK: An explosion collapsed the roof of a glass plant, killing a worker. More Information |
Thursday
Aug 23 |
Peoria, IL: A machinery accident injured a worker at a heavy equipment plant. More Information |
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