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Entries for August 2012
Thursday
Aug 23 |
Manchester, UK: Around 100 homes were evacuated after a fire in a factory complex triggered a gas explosion. More Information |
Thursday
Aug 23 |
Beenham, UK: Sparks from a shredder ignited 3 tons of wood chippings at a recycling plant. More Information |
Thursday
Aug 23 |
Charlotte, MI: Fire broke out at a soybean processing plant. More Information |
Thursday
Aug 23 |
Rayong, Thailand: The polyester staple fiber section of a chemical plant was shut down after a fire on the roof. More Information |
Wednesday
Aug 22 |
Lysite, WY: 4 workers were burned in a flash fire at a natural gas processing plant. More Information |
Wednesday
Aug 22 |
Dubai, UAE: A major perfume factory was gutted in a huge fire along with 4 warehouses. More Information |
Wednesday
Aug 22 |
Leopoldov, Slovakia: An explosion at a liquor distillery killed 1 person and injured another. More Information |
Wednesday
Aug 22 |
Roermond, Netherlands: Fire broke out among paper bales at a recycled containerboard plant. More Information |
Wednesday
Aug 22 |
Sparta, TN: Fire broke out at a parts plant. More Information |
Wednesday
Aug 22 |
Nagaa Hammadi, Egypt: Fire destroyed a 4-story building at an aluminum plant. More Information |
Wednesday
Aug 22 |
Zhaoxiang, China: Fire broke out at a small chemical plant making coatings and paints. More Information |
Wednesday
Aug 22 |
Quincy, WA: A stack of seed bins between two buildings ignited a fire, damaging a seed plant. More Information |
Wednesday
Aug 22 |
Arnegard, ND: 2 workers were injured in a gas well explosion. More Information |
Wednesday
Aug 22 |
Decherd, TN: A supplier at an auto plant died in an accident. More Information |
Wednesday
Aug 22 |
Cairo, IL: Fire broke out in a grain elevator at an oil processing plant. More Information |
Wednesday
Aug 22 |
Baton Rouge, LA: Fire crews used a "vent and burn" technique to empty a tanker filled with isobutane involved in a traffic accident. More Information |
Wednesday
Aug 22 |
Radcliffe, UK: Dozens of nearby residents were evacuated during a fire at an industrial facility. More Information |
Tuesday
Aug 21 |
Lathrop, PA: A valve on a separator unit caught fire at a gas well site. More Information |
Tuesday
Aug 21 |
Pardubice, Czech Republic: A chemical plant has shut down its nitrocellulose production to investigate what caused a small explosion. More Information |
Tuesday
Aug 21 |
Fife, UK: Residents mistook flaring during a turnaround at an oil refinery for actual fires. More Information |
Tuesday
Aug 21 |
Saskatoon, SK: Responders used an air-lifting bag to move a fallen forklift that pinned a worker. More Information |
Tuesday
Aug 21 |
Gulf of Aden, Yemen: An explosion attributed to sabotage hit a pipeline feeding the country's only LNG export terminal. More Information |
Tuesday
Aug 21 |
Kamloops, BC: A massive grass fire threatened a cement plant. More Information |
Tuesday
Aug 21 |
Tonawanda, NY: A grass fire consumed several acres on the grounds of a tire plant. More Information |
Tuesday
Aug 21 |
Belfast, UK: 9 fire engines attended a blaze at an animal feed plant. More Information |
Monday
Aug 20 |
Wilsonville, OR: A glass plant worker suffered a severe laceration when a large piece of glass being moved broke. More Information |
Monday
Aug 20 |
Theodore, AL: A worker unloading heavy pipe from a truck was crushed to death when the load shifted. More Information |
Monday
Aug 20 |
Nottawa, MI: Fire broke out at a wood pellet fuel plant. More Information |
Monday
Aug 20 |
Red Deer, AB: A pipeline leak involving waste water from oil drilling operations ruined a farmer's canola crop. More Information |
Monday
Aug 20 |
Sanford, NC: Emergency responders helped a worker to safety who had been trapped waist-deep in a silo containing dog food. More Information |
Monday
Aug 20 |
Denver, CO: Workers testing a mercaptan tank released a small amount of the ordorant. More Information |
Monday
Aug 20 |
El Paso, TX: A dry chemical extinguishing agent was accidently released at a mail order call center. More Information |
Monday
Aug 20 |
Tustin, CA: Workers evacuated a medical device plant when chemicals in a waste bucket reacted unexpectedly. More Information |
Monday
Aug 20 |
Roodepoort, S. Africa: A grass fire ignited a silo at an animal feed factory. More Information |
Monday
Aug 20 |
Harlingen, TX: Flames spread through 3 18-wheel trailers parked at a tire recycling plant. More Information |
Sunday
Aug 19 |
Perrysburg, OH: Firefighters extinguished a blaze in an oil pit at a steel treating plant. More Information |
Sunday
Aug 19 |
Vostochny, Russia: 3 tons of oil spilled from a tanker ship as it was being loaded. More Information |
Sunday
Aug 19 |
Cheshire, UK: An oil leak at a refinery forced the closure of the Manchester Ship Channel. More Information |
Sunday
Aug 19 |
Nam Pong, Vietnam: A tunnel at a hydroelectric power plant collapsed, killing 2 and injuring 5. More Information |
Sunday
Aug 19 |
Sendai, Japan: A power plant fire at a major oil refinery did not hamper production. More Information |
Sunday
Aug 19 |
Tumaco, Colombia: Terrorists bombed an oil pipeline after disabling the region's electrical grid. More Information |
Sunday
Aug 19 |
Petersborough, UK: An explosion rocked a fireworks factory. More Information |
Sunday
Aug 19 |
Dundalk, MD: A man fell 60 feet from a catwalk in an abandoned liquor bottling plant. More Information |
Sunday
Aug 19 |
Hockley, TX: Paint dust fueled a flash fire at a railcar repair facility that injured 3. More Information |
Sunday
Aug 19 |
Clark County, OH: 2 53-foot trailers of compressed mulch caught fire near a pallet factory. More Information |
Sunday
Aug 19 |
Huntingdonshire, UK: Fire broke out in 2 tons of straw being processed for animal food. More Information |
Sunday
Aug 19 |
Streator, IL: A fire in a former tea factory is being investigated as arson. More Information |
Saturday
Aug 18 |
Jacksonville, FL: An explosion in a turpentine tank rocked a chemical plant. More Information |
Saturday
Aug 18 |
Abboudieh, Lebanon: Flames swept through a vegetable packing plant. More Information |
Saturday
Aug 18 |
Turffontein, S. Africa: A transformer fire was contained before it could spread through a chemical plant. More Information |
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