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Entries for January 2006
Tuesday
Jan 31 |
Morgarnton, NC: An explosion destroyed a portion of a chemical plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 31 |
Essen-Horst, Germany: Chlorine gas leaked form a loose screw connection at a water treatment plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 31 |
Lloydminster, Canada: Flames broke out in an oil refinery. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 31 |
Sandia National Labs, NM: There was a nitrogen trifloride leak form a cylinder form a loading dock. More information |
Monday
Jan 30 |
Kanpur, India: Drums containing acetone exploded and caused a massive fire to break out in a chemical plant. More information |
Monday
Jan 30 |
Jacksonville, FL: Forty people were exposed to radioactive krypton gas after and explosion at a plant that makes ignition systems for aircraft engines. More information |
Monday
Jan 30 |
Jessup, MD: A tank at an asphalt plant exploded and caught fire. More information |
Monday
Jan 30 |
Pakistan: A power plant was shut down for the third time in a month after the pipeline supplying gas to the plant was blown up. More information |
Sunday
Jan 29 |
Tampa, FL: A major fire broke out in a plant that makes safety glass. More information |
Sunday
Jan 29 |
Chicago, IL: One worker was killed in an explosion at an asphalt company. More information |
Saturday
Jan 28 |
Osmusaare, Estonia: About 20 tons of oil spilled into the ocean. More information |
Saturday
Jan 28 |
Loisville, KY: An explosion in a chemical plant caused minor damages to two floors of the plant. More information |
Saturday
Jan 28 |
Ludington, MI: A pipe broke and released ammonia form an ice cream plant. More information |
Friday
Jan 27 |
Ceres, CA: A tanker drove off the highway and crashed into a residential backyard and spilled 5 gallons of formic acid. More information |
Friday
Jan 27 |
Pure, India: A huge fire caused major damage to a pint factory. More information |
Friday
Jan 27 |
Shenyang, China: A methanol truck caught fire after the driver was heating a frozen valve at a warehouse. More information |
Friday
Jan 27 |
Pittsburg, CA: A tiny fire broke out in an oil refinery. More information |
Thursday
Jan 26 |
El Paso, TX: Nine people were injured in an explosion and fire that destroyed a warehouse. More information |
Thursday
Jan 26 |
Turkey: Two people were killed in an explosion at a warehouse. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 25 |
Bayonne, NJ: A fire destroyed a warehouse at a petroleum storage facility. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 25 |
Moscow, Russia: A fire broke out in a household chemical warehouse. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 25 |
Maradi, Niger: Several people were seriously burned after containers of petrol exploded. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 25 |
Elpaso, TX: After an accident at a refinery involving acid two people were taken to the hospital. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 25 |
Kuznets, Russia: An oil spill aboard a tanker has been contained. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 24 |
Buford, GA: Tanker truck carrying liquid latex overturned and caught fire. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 24 |
Philippines: Fire broke out in a chemical warehouse. More information |
Monday
Jan 23 |
Otaki, New Zealand: A plastics recycling factory burned to the ground after a fire broke out. More information |
Monday
Jan 23 |
Fultonbille, NY: A road was partially closed due to a butyl acrylate spill. More information |
Sunday
Jan 22 |
Bendorf, Germany: About 200 liters of diesel fuel spilled into the sea from a storage tank. More information |
Sunday
Jan 22 |
Digboi, India: Huge oil seepage occurred after an explosion damaged an oil refinery’s pipeline. More information |
Saturday
Jan 21 |
Abington Township, PA: Chemical and rubber caught in a storage area of a paper mill. More information |
Friday
Jan 20 |
Renshou, China: Nine people were killed in an explosion at a petroleum plant. More information |
Friday
Jan 20 |
Guwahati, India: Several workers were seriously injured in an explosion in an oil refinery. More information |
Friday
Jan 20 |
Algiers, Algeria: A gas pipeline exploded and started a fire that sent dark smoke into the sky. More information |
Friday
Jan 20 |
Zhongxing Village, China: Several residents were evacuated when a truck carrying carrying 10.14 tons of liquid ammonia overturned ad spilled the ammonia. More information |
Friday
Jan 20 |
Toledo, OH: Fire broke out and caused small explosions to go off inside an air freshener factory. More information |
Thursday
Jan 19 |
Kotarliya, India: One worker was killed when hot dust fell on the worker while several of them were cleaning a kiln at a sponge iron plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 18 |
Lincoln, AL: Residents were forced to evacuate when a train carrying sodium cyanide caught fire after it rear-ended another train. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 18 |
Brattleboro, VT: A sprinkler system caused an explosion at a waste management recycling center. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 18 |
Terre Haute, IN: There was a small chlorine leak in a rail car. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 18 |
Alberta, Canada: A small amount of molten sulpher spilled after the driver of the truck crashed and landed in a ditch. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 17 |
Philadelphia, PA: A highway was closed for most of the day after 55 gallons of xylene leaked form an overturned tanker. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 17 |
China: Twelve people were killed when an LPG tank exploded. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 17 |
Imabari, Japan: Five workers were killed after a crude oil storage tank exploded in an oil refinery. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 17 |
Deer Park, TX: A refinery tank fell and killed one worker. More information |
Monday
Jan 16 |
Maui, HI: A small hydrochloric acid spill closed a two block stretch of highway. More information |
Monday
Jan 16 |
New York, NY: A petroleum tanker truck crashed and exploded and forced a portion of an expressway to be closed. More information |
Monday
Jan 16 |
Kolin, Czech Republic: An unknown amount of cyanide was released into a river. More information |
Monday
Jan 16 |
Vadodara, India: Undetectable toxic fumes killed 2 workers while they were cleaning out the inside of a chemical tank. More information |
Sunday
Jan 15 |
Chesterfield, VA: A transformer holding 1,600 gallons of mineral oil exploded at a power plant. More information |
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