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Entries for January 2007
Tuesday
Jan 30 |
El Segundo, CA: A small fire lasting only 20 minutes broke out in an oil refinery. More information |
Monday
Jan 29 |
Melvindale, MI: A spill of hydrochloric acid was reported at a metal finishing company. More information |
Sunday
Jan 28 |
Shrewsbury, UT: Working in frigid temperatures, firefighters extinguished a fire at a concrete foundation plant. More information |
Sunday
Jan 28 |
Texas City, TX: Fire broke out in a pump house at a refinery. More information |
Saturday
Jan 27 |
Deberry, TX: Lightning struck a fuel storage tank at a salt water holding facility. More information |
Thursday
Jan 25 |
LaPorte, TX: A sulfuric acid release at a chemical plant lead to a brief shelter-in-place order. More information |
Thursday
Jan 25 |
Sherman, TX: An ammonia leak was reported at an electronics plant. More information |
Thursday
Jan 25 |
Hutchinson, KS: Fire broke out in an industrial oven at a metal fabrication plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 24 |
Mason City, IA: Flames spread through a soybean dryer bin at an agriculture processing plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 23 |
Wallingford, CT: A spill at a specialty chemical plant involving melamine was reported. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 23 |
Clover, S.C.: A fire at a textile plant shut down operations for four hours. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 23 |
Clover, S.C.: Fire spread through the duct work at a textile plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 23 |
Monroe, MI: A stack of wooden pallets caught fire at a car seat plant. More information |
Friday
Jan 19 |
McAlester, OK: Flames destroyed a food processing plant and forced the closure of a nearby turnpike. More information |
Thursday
Jan 18 |
Mt. Juliet, TN: Fire heavily damaged a fiberglass plant. More information |
Thursday
Jan 18 |
Sylacauga, AL: An explosion in a high pressure die-cast machine rocked an engine casting plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 17 |
Kreamer, PA: Employees were evacuated from a cabinet plant after a fire started in a dust collection area on the roof. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 16 |
Laurel, MT: An acid spill at a refinery sent 13 people to area hospitals for observation. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 16 |
Seadrift, TX: Fire damaged a steam turbine at a chemical plant. More information |
Monday
Jan 15 |
Hyannis, MA: A worker at a power plant fell from a scaffolding. More information |
Monday
Jan 15 |
Richmond, CA: A worker was injured when fire broke out at an oil refinery, forcing a shelter-in-place order. More information |
Monday
Jan 15 |
DesMoines, IA: A carbon monoxide leak sent 11 workers to the hospital. More information |
Sunday
Jan 14 |
Garden City, GA: More than $750,000 in sausage was condemned after fire disrupted the cooling system at a food processing plant. More information |
Saturday
Jan 13 |
Memphis, TN: Eight people were decontaminated after an ammonia leak at a yeast plant. More information |
Friday
Jan 12 |
Port Arthur, TX: Cyclohexane leaked from a ruptured line at an oil refinery. More information |
Thursday
Jan 11 |
Dover, DE: More than 25,000 pounds of styrene monomer leaked from a rail car at a latex plant. More information |
Thursday
Jan 11 |
Indianapolis, IN: A man shot four co-workers at a recycling plant that employs disabled people. More information |
Thursday
Jan 11 |
Bern Township, PA: Three explosions triggered a fire that destroyed a cleaning supplies factory. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 10 |
Caldwell County, N.C.: An explosion and fire damaged a furniture factory. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 10 |
Fort Worth, TX: A 3-alarm fire swept through piles of plastic and paper at a recycling plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 09 |
Port Reading, N.J.: A small fire in a gasoline refinery pump temporarily shut down operations. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 09 |
Salem, OR: An ammonia leak forced the temporary evacuation of 160 people at a produce processing plant. More information |
Monday
Jan 08 |
Sugar Land, TX: Fumes leaked from a tanker truck resulting two dozen workers being treated. More information |
Sunday
Jan 07 |
Hohhot, China: Five workers were killed when fire broke out at a power plant. More information |
Saturday
Jan 06 |
Billings, MT: Two explosions resulted in a fire at a local refinery. More information |
Saturday
Jan 06 |
Nazareth, PA: A grease tank fire was only one of two reported at a cement plant in one day. More information |
Friday
Jan 05 |
Providence, R.I.: Police charged to owner of a furniture factory that burned with arson. More information |
Thursday
Jan 04 |
Point Comfort, TX: A worker died at an aluminum plant after inhaling hydrogen fluoride. More information |
Thursday
Jan 04 |
East Groton, CT: A worker was injured in a methane explosion at a ship construction company lab. More information |
Thursday
Jan 04 |
Republic, MT: Three workers escaped safely when fire broke out in an empty gasoline storage tank. More information |
Thursday
Jan 04 |
Round Rock, TX: Two employees at a food processing plant were treated for exposure to ammonia. More information |
Thursday
Jan 04 |
Holland, MI: A fire on the roof of a bottling plant disrupted electrical service. More information |
Thursday
Jan 04 |
Palm Beach, FL: A worker at an ice plant was overcome by an ammonia leak. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 02 |
Wallula, WA: Flames destroyed a storage building at a food processing plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 02 |
Rutland, VT: An electrical panel caught fire at a wire manufacturing plant, destroying one building. More information |
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