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Entries for January 2008
Thursday
Jan 31 |
Broadalbin, N.Y.: Fire destroyed a textile recycling plant. More information |
Thursday
Jan 31 |
Meridan, ID: Slag from an arc welder ignited a fire at a chemical plant. More information |
Thursday
Jan 31 |
Mount Sterling, KY: An equipment fire forced the evacuation of a metals plant. More information |
Thursday
Jan 31 |
Port Everglades, FL: A pipe burst in a boiler at a power plant. More information |
Thursday
Jan 31 |
Severstal, Russia: A worker died in an accident at a steel plant. More information |
Thursday
Jan 31 |
Sheboygan, WI: A fire in a system to filter wood dust ignited toxic materials. More information |
Thursday
Jan 31 |
Shenandoah, IO: A concrete plant covering several acres was destroyed by fire. More information |
Thursday
Jan 31 |
Vosloorus, South Africa: Two truck trailers carrying ammonium nitrate began to smolder. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 30 |
Baraboo, WI: A machine that combines ground wood with resin caught fire at a plastics plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 30 |
Bellmawr, N.J.: Fire broke out at an engine fluid testing plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 30 |
El Cajon, CA: A fire in a plating tank spread flames through a metal processing plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 30 |
Follansbee, OH: A worker pinned by machinery was rescued from atop a furnace at a steel coating plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 30 |
General Santos, Philippines: A bomb planted in a fish processing plant exploded, killing four. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 30 |
Karlsruhe, Germany: A fire at a power plant led to a citywide blackout. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 30 |
Wolvega, Netherlands: Cleaning fluid caught fire during machine maintenance at a spray can factory. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 30 |
Zorritos, Peru: A Peruvian navy tanker carrying 1,300 barrels of crude oil sank after an explosion. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 29 |
Baraboo, WI: A machine for mixing plastic resin caught fire at a plastics plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 29 |
Berric, France: A compress fire broke out at a plant specializing in industrial proteins. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 29 |
Bridgeview, IL: A fire shut down a steel coating plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 29 |
Cathage, MO: A fallen power line ignited a grass fire near an explosives plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 29 |
Gilcrest, CO: A second tank fire in one week broke out at a water-separating facility. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 29 |
Middletown, OH: A pipe carrying compressed air ruptured at a steel plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 29 |
Rush Center, KS: Fire damaged a building at a fiberglass plant. More information |
Monday
Jan 28 |
Chicago, IL: A gasoline tanker took gunfire, leaking fire into the sewer system. More information |
Monday
Jan 28 |
Decatur, AL: Plant firefighters extinguished a fire at a plastics plant. More information |
Monday
Jan 28 |
Hamburg Twp., MI: Fire spread through one million pounds of plastic pellets at a plastics plant. More information |
Sunday
Jan 27 |
Bradford, PA: A 20-inch water pipeline ruptured, forcing an oil refinery to shut down. More information |
Sunday
Jan 27 |
Kingsport, VA: A story published in a local newspaper about a fire at a chemical plant turned out to be a training sample published by mistake. More information |
Saturday
Jan 26 |
Louisville, KY: A large pile of car parts ignited at a metal recycling plant. More information |
Saturday
Jan 26 |
Rogers, AR: An explosion rocked a metals plant. More information |
Friday
Jan 25 |
Aruba, Netherland Antilles: A fire broke out in the vacuum distillation unit of an oil refinery. More information |
Friday
Jan 25 |
Charlotte, N.C.: An oil-water separator at a hazmat handling company caught fire. More information |
Friday
Jan 25 |
Hautes-Pyrenees, France: An axle on a tanker truck carrying 8,600 gallons of hexane caught fire. More information |
Friday
Jan 25 |
Salt Lake City, UT: A chemical reaction resulted in an acidic release from the scrubber at a chemical plant. More information |
Friday
Jan 25 |
Thompsontown, PA: Fire leveled a plant making laminate boards. More information |
Friday
Jan 25 |
Wahpeton, N.D.: An explosion at a sugar beet plant injured two workers. More information |
Thursday
Jan 24 |
Northwich, U.K.: A truck carrying oxygen and acetylene cylinders crashed. More information |
Thursday
Jan 24 |
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa: One worker was killed when a tank exploded at a truck body building plant. More information |
Thursday
Jan 24 |
Pocatello, ID: An equipment fire spread through barley chaff at a malting plant. More information |
Thursday
Jan 24 |
El Capitan, CA: About 100 gallons of liquid solvent spilled into the ocean from an oil refinery. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 23 |
Manilla, Philippines: A tanker explosion killed one. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 23 |
Mongstad, Norway: A fire at an oil refinery caused limited damage. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 23 |
Siemens Chowrang, Pakistan: A fire destroyed a paint factory. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 23 |
Fort Atkinson, WI: Fire damaged a sausage plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 23 |
Lubz, Germany: Two people were hospitalized after an ammonia leak at a plant manufacturing glass insulation. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 23 |
Dalton, TN: A minor nitric acid spill forced the evacuation of a plant specializing in industrial coatings and platings. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 22 |
Rapid City, S.D.: An explosion and fire occurred at a pipeline terminal. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 22 |
Kurnell, Australia: A small fire broke out in a process unit at an oil refinery. More information |
Monday
Jan 21 |
Shreveport, LA: A small fire broke out at an oil refinery. More information |
Monday
Jan 21 |
Port Harcourt, Nigeria: A fuel tanker exploded near an oil refinery. More information |
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