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Entries for October 2008
Friday
Oct 31 |
Linz, Austria: A worker was injured in a flash fire at an ammonia plant. More information |
Friday
Oct 31 |
Monroe, MI: A tank leaked sulfuric acid into a containment area at a power plant. More information |
Friday
Oct 31 |
North Sea, U.K.: Non-essential staff was evacuated from an oil platform after an oil spill. More information |
Friday
Oct 31 |
San Antonio, TX: An ammonia leak was reported at a candy factory. More information |
Friday
Oct 31 |
Yongjing County, China: A worker died and 41 were injured in a chemical factory explosion. More information |
Thursday
Oct 30 |
Bissendorf, Germany: Four responders and a worker were injured in an explosion at an aluminium plant. More information |
Thursday
Oct 30 |
Clifton, AZ: More than 160,000 gallons of sulfuric acid solution that spilled from a mine was confined to a nearby creek. More information |
Thursday
Oct 30 |
Destrehan, LA: An explosion ripped through a grain silo at an agricultural products plant. More information |
Thursday
Oct 30 |
Johnstown, OH: A flash fire injured a worker at a tire patch plant. More information |
Thursday
Oct 30 |
Loughborough, U.K.: Fire destroyed a factory specializing in inflatable bounce castles while damaging a neighboring plant. More information |
Thursday
Oct 30 |
Shreveport, LA: Fire followed an explosion in a storage tank at an oil refinery. More information |
Thursday
Oct 30 |
Wausau, WI: A fire started in the dust collection system at a chemical plant. More information |
Thursday
Oct 30 |
Wellington, New Zealand: Hydrogen peroxide and peroxyacetic acid mixed inside a shipping container at a rail yard, forcing an area evacuation. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 29 |
Brierley Hill, U.K.: Overheated acetylene cylinders at a heat treatment plant exploded. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 29 |
Chengcheng County, China: More than 20 people died in a colliery gas explosion. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 29 |
Crossville, IL: 2 workers died and 4 were injured when natural gas leaking from an oil well ignited. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 29 |
Dagestan, Russia: 7.5 tons of crude oil leaked from the Baku-Novorossiysk oil pipeline. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 29 |
Dortmund, Germany: Nitrogen and helium leaked from a tanker truck on the Autobahn. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 29 |
Kampung Puah, Malaysia: A car engine factory was destroyed by fire. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 29 |
Plymouth, MA: Fire broke out in a safety equipment cabinet at a nuclear power plant. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 29 |
Porvoo, Finland: A small fire broke out at a refinery. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 29 |
Scrubs Land, U.K.: More than 20 tons of materials were damaged in a fire at a recycling center. More information |
Wednesday
Oct 29 |
Weifang City, China: At least 26 people were injured when a sodium hypochlorite tank exploded at a chemical plant. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 28 |
Azadpur, India: Fire broke out in a paint factory. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 28 |
Caddo Parish, LA: A worker was injured when a valve failed at a gas transmission station connecting two interstate pipelines. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 28 |
Calcutta, India: Fire broke out at a 15,000 square foot rubber footware factory. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 28 |
Dormagen, Germany: A worker mistakenly mixed phosphoric acid with epoxy resin in a 264-gallon reactor, producing a vapor cloud. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 28 |
Lasnamae, Estonia: An explosion rocked a plant specializing in sealant and insulating foam. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 28 |
Melbourne, Australia: Fire destroyed a speed boat factory. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 28 |
Tallinn, Estonia: An explosion rocked a sealant and insulating form plant. More information |
Tuesday
Oct 28 |
Umkomaas, S. Africa: An industrial plant was partially shut down after a sulfur dioxide leak. More information |
Monday
Oct 27 |
Berwick, PA: Detectors activated when equipment leaked nitrogen into a pump room occupied by personnel. More information |
Monday
Oct 27 |
Blackpool, U.K.: Arson is suspected in a fire at a biscuit factory. More information |
Monday
Oct 27 |
Cordova, IL: A gas explosion damaged an outbuilding near a nuclear power plant. More information |
Monday
Oct 27 |
East Worthing, U.K.: Fire broke out in machinery at an engineering company. More information |
Monday
Oct 27 |
Fall River, MA: Material built up in smokestack scrubbers ignited at a textile plant. More information |
Monday
Oct 27 |
Frankfort, DE: Fire erupted in a grain storage tank at a processing plant. More information |
Monday
Oct 27 |
Lakeview, FL: An ammonia leak made a citrus plant worker sick. More information |
Monday
Oct 27 |
Nasirabad, Pakistan: 3 workers and 4 responders where injured in a fire at a rubber factory. More information |
Monday
Oct 27 |
Orange County, CA: Fire broke out inside a container of polypropylene at an auto parts plant. More information |
Monday
Oct 27 |
Pepper Creek, New Brunswick: More than 700 gallons of acid spilled at a custom machine plant. More information |
Monday
Oct 27 |
Pratteln, Switzerland: A worker at a biopower plant fainted inside a 16-foot-tall vessel due to lack of oxygen. More information |
Monday
Oct 27 |
Visalia, CA: An explosion at an 8-story milk evaporation tower blew out a wall at a powdered-milk plant. More information |
Sunday
Oct 26 |
Ninove, Belgium: Fire spread through four ovens at an industrial bakery. More information |
Sunday
Oct 26 |
Shipley, U.K.: An arson fire spread through a single story factory. More information |
Sunday
Oct 26 |
Wandilo, Australia: Fire ignited at a compost factory. More information |
Saturday
Oct 25 |
Kremmling, CO: Sprinkers isolated a fire at a wood pellet plant. More information |
Saturday
Oct 25 |
Smethwick, U.K.: Fire spread to the roof of a furniture factory. More information |
Saturday
Oct 25 |
Kazan, Russia: 4 people were killed in an explosion at a gunpowder factory. More information |
Saturday
Oct 25 |
Greensburg, IN: A small fire broke out in the break room at a faucet manufacturing plant. More information |
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