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Entries for November 2005
Wednesday
Nov 30 |
Willstatt, Germany : A gas cloud was released after a fire at a chemical plant. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 30 |
Neshannock Township : The driver of a tanker truck carrying liquid oxygen was killed when it crashed and caught fire. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 30 |
Huntingdon, WV : A hydrogen line running to a furnace caught fire at a metals plant. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 29 |
Norcross, GA : One hundred gallons of aluminum sulphate spilled onto the road when the tanker truck carrying it overturned. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 29 |
Branthamn, UK : A man was severely burned in an explosion at a plastics plant. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 29 |
Hanging Rock, OH : There was a small fire in a chemical plant. More information |
Monday
Nov 28 |
Pashamylaram, India : One person was killed in an explosion when cloxacillian sodium was being dried. More information |
Monday
Nov 28 |
NeaPeramos, Greece : A crude oil pipeline exploded during repair work. More information |
Monday
Nov 28 |
Branford, FL : Two employees were sent to a hospital burn unit after a fire and explosion at a cement plant. More information |
Monday
Nov 28 |
Thomasville, AL : The driver of a tanker truck was killed when he ran off the road and his truck caught on fire. More information |
Monday
Nov 28 |
Ostende, Belgium : A person was killed in an explosion at a chemical plant. More information |
Sunday
Nov 27 |
Cuiweigan Village, China : Four people were killed in and explosion at an illegal fireworks factory. More information |
Saturday
Nov 26 |
Flayer County, FL : A neighborhood was closed off for 3 hours because of a chlorine gas leak. More information |
Friday
Nov 25 |
Yorktown, VA : Fire fighters fought 10.5 hours to put out a fire in an oil refinery. More information |
Friday
Nov 25 |
Angra bos Reis, Brazil : A fire in a transformer shut down 2 sections of a nuclear power plant. More information |
Thursday
Nov 24 |
Dianjiang County, China : An explosion at a chemical plant killed one person. More information |
Thursday
Nov 24 |
Momence IL : Two trains collided and caused chemicals to spill and nearby residents to be evacuated. More information |
Thursday
Nov 24 |
Sarnia, Canada : A fire and explosion occurred inside a steam boiler at a refinery. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 23 |
Voronezh, Russia : It took 3 hours to extinguish a fire at a synthetic rubber plant. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 23 |
Columbia, SC : The top of a 35-foot-tall cylindrical tank was blown off after an explosion in an asphalt plant. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 23 |
Melville, LA : A natural gas explosion burned the face and arms of a man. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 23 |
Sumgait, Azerbaijan : A fire and explosion halted operations at a chemical plant. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 23 |
Taiwan : A fire at an industrial park caused $1.3 million in damages. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 22 |
Leaside, Canada : Several businesses were evacuated due to a fire at an abandoned chemical plant. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 22 |
Magdalenaapasco, Mexico : Five people were killed in an explosion at a fireworks factory. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 22 |
Atlanta, GA : Fire fighters evacuated a nearby apartment complex after a natural gas line leaked and ignited. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 22 |
Rheinfeldon, Germany : Two hundred kg of ammonia was released from a reactor after a seal failed. More information |
Monday
Nov 21 |
Kelambakkam, India : It took over 5 hours to bring a fire under control at a medicinal balm factory. More information |
Monday
Nov 21 |
Purkhoo, India : Three people were killed in an explosion at a scrap metal shop. More information |
Monday
Nov 21 |
Houston TX : Employees were evacuated from an oil refinery due to a power failure. More information |
Monday
Nov 21 |
St. Marys, PA : A man was injured in an explosion at a carbon plant. More information |
Sunday
Nov 20 |
Thailand : An equipment failure on board an offshore oil tanker leaked crude oil in the ocean. More information |
Sunday
Nov 20 |
Ciudad Madero, Mexico : Three people were killed when condensed sulphuic acid leaked from a natural gas processing plant. More information |
Sunday
Nov 20 |
Noida, India : Fire broke out at a printing plant. More information |
Sunday
Nov 20 |
Salt Lake City, UT : A hazmat team was called to a potentially dangerous leak at a refinery. More information |
Sunday
Nov 20 |
Niederau, Germany : Several workers were hospitalized after chlorine was detected at a paper mill. More information |
Sunday
Nov 20 |
OFallon MO : Workers were evacuated from a semi conductor plant after a chemical fire broke out. More information |
Saturday
Nov 19 |
Fowler CO : A truck overturned on the highway and spilled diesel fuel and calcium carbide. More information |
Friday
Nov 18 |
Boras, Sweden : One thousand liters of sulphuric acid leaked from a chemical company building. More information |
Thursday
Nov 17 |
China : A chemical reactor exploded at a chemical company and caused a leakage of heating oil. More information |
Thursday
Nov 17 |
Waller, TX : A huge fire destroyed an empty grain shed at a rice drying plant. More information |
Thursday
Nov 17 |
Lyons Falls, NY : Fire broke out in a pulp and paper mill. More information |
Thursday
Nov 17 |
Billings, MT : Sulpher dust at a sulpher plant ignited and caused an explosion. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 16 |
Africa : a nuclear power station was shut down after a brush fire affected one of the transmission lines. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 16 |
Towanda, PA : A pressure relief valve failed and natural gas was released in an energy building. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 15 |
Jones OK : A train derailed and leaked a molten sulpher product. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 15 |
Marcaibolake, Venezuela : One person was injured in a fire at a natural gas compressor plant. More information |
Monday
Nov 14 |
Vionnaz, Switzerland : A seal on a tank failed and spilled 400 liters of hydrochloric acid at a pharmaceutical plant. More information |
Monday
Nov 14 |
Chropyle, Czech Republic : A fire broke out at an industrial waste incineration plant. More information |
Monday
Nov 14 |
Yemanzhelinsek, Russia : A man was killed in an explosion in an industrial plant. More information |