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Entries for December 2005
Wednesday
Dec 28 |
Rantoul, IL: One worker killed and another slightly injured in a fire at a hair-care products factory in central Illinois. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 27 |
Marion, IN : Construction workers cut a live electrical line at a closed television picture tube plant, sparking a transformer explosion that critically burned one worker and hurt three others. More information |
Monday
Dec 26 |
Panipat, India: One worker died, 10 others were critically injured in a fire caused by an inflammable object on the premises of a factory at Nizampur village. More information |
Saturday
Dec 24 |
Palatka, FL: A contractor died in an explosion at an electric plant where he was using explosives to clean burned fuel collected from the walls of a plant. More information |
Thursday
Dec 22 |
Fairfield, MT: A fire destroyed the main building at a seed plant, missing a room that stored the chemicals, but it burned lines used to transfer chemicals. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 20 |
Warwick, RI : Nearly 300 gallons of hydrogen cyanide spilled at a chemical company were contained. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 20 |
Salix, IW : A steam explosion at a soybean processing injured two people when a steam valve failed. In August 2004, a fire and explosion at the plant killed two employees and injured six others as the result of a buildup of hexane gas, used to extract oils from seeds and vegetables. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 13 |
St Paul, MN: Fire in a crude unit at a 70,000-barrel-per-day refinery left one of two crude units shut and the refinery’s other units running at reduced rates. More information |
Sunday
Dec 11 |
Hemel Hempstead, U.K.: A massive explosion spread fire through an oil storage depot north of London, destroying 17 tanks. More information |
Thursday
Dec 08 |
Regina, Canada: A pipeline ruptured resulting in an explosion and fire. More information |
Thursday
Dec 08 |
Shizuishan, China: A small amount of chlorine leaked from a PVC plant. More information |
Thursday
Dec 08 |
Cape Fear River, NC: About 1,300 gallons of paraxlene spilled into a river. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 07 |
Australia: Two people were killed in an explosion at a waste management plant. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 07 |
Zouk Mikail, Lebanon: Several transformers were destroyed in a fire at a thermal power plant. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 07 |
Hechi, China: A tanker loaded with phosphorous caught fire after overturning in an accident. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 06 |
Rifle, CO: An explosion rocked a production gas compressor station. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 06 |
Crane, TX: An explosion at a West Texas gas plant near Crane on Wednesday night could be seen as far as 20 miles away and shook homes in Odessa. More information |
Monday
Dec 05 |
India: Two people were killed when a boiler, a batch reactor or a storage tank exploded in a chemical plant. More information |
Monday
Dec 05 |
Sacramento, CA: Roads were closed because of a sodium hydroxide leak from a tanker truck. More information |
Monday
Dec 05 |
Dorschnitz, Germany: Residents were evacuated after a tanker leaked ethylacyhylate. More information |
Sunday
Dec 04 |
Beiging, China: A tanker truck carrying calcium chloride had brake failure and crashed into a bus, killing 24 people. More information |
Sunday
Dec 04 |
Youtang Village, China: An explosion in an aluminum plant killed 2 people. More information |
Friday
Dec 02 |
Muang, Thailand: A huge fire destroyed a factory. More information |
Thursday
Dec 01 |
Nandersari, India: A huge fire destroyed a solvent factory. More information |
Thursday
Dec 01 |
Brandenburg, KY: A truck crashed and spilled ammonia nitrate on the highway. More information |
Thursday
Dec 01 |
Jiangdu, China: A truck carrying 8 tons of acrylonitrile exploded and caught fire at a chemical plant. More information |