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Entries for February 2008
Friday
Feb 29 |
Frederica, DE: Four firefighters who entered a burning engineering plant without SCBA were hospitalized. More information |
Friday
Feb 29 |
New Hampton, IA: A fire broke out at a food processing plant. More information |
Friday
Feb 29 |
Tema, Ghana: About 1,500 gallons of crude oil spilled from a ruptured pipeline at an oil refinery. More information |
Friday
Feb 29 |
West Fraser, S.C.: A fire in an electric motor spread through sawdust at a saw mill. More information |
Thursday
Feb 28 |
Barcelona, Spain: A burning gas leak cleared workers at a coffee pot factory. More information |
Thursday
Feb 28 |
Grand Forks, N.D.: A fire at a potato processing plant was contained to the dust collection system. More information |
Thursday
Feb 28 |
Norwich, U.K.: Fire erupted at an oil refinery that serves as the terminal connecting Britain to the North Sea. More information |
Thursday
Feb 28 |
Roanoke, VA: Firefighters wore SCBA to protect themselves against burning asbestos during a steel plant fire. More information |
Thursday
Feb 28 |
Zuffenhausen, Germany: Fire broke out in the paint shop at a luxury auto plant. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 27 |
Anderson, IN: Two people not authorized to be onsite were severely burned by a live wire at a building products plant. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 27 |
Buffalo, N.Y.: Fire cleared workers out of a printing plant. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 27 |
Candos, Mauritius: Twenty-five workers were overcome by ammonia fumes at a chicken processing plant. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 27 |
Chelyan, W.V.: Thieves trying to steal ammonia to make methamphetamine dumped the contents of a large tank. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 27 |
Gudiyattam, India: Five workers died in a match factory fire. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 27 |
Lohne, Germany: Four workers suffered critical injuries in an ammonia release at a chicken processing plant. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 27 |
Ludwigshafen, Germany: A malfunction in the internal steam system of a cracker unit resulted in emergency flaring at an oil refinery. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 27 |
Madisonville, OH: Hazmat crews responded to a chemical leak at a bottling plant. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 27 |
Orissa, India: Seven workers were burned when hot dust inside a power plant furnace fell on them. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 27 |
Philadelphia, PA: Fire broke out in the batch room of a concrete plant. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 27 |
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: A farm machinery plant suffered its second fire in ten days. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 27 |
Scheldelaan, Belgium: A pipeline carrying ethylene ruptured and caught fire. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 27 |
Shenzhen, China: Fifteen workers died in a fire at a foam products plant. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 27 |
Zelenograd, Russia: A fire at an LCD television factory put one of three assembly lines out of action. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 26 |
Branchburg, CA: An explosion and fire involving lithium aluminum hydride injured a chemical plant worker. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 26 |
Cape Town, S. Africa: A 45,000 bpd gas-to-liquids plant was shut down due to a damaged pipe. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 26 |
Columbus, OH: Fire broke out in a warehouse storing water-reactive chemicals. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 26 |
Domjur, India: Lack of water hindered firefighters attempting to extinguish a fire at a coconut oil factory. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 26 |
Howrah, India: Flames destroyed a vegetable oil factory and a mustard oil refinery. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 26 |
London, U.K.: A diesel spill closed 1.5 miles of a road tunnel. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 26 |
Miami, FL: A fire at a power substation triggered Florida’s largest blackout in years. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 26 |
Nottingham, U.K.: Workers cleared a pork pie plant after an ammonia leak. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 26 |
Prince William, VA: Traffic on a major roadway was halted when hydrochloric acid was discovered leaking from a pool chemical distributor. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 26 |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: A gas explosion collapsed a portion of a jewelry factory, injuring 10. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 26 |
Scottsboro, AL: An explosion at an aluminum plant injured one worker. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 26 |
Silvassa, Malaysia: A fire in a cold storage warehouse damaged pharmaceutical materials. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 26 |
Texarkana, AR: Discarded body parts from nearly 40,000 slaughtered chickens spilled onto an interstate when a truck overturned. More information |
Monday
Feb 25 |
Ajman, UAE: Fire destroyed a glass factory. More information |
Monday
Feb 25 |
Alexandria, OH: Fire damaged a plant specializing in swimming pools. More information |
Monday
Feb 25 |
Bangalore, India: Flames swept through a textile mill. More information |
Monday
Feb 25 |
Creston, IO: Fire was reported in the quality assurance lab at a grain processing plant. More information |
Monday
Feb 25 |
Einhausen, Germany: Fire destroyed a factory specializing in plastic pipe. More information |
Monday
Feb 25 |
Ekurhuleni, S. Africa: A lightning strike triggered a chemical plant explosion. More information |
Monday
Feb 25 |
Grand Junction, CO: A worker at a polymer plant was injured when a two-ton piece of plexiglass fell on his foot. More information |
Monday
Feb 25 |
Hope, B.C.: An overturned tanker spilled nearly 9,700 gallons of used motor oil. More information |
Monday
Feb 25 |
Long Sault, Ontario: A worker was injured when a forklift fell off a loading dock at a plastics extruding plant. More information |
Monday
Feb 25 |
Mesa, AZ: A fire outside a polyurethane plant was quickly extinguished. More information |
Monday
Feb 25 |
Noida. India: Fire broke out at a steel factory. More information |
Monday
Feb 25 |
Oswego, N.Y.: Fire spread from a furnace at an aluminum products plant. More information |
Monday
Feb 25 |
Riceburo, GA: Flames broke out in a scrubber at a chemical plant. More information |
Monday
Feb 25 |
Sharjah, UAE: Fire gutted a plastic foam factory. More information |
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