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Entries for March 2000
Friday
Mar 31 |
Point Comfort, TX: Apolethylene unit caught fire at a plastic company, injuring two workers. More information |
Monday
Mar 27 |
Pasadena, TX:An explosion and fire at a chemical plant killed at least one person and injured at least20 more. More information |
Saturday
Mar 25 |
Jackson, MS:Twenty motorists on Interstate 55 were treated after being exposed to anhydrous ammoniafumes that escaped from an agricultural tank after theives left a valve open on the tank.Anhydrous ammonia is used by farmers in crop production and is an ingredient in crystalmethamphetamine. More information |
Saturday
Mar 25 |
Canton, GA: Afuel pipe ruptured, spilling about 360 gallons of gasoline into Lake Allatoona, andprompting the evacuation of about 20 people. More information |
Friday
Mar 24 |
Biddeford, ME:A propane tank exploded at a trash incinerator. More information |
Thursday
Mar 23 |
Pennsville, NJ: Threemen at a pharmaceutical plant were trying to load an industrial dryer with a powderysubstance wet with solvents when the machine exploded, injuring all three. More information |
Thursday
Mar 23 |
Lily, KY: Surlfuricand hydrochloric acid were accidentally mixed, causing two releases of chlorine gas intoan automotive plant. After the first release sent 23 workers and 2 emergency responders tothe hospital, the building was evacuated for 90 minutes. After workers were allowed backinto the building, an off-site air system took in some of the chlorine gas, producing thesecond release and sending 23 more employees to the hospital. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 22 |
Farmington, CT: Twodrums of highly toxic trichloroethylene were found within 50 feet of a resivoirsbanks. At least one of the drums had leaked. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 22 |
Abia State,Nigeria: Fifty people were killed during a pipeline fire that occurred whilesiphoning gasoline. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 22 |
Kenedy, TX: Partof Highway 181 was closed after a natural gas pipeline exploded, shooting flames 90 feetinto the air. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 22 |
HempfieldTownship, PA: An underground gas line ruptured, causing an explosion that damaged twohomes and injured three men, two critically. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 21 |
Channelview,TX: Two men died inside a large boiler that they had been sandblasting. An exactcause of death is unknown. More information |
Monday
Mar 20 |
Hollywood, FL:Several business were evacuated and parts of I-95 were closed when four train carsderailed and overturned, spilling thousands of gallons of hydrogen peroxide from one car,limestone from another, and a petroleum compound from a third car. More information |
Sunday
Mar 19 |
Tanzania: Twenty-eightpeople were killed while trying to siphon gasoline from an overturned tanker truck. More information |
Friday
Mar 17 |
Owens Crossroads,AL: An explosion at a fireworks factory left the owner in critical condition afterchemical compounds he was mixing reacted, causing a flash fire and a small explosion. Thiswas the third explosion at this factory in nine months. More information |
Friday
Mar 17 |
Albany, KY:Afire at a plant that stores gasoline, oil, and toulene caused officials to evacuate thearea within 4,000 feet of the plant. More information |
Friday
Mar 17 |
North Salt LakeCity, UT: A fuel delivery tanker exploded in a refinery loading dock, causing $500,000in damage. More information |
Thursday
Mar 16 |
Corunna, Ontario,Canada: A flare went out on a stack at a refinery, releasing gases into theatmosphere. 200 employees of a call center in the community complained of nausea,sorethroats,a nd dizziness. Air quality testing showed low levels of hydrogen sulfide andother sulphur containing compounds called mercaptans. More information |
Thursday
Mar 16 |
Bucks County, PA:Two workers were injured, one seriously, in a flash fire at a label printing plant.The fire also forced the evacuation of about 150 employees. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 15 |
Rosepine, LA:Two men were putting diesel tanks and a gasoline air compressor on a 2000 model loggingtruck when an explosion occurred, injuring both men. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 14 |
Lakeland, FL:A tanker truck carrying aviation fuel overturned and burned, killing the driver andclosing Highway I-4 during morning rush hour. The column of smoke could be seen for up to30 miles. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 14 |
Hangzhou,China: Four people were killed in an explosion when they were sent to cut a steelstructure over an abandoned biogas generating pit. Their arc-welding device ignited theremaining gas in the pit, resulting in the explosion. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 14 |
Richwood, WV:An explosion at a furniture plant killed the owner as he did welding work on a discarded55-gallon barrel. None of the other 13 workers in the plant at the time were injured. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 14 |
Fredericton, NewBrunswick, Canada: A chemical spill at an educational science center had emergencyofficials racing to prevent an explosion, and forced the evacuation of close to 800people. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 14 |
Rock Hill, SC:Two men were killed and two were injured in an explosion when turpentine fumes ignited asthey welded a tank outside of a paper plant. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 14 |
Allentown, PA: Thedoor of an oven used to burn hazardous waste in a mercury recovery plant blew off andstruck a nearby worker in the head, knocking him unconscious. More information |
Monday
Mar 13 |
Ushuaia,Argentina: An explosion in an industrial plant used to make road constructionexplosives injured at least 35 people, and set off a fire that spread to other nearbyfactories, causing a second explosion. The second explosion blew out the windows in houseswithin a 545-yard radius of the complex and injured several firefighters. More information |
Sunday
Mar 12 |
Mexico City,Mexico: More than 150 firefighters battled 90-foot flames at a gas plant after sevengas lines, each with a 2,600-gallon capacity caught fire and sparked a series ofexplosions. More information |
Sunday
Mar 12 |
Chonburi,Thailand: A fire at a footwear factory reduced a $2.6 million plant to rubble in justthree hours. The fire was fueled by combustible adhesives and rubber stored inside theplant. More information |
Sunday
Mar 12 |
Lat Krabang,Thailand: The owner of a makeshift gas station was killed, and his wife andanother man were injured when an oil truck off-loading its cargo caught fire and explodedin front of his wooden house. More information |
Sunday
Mar 12 |
Austin, TX:An 18-wheeler carrying sulfuric acid tipped over, leaking chemicals over U.S. 183. Noinjuries or evacuations were reported More information |
Wednesday
Mar 01 |
Quebec, Canada: Three workers were killed when a giant tank of compressed air exploded while theyprepared the vehicle for safety tests. Two of the men were decapitated in the explosion ofthe 1,500 kilogram tank. More information |
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