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Entries for March 2009
Tuesday
Mar 31 |
Lexington, KY: Roofing tar caught fire at a paper plant. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 31 |
St. Louis, MO: A five-story dryer at a soap factory caught fire. More information |
Monday
Mar 30 |
Northboro, MA: A hydrogen leak forced employees to evacuate a ceramics and plastics plant. More information |
Sunday
Mar 29 |
Avalon, TX: A chemical plant fire forced residents within two miles to evacuate. More information |
Sunday
Mar 29 |
Rawlins, WY: Fire shut down a hydro-desulfurization unit at an oil refinery. More information |
Sunday
Mar 29 |
Tiaro, Australia: A fire aboard a freight train hauling explosive cargo resulted in a local power outage. More information |
Friday
Mar 27 |
Sacramento, CA: Firefighters responded to a hydrogen leak at a soap plant. More information |
Friday
Mar 27 |
Cranston, RI: A small leak in an ammonia storage tank forced the evacuation of an electrical parts factory. More information |
Friday
Mar 27 |
Seymour, CT: Powdered chemicals ignited at a cable manufacturing plant. More information |
Friday
Mar 27 |
West Chester Twp., OH: A heat producing chemical reaction forced the evacuation of a pharmaceutical plant. More information |
Thursday
Mar 26 |
Maresme, Spain: A worker suffered burns in a chemical plant explosion. More information |
Thursday
Mar 26 |
Marina de Cudeyo, Spain: An explosion at a synthetic rubber plant hurt 2. More information |
Thursday
Mar 26 |
Port Arthur, TX: A power outage at an oil refinery triggered a brief flash fire. More information |
Thursday
Mar 26 |
Port Talbot, UK: Fire broke out at a tire recycling plant. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 25 |
Buricharg, Bangladesh: Three workers died in a boiler explosion at a rice mill. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 24 |
Montbeliard, France: A major gas fire broke out behind a distribution facility. More information |
Monday
Mar 23 |
Chongqing, China: Twelve people died when the roof of a chemical plant collapsed. More information |
Monday
Mar 23 |
La Pobla de Mafumet, Spain: An operator at a refinery died when he was struck by a truck. More information |
Monday
Mar 23 |
Formosa, Brazil: Three people died when a tank exploded in a soybean oil plant. More information |
Monday
Mar 23 |
Narayanpur, India: Fire broke out at two chemical plants. More information |
Monday
Mar 23 |
Shuifu County, China: 17 people were injured in an explosion at a chemical fertilizer plant. More information |
Sunday
Mar 22 |
Masyla, Yemen: Fire swept through an oil storage facility. More information |
Sunday
Mar 22 |
Alcoa, TN: Fire spread through duct work at an aluminum plant. More information |
Sunday
Mar 22 |
Fairmount, WV: Fumes ignited, causing an explosion at a light steel plant. More information |
Sunday
Mar 22 |
Hayward, WI: Fire broke out in a dust collector at a wood pallet plant. More information |
Sunday
Mar 22 |
Jackson County, MS: Drums containing flammable ether spilled when a tractor-trailer rig was struck by a tire from another vehicle. More information |
Sunday
Mar 22 |
Villa Martelli, Argentina: Fire destroyed a plant making solvents. More information |
Saturday
Mar 21 |
Athens, TN: A fire at a biodiesel plant left a worker in critical condition. More information |
Saturday
Mar 21 |
Wake Forest, NC: An ammonia line ruptured at an industrial gas company. More information |
Saturday
Mar 21 |
Linden, NJ: A brief fire did not seriously disrupt production at an oil refinery. More information |
Saturday
Mar 21 |
Whiting, IN: Hot vapor sprayed out of a crude processing unit, injuring a contractor. More information |
Friday
Mar 20 |
Spruce Pine, NC: An explosion in a dust collector rocked an outboard motor plant. More information |
Friday
Mar 20 |
Saint Jean, New Brunswick: Neighbors complained about the strong smell of gasoline escaping from a floating roof storage tank. More information |
Friday
Mar 20 |
Mersch, Luxemburg: Workers at a agricultural processing plant reported respiratory problems. More information |
Thursday
Mar 19 |
Dover, OH: More than 27,000 gallons of hydrochloric acid leaked into a retention pond at a chemical plant. More information |
Thursday
Mar 19 |
Berkeley County, S.C.: Workers complained about breathing problems after contact with calcium phosphate dibasic at a freight facility. More information |
Thursday
Mar 19 |
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA: An explosion in an electric water heater at a plastics manufacturing plant killed two people and injured a third. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 18 |
East Alton, IL: A flange on an acid line broke at a metal stamping plant, causing a small spill. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 18 |
Nashville, TN: A plant making water pumps and other products was evacuated when a jar of ammonium hydrate broke. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 17 |
Eldorado, AR: A crack in a tank of hydrofluoric acid at a chemical plant forced an area evacuation. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 17 |
Latipalla, India: Fire broke out in a cooling tower at an oil refinery. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 17 |
Mamaroneck, NY: Ammonia vapor leaked from an ice plant. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 17 |
Mosinee, CA: Dust from paper products ignited at a paper mill. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 17 |
St. Charles, MN: Ammonia escaped from a burning meat processing plant. More information |
Monday
Mar 16 |
Boston, MA: Workers sealed a storage room at a pharmaceuticals research facility when chemicals reacted. More information |
Monday
Mar 16 |
Galva, IL: A fire was reported at a feed processing plant. More information |
Monday
Mar 16 |
Tarpon Springs, FL: Area residents were evacuated after a drum of sodium hydrosulfite began reacting at a sponge factory. More information |
Monday
Mar 16 |
New Britain, CT: 2 dozen workers at a food processing plant were overcome by an ammonia leak. More information |
Monday
Mar 16 |
Phoenix, AZ: A hydrogen leak at an industrial gas facility resulted in an explosion. More information |
Monday
Mar 16 |
Golden, CO: A power outage at a beer can plant caused a fire in a drying oven. More information |
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