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Entries for May 2005
Tuesday
May 31 |
Lodi, CA: A fire started from a pile of recycled materials causing $40,000 damage at a recycling plant. More information |
Tuesday
May 31 |
Boston, MA: Many roads and bridges were shut down due to an ammonia leak at a fish-processing plant. More information |
Tuesday
May 31 |
Warffum , Netherlands : Two men were killed and one other injured when a gas condensate storage tank exploded at a petroleum plant. More information |
Monday
May 30 |
Sydney, Australia: A tube used to exchange heat at a nickel plant failed resulting in a fire that caused the plant to lose more than 500 tons on nickel. More information |
Saturday
May 28 |
Louth, Ireland: An explosion occurred while firefighters battled a fire that started at a tire recycling plant. More information |
Saturday
May 28 |
La Fontane, KA: While drilling at a methane drilling rig, two workers were killed and several others injured when a pipe exploded. More information |
Friday
May 27 |
Searcy, AR: A chemical fire broke out in a distiller machine that separates alcohol-based inks used for printing labels on bags at a plastic film packaging plant. More information |
Friday
May 27 |
Tualatin, OR: A fire set a nearby vehicle ablaze at a paint shop warehouse resulting in multiple explosions and $1.5 million in damages. More information |
Thursday
May 26 |
Green River, WY:Equipment at a phosphates plant allowed sulfur trioxide gas to escape causing residents to suffer respiratory problems. More information |
Thursday
May 26 |
Fairfield, CA: About 300 gallons of sulfuric acid spilled inside a beverage can plant sending two employees to the hospital with respiratory complications. More information |
Thursday
May 26 |
Ratnagiri , India : Three people were killed and four injured when a fire broke out at a PVC plant after a pipe connecting a column was dismantled during routine maintenance. More information |
Thursday
May 26 |
Guanangzhou , China : Five people were killed when an explosion occurred at a shipyard during construction on the dockyard. More information |
Wednesday
May 25 |
Moscow, Russia: Gas condensate was burnt up with a flaming installation during a power failure at an oil refinery. More information |
Wednesday
May 25 |
Persian Gulf, Iran: About 700 tons of crude oil spilled into the Persian Gulf after two oil tankers collided. More information |
Tuesday
May 24 |
Terminal Island, CA: A fire broke out at a scrap metal plant, sending out fumes that sickened residents. More information |
Tuesday
May 24 |
Dahod, India: A freight train carrying ammonia leaked, resulting in the evacuation of passengers at a train station. More information |
Tuesday
May 24 |
Kansas City, MO: Four workers at an ice cream plant were injured when the valve of an ammonia tank they were working on flew off. More information |
Tuesday
May 24 |
Cairns, Australia: An oil line burst causing a fire in the engine room of a ship. More information |
Tuesday
May 24 |
Tarchung City, Taiwan: At least nine people were killed when a fire broke out in a plastics factory that housed workers and their families. More information |
Tuesday
May 24 |
Smethwick, UK: An incident involving an LPG bottle on a forklift caused an explosion that injured two employees at a metal processing plant. More information |
Tuesday
May 24 |
Goryachi Klyuch, Russia: A small crack in a worn out pipe caused about 20 tons of oil to spill from an oil pipeline. More information |
Monday
May 23 |
Kansas City, KS: A gas pipeline ruptured at a pipeline supply company leaking more than 18,000 gallons of fuel near a river causing traffic re-routes for the area. More information |
Monday
May 23 |
Windsor, UK: A fire broke out at a recycling and waste plant. More information |
Monday
May 23 |
Paris, TX: An employee at a safety products manufacturing plant was injured when a flash fire occurred when he tried to light a natural gas furnace. More information |
Sunday
May 22 |
Tacoma, WA: A fire broke our in a kiln building causing $500,000 damage to a lumber processing plant. More information |
Saturday
May 21 |
Arudy, France: A fire destroyed a chrome plating plant. More information |
Saturday
May 21 |
Qatar: Electrical problems caused a fire at a carton factory destroying machinery and cartons. More information |
Saturday
May 21 |
Perth, Australia: A tube in a heat exchange bundle failed in the acid area of a nickel plant causing a fire. More information |
Saturday
May 21 |
Basel, Switzerland: An ammonia leak was repaired at a meat processing plant. More information |
Saturday
May 21 |
Cheboygan, MI: While unloading a bundle of combustible material in the central pulping unit of a paper plant, a metal binding snapped, hit the cement and caused a fire. More information |
Friday
May 20 |
Three Rivers, TX: A leak at a gas refinery caused the release of 10,000 pounds of carbon monoxide, 3,500 pounds of nitrogen monoxide, 500 pounds of sulfur dioxide, and 100 pounds of nitrogen dioxide resulting in flaring through the hydrocracking unit. More information |
Friday
May 20 |
Anderson, SC: Equipment at a lawnmower manufacturing plant overheated, emitting smoke that caused employees to feel ill. More information |
Friday
May 20 |
Hamilton, New Zealand: A fire broke out on a bitumen tanker on a major road. More information |
Friday
May 20 |
LaVergne, TX: Heat from a mixing chute caused a conveyor belt on the mixing floor to catch fire at a rubber plant. More information |
Friday
May 20 |
Thibodaux, LA: Welding sparks ignited nitro-parafins causing a fire at a chemical plant More information |
Friday
May 20 |
Port Louis, Maritius: Equipment at a generating station failed causing heavy fuel oil to leak into a nearby canal. More information |
Thursday
May 19 |
Port of Liverpool, UK: Four people were hurt when too much pressure built up in an auxiliary boiler at a combined cycle power plant, causing it to explode. More information |
Thursday
May 19 |
Durban, S. Africa: A truck carrying about 20 tons of asbestos chrysotile overturned, spilling the substance on a major road. More information |
Thursday
May 19 |
Tokyo, Japan: Three employees were injured when a fire broke out in the input gate of a disposal plant for industrial waste. More information |
Thursday
May 19 |
Williston, ND: A lignite manufacturing plant shut down after a fire ignited in the electrical room. More information |
Thursday
May 19 |
El Paso, TX: At least three fire fighters were injured in a fire at a recycling plant. More information |
Thursday
May 19 |
Rockville, MD: Firefighters responded to a massive fire that broke out at a cement plant. More information |
Thursday
May 19 |
Pittsgrove Twp., NJ: Two people were injured when about six gallons of acid used to clean equipment at industrial warehouse spilled. More information |
Thursday
May 19 |
Merseyside, UK: A boiler exploded at a power plant injuring four people. More information |
Thursday
May 19 |
Handan, China: While checking equipment at a sewage pool in a brewery, five people were killed by a hydrogen sulfide leak. More information |
Wednesday
May 18 |
South Salt Lake, UT: About 700 gallons of sodium hydroxide leaked into a nearby canal at a water treatment plant. More information |
Wednesday
May 18 |
Jiangxi , China : Four people were killed and several others injured when a melting furnace in the nitration section of a chemical plant exploded. More information |
Wednesday
May 18 |
Salt Lake City, UT: A pipe on a container of sodium hydroxide at a purified water plant snapped causing the chemical to leak and eat through the concrete foundation eventually leaking into the canal system. More information |
Wednesday
May 18 |
Kenai, AK: A transmitter failure caused a fire at an oil refinery. More information |
Tuesday
May 17 |
Greenville County, NC: A flash fire occurred while workers mixed sodium hydroxide, ferrous chloride and sodium hydrosulfide causing a cloud of hydrogen sulfide to be released at a water treatment plant. More information |
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