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Entries for May 2010
Monday
May 31 |
Jackson, MS: Fire broke out in an abandoned furniture plant. More information |
Monday
May 31 |
Johnstone, UK: Fire broke out at a derelict paper mill that may be the world's oldest machine factory. More information |
Monday
May 31 |
Pratteln, Switzerland: 4 workers were hurt in an explosion in a chemical waste tank at a chemical plant. More information |
Monday
May 31 |
Eaglescliffe, UK: Several large fires broke out at a graphics plant in a single weekend. More information |
Monday
May 31 |
Bacau, Romania: A worker was killed in an explosion and fire at thermoelectric plant. More information |
Monday
May 31 |
Wels, Austria: A dust explosion rocked a paint factory. More information |
Monday
May 31 |
Wesseling, Germany: Cyanuric chloride leaked from a product silo at a chemical plant. More information |
Monday
May 31 |
Escombreras, Spain: A wildfire that spread across 120 acres threatened an oil refinery. More information |
Sunday
May 30 |
Princeton, NJ: 4 workers required decontamination after a chemical spill at a cogeneration power plant. More information |
Sunday
May 30 |
Findlay, OH: 2 tire plant workers were hurt when an equipment fire broke out. More information |
Sunday
May 30 |
Powell, MT: 3 buildings at a bean seed plant were destroyed by fire. More information |
Sunday
May 30 |
New Delhi, India: A fire broke out at a three-story building housing a factory. More information |
Sunday
May 30 |
Wilmington, NC: A fire erupted at a chemical plant important in the making of man-made fibers. More information |
Saturday
May 29 |
Shenzhen, China: Fire broke out at an electronics plant. More information |
Saturday
May 29 |
Cedarburg, WI: An ammonia leak forced workers to evacuate a dairy. 3mx5 More information |
Friday
May 28 |
Willets Point, NY: 3 firefighters were hurt while battling a three-alarm factory fire. More information |
Friday
May 28 |
Parkersburg, WV: A rail car leak forced workers to shelter in place at a chemical plant. More information |
Friday
May 28 |
Newport, NC: Fire broke out in a powder coating room at a plant making air dryers and filters. More information |
Friday
May 28 |
Corona, CA: A tanker truck overturned and exploded on a freeway. More information |
Friday
May 28 |
Niagara Falls, NY: A small iodine pentafluoride spill injured an environmental services worker. More information |
Friday
May 28 |
Menonee Falls, WI: A worker was injured at a stamping plant. More information |
Friday
May 28 |
South Molton, UK: 2 tons of wood chips were destroyed in a fire at a wood processing factory. More information |
Friday
May 28 |
Kennett Square, PA: Fire spread through a vacant warehouse at a closed factory. More information |
Friday
May 28 |
Dounreay, UK: A small sodium fire broke out at a nuclear power plant. More information |
Thursday
May 27 |
Pleasant Hill, IA: Fire destroyed a plant that produces sawdust and wood chips for bedding and mulch. More information |
Thursday
May 27 |
Omsk, Russia: Fire broke out a one of the country's largest refineries. More information |
Thursday
May 27 |
Maquoketa, Iowa: The lid blew off a chemical drum at a plant specializing in cast iron cylinder liners. More information |
Thursday
May 27 |
Augusta, GA: An equipment fire spread to paper and other material at a recycling plant. More information |
Thursday
May 27 |
Grays Harbor, WA: A fire inside a pipe shut down a factory using resins to produce countertops. More information |
Thursday
May 27 |
Pleasant Hill, IA: Fire destroyed a plant that produces sawdust and wood chips for bedding and mulch. More information |
Thursday
May 27 |
Birmingham, UK: A downtown factory fire resulted in a shelter-in-place order. More information |
Thursday
May 27 |
Dover, MA: A worker at a textile plant suffered a serious arm injury. More information |
Thursday
May 27 |
Ford, UK: Fire broke out at a recycling plant. More information |
Thursday
May 27 |
Leetsdale, PA: A worker was burned by ammonium persulfate at a drilling products plant. More information |
Thursday
May 27 |
Bay City, MI: 1 of 2 men trapped under fallen lumber at a woodworking plant died. More information |
Thursday
May 27 |
Guatemala City, Guatemala: A small plane crashed into a saw mill. More information |
Wednesday
May 26 |
Bayan Lepas, Malaysia: A fire at an electronics plant left 1 responder injured. More information |
Wednesday
May 26 |
Vohburg, Germany: A refinery temporarily shut down operations after a power plant fire. More information |
Wednesday
May 26 |
Shuttlewood, UK: Fire broke out at a former fuel processing factory. More information |
Wednesday
May 26 |
Bath, NY: Water reactive waste ignited at a lighting factory. More information |
Wednesday
May 26 |
Idaho Falls, ID: A fire broke out in equipment for handling radioactive waste at a research laboratory. More information |
Wednesday
May 26 |
Chicopee, MA: A small fire broke out on the roof of a manufacturing plant. More information |
Wednesday
May 26 |
Fort Worth, TX: A worker in a meat packing plant lost an arm. More information |
Wednesday
May 26 |
Delphos, OH: An accident that mixed chlorine and oxalic acid at a wastwater plant produced toxic gas. More information |
Wednesday
May 26 |
Jammu, India: Product stored outdoors at a cable factory caught fire. More information |
Wednesday
May 26 |
Auburn, WA: 2 men at a propane facility were electrocuted when a boom touched a power line. More information |
Wednesday
May 26 |
Piedmont, SC: Acrylonitrile spilled from a tanker truck, forcing the evacuation of a truck stop. More information |
Wednesday
May 26 |
Donner, CA: About 2,500 gallons of oil spilled when a semi overturned. More information |
Wednesday
May 26 |
Torrance, CA: A fire broke out at a refinery. More information |
Tuesday
May 25 |
Markham, ON: A plane crash that struck a toy factory killed 2 aboard the flight. More information |
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