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Entries for August 2001
Thursday
Aug 30 |
Culpepper, VA:An explosion at a plant specializing in lightweight aircraft material left one man dead. More information |
Thursday
Aug 30 |
Culpepper, VA:An explosion at a plant specializing in lightweight aircraft material left one man dead. More information |
Thursday
Aug 30 |
Baltimore, MD: Sodium borohydride fed a fire that damaged a plant specializing in nutrition supplements and other products. City officials subsequently shut the plant down for lack of proper hazmat permits. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 29 |
Coventry, U.K.: Five people were hospitalized after chemical containers exploded at a plastics factory. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 29 |
Chicago, IL: Flames prevented firefighters from entering a burning chemical plant. Propane tanks exploded inside. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 29 |
Fairfax County, VA: A power transformer released 10,400 gallons of oil. Responders rushed to build a dam to contain the oil before it reached a nearby stream. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 29 |
Evansville, TN: A fire at a cardboard factory destroyed the building and threatened to spread to nearby storage tanks. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 29 |
Coventry, U.K.: Five people were hospitalized after chemical containers exploded at a plastics factory. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 29 |
Chicago, IL: Flames prevented firefighters from entering a burning chemical plant. Propane tanks exploded inside. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 28 |
West Salem, OR: An ammonia spill inside a freezer at a food processing plant forced a 13-hour shutdown. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 28 |
West Salem, OR: An ammonia spill inside a freezer at a food processing plant forced a 13-hour shutdown. More information |
Monday
Aug 27 |
Ponca City, OK: Two men performing maintenance work at an oil refinery survived a fall inside a tower. More information |
Monday
Aug 27 |
Conroe, TX: A fire in a machine manufacturing rubber molds lead to a three-alarm blaze. More information |
Monday
Aug 27 |
Augusta, GA: An operator at a polymers plant suffered second-degree burns in a fire in the amodel unit. More information |
Monday
Aug 27 |
Ponca City, OK: Two men performing maintenance work at an oil refinery survived a fall inside a tower. More information |
Monday
Aug 27 |
Conroe, TX: A fire in a machine manufacturing rubber molds lead to a three-alarm blaze. More information |
Monday
Aug 27 |
Augusta, GA: An operator at a polymers plant suffered second-degree burns in a fire in the amodel unit. More information |
Sunday
Aug 26 |
Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta: An uncontrolled ethane release from a well head at a gas plant ignited, spreading flames to a second well. More information |
Sunday
Aug 26 |
McCutchanville, IN: A fire in a trailer refrigeration unit under repair spread to a refrigeration plant building, causing several explosions. More information |
Sunday
Aug 26 |
Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta: An uncontrolled ethane release from a well head at a gas plant ignited, spreading flames to a second well. More information |
Sunday
Aug 26 |
McCutchanville, IN: A fire in a trailer refrigeration unit under repair spread to a refrigeration plant building, causing several explosions. More information |
Saturday
Aug 25 |
Detroit, MI: A fire broke out at a metal plating plant which contained tanks of cyanide and other chemicals. More information |
Saturday
Aug 25 |
Detroit, MI: A fire broke out at a metal plating plant which contained tanks of cyanide and other chemicals. More information |
Friday
Aug 24 |
Orange County, FL: Five barrels stored in an environmental services warehouse began leaking a toxic, flammable mixture. A firefighter and a worker were treated. More information |
Friday
Aug 24 |
Orange County, FL: Five barrels stored in an environmental services warehouse began leaking a toxic, flammable mixture. A firefighter and a worker were treated. More information |
Thursday
Aug 23 |
Sampson, USA: A tank at a manufacturing plant filled with zinc overheated and ruptured, starting a fire hot enough to melt the brass sprinkler heads above. More information |
Thursday
Aug 23 |
Sampson, USA: A tank at a manufacturing plant filled with zinc overheated and ruptured, starting a fire hot enough to melt the brass sprinkler heads above. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 21 |
Mapleton, IL: Area residents were warned to shelter-in-place after a fire broke out in a chemical plant reactor containing triethylene aluminum. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 21 |
Mapleton, IL: Area residents were warned to shelter-in-place after a fire broke out in a chemical plant reactor containing triethylene aluminum. More information |
Thursday
Aug 16 |
Nashville, TN: A worker was critically burned by phosphorus being unloaded from a rail car at a chemical plant. More information |
Thursday
Aug 16 |
Katpadi, India: Nearly 25 people were killed when a blast rocked a state-owned explosives factory. More information |
Thursday
Aug 16 |
Evansville, TN: A chemical release from a plating factory prompted officials to warn area residents. The plant was being closed. More information |
Thursday
Aug 16 |
Nashville, TN: A worker was critically burned by phosphorus being unloaded from a rail car at a chemical plant. More information |
Thursday
Aug 16 |
Katpadi, India: Nearly 25 people were killed when a blast rocked a state-owned explosives factory. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 15 |
Granite City, IL: Fire broke out once again in an asphalt storage tank that caught fire in July. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 15 |
Rock Springs, WY: Sulfuric acid fumes released from a phosphate plant hovered overhead several hours. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 15 |
Phoenix, AZ: An accident involving nitric acid spread caustic fumes through a metal finishing plant, forcing an evacuation. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 15 |
Granite City, IL: Fire broke out once again in an asphalt storage tank that caught fire in July. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 15 |
High Point, N.C.: Seventeen workers were treated after exposure to hydrofluoric acid fumes at a dairy. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 15 |
Rock Springs, WY: Sulfuric acid fumes released from a phosphate plant hovered overhead several hours. More information |
Wednesday
Aug 15 |
Phoenix, AZ: An accident involving nitric acid spread caustic fumes through a metal finishing plant, forcing an evacuation. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 14 |
Romeoville, IL: A fire in a crude oil unit damaged a petroleum refinery to such an extent that operations will be shut down many months. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 14 |
Utsunomiya, Japan: An explosion in the cold storage area of a paint factory warehouse caused extensive damaged. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 14 |
Lake City, S.C.:An explosion at a plastics plant left one worker dead. Welding work on an ethylene glycol was under way when the blast occurred. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 14 |
Romeoville, IL: A fire in a crude oil unit damaged a petroleum refinery to such an extent that operations will be shut down many months. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 14 |
Utsunomiya, Japan: An explosion in the cold storage area of a paint factory warehouse caused extensive damaged. More information |
Tuesday
Aug 14 |
Lake City, S.C.:An explosion at a plastics plant left one worker dead. Welding work on an ethylene glycol was under way when the blast occurred. More information |
Monday
Aug 13 |
Institute, W.V.: Ten workers at a chemical plant were treated after a chloroform leak. More information |
Monday
Aug 13 |
Saukville, USA: A chemical storage tank containing vinyl toluene overheated, forcing local firefighters to use hoses to cool the tanks. More information |
Monday
Aug 13 |
Institute, W.V.: Ten workers at a chemical plant were treated after a chloroform leak. More information |
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