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Entries for September 2005
Friday
Sep 30 |
Burgas, Bulgaria: A gas leak in a refinery injured two men very seriously. More information |
Thursday
Sep 29 |
San Gwann, Malta: Fire broke out in a paint factory. More information |
Thursday
Sep 29 |
Algeciars, Spain: A refinery accidentally spilled 7,000 liters of gasoline into the ocean and contaminated several beaches. More information |
Thursday
Sep 29 |
Jiaozuo City, China: Chemicals used in removing coal ash at a power plant poisoned 50 nearby residents. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 28 |
San Gwann, Malta: A major fire broke out in a paint factory and then spread to a nearby printing factory. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 28 |
Atascosa County, TX: An 18 wheeler caught fire and exploded after the driver carrying 7,200 gallons of diesel furl lost control and jack - knifed. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 28 |
Richmond, CA: Fire broke out in an oil refinery when a flare gas recovery compressor failed. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 28 |
Iva, SC: One person was injured in a chemical leak at a wastewater treatment plant. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 28 |
Chintat , India : One person was killed in an explosion at a licensed fire works factory. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 28 |
Chongming, China: Four people were killed when an oil tanker that was undergoing repairs exploded. More information |
Tuesday
Sep 27 |
Minooka, IL: An overheated boiler pipe caused a fire at a concrete plant. More information |
Tuesday
Sep 27 |
Golborne , UK : One person was killed from an ammonia leak at a frozen food warehouse. More information |
Tuesday
Sep 27 |
Jinzhou , China : Three people were killed by a spill of molten metal in a steel works plant. More information |
Monday
Sep 26 |
Shaquen Village, China: More than 100 Students at a school were poisoned from an ammonia leak at a nearby refrigeration factory. More information |
Monday
Sep 26 |
Wodonga, Australia: Several factories were evacuated after a huge ammonia leak in a refrigeration plant. More information |
Monday
Sep 26 |
Changsha County, China: Fire broke out in a materials factory when an asphalt tank exploded. More information |
Sunday
Sep 25 |
Pakistan: A gas pipeline exploded due to and excessive amount of pressure that built up in the pipe More information |
Sunday
Sep 25 |
Saint –Vith, Belgium: A refrigeration system at a dairy plant leaked anhydrous ammonia. More information |
Saturday
Sep 24 |
Krunell, Australia: Fourteen people were taken to the hospital after a routine maintenance inspection uncovered a hydrogen sulphide leak. More information |
Saturday
Sep 24 |
Mravok , Iran : Three peopled were killed when an electrical spark caused a gasoline pipeline explosion. More information |
Friday
Sep 23 |
Pokrovskoe, Russia: There was an explosion on a gas pipeline and caused gas supplies to be cut from two regions of the country. More information |
Friday
Sep 23 |
Nestle, Switzerland: Fifty liters of nitric acid was quickly contained after if spilled in a food factory. More information |
Friday
Sep 23 |
Denver City, TX: A gas treating plant was having trouble removing hydrogen sulphide. More information |
Friday
Sep 23 |
Scranton, PA: Gases built up in a furnace and caused and explosion at a dynamics plant. More information |
Thursday
Sep 22 |
Delaware City, DE: There was a fire at an oil refinery and caused smoke and odors in the air. More information |
Thursday
Sep 22 |
West Burlington, IA: A grain dryer was the cause of a fire in an ethanol plant. More information |
Thursday
Sep 22 |
Wesseling, Germany: A heating tank carrying 184,000 gallons of oil exploded and caught fire at an oil refinery. More information |
Thursday
Sep 22 |
Cape Vincent, NY: A delivery truck spilled several hundred gallons of chlorine solution on the roadway. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 21 |
Wanganui, New Zealand: A meat processing plant had to be evacuated because of an ammonia leak. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 21 |
Davenport, IL: A chemical reaction caused orange fumes to billow out the windows of and industrial plant for hours. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 21 |
Montego Bay, Jamaica: A tanker truck collided with a vehicle and spilled 6,000 gallons of gasoline on the highway. More information |
Wednesday
Sep 21 |
Sun Lakes, AZ: A chemical spill caught fire and caused the evacuation of a spa manufacturing plant. More information |
Tuesday
Sep 20 |
Liljeholmen, Sweden: An industrial estate accidentally leaked 900 liters of hydrogen peroxide into a nearby body of water. More information |
Tuesday
Sep 20 |
Chittagong, Bangladesh: One hundred tons of diesel fuel overflowed into a river during a transfer operation at an oil refinery. More information |
Monday
Sep 19 |
Kalamboli , India : One firefighter was killed while putting out a fire that was caused by and explosion at a chemical warehouse. More information |
Monday
Sep 19 |
Denver, CO: Chlorine fumes leaked from a printing plant and caused 7 people to be taken to the hospital. More information |
Monday
Sep 19 |
Moritz, Switzerland: Propane leaked from an underground tank after a pressure gauge failed. More information |
Sunday
Sep 18 |
Monroe, TX: There was an explosion at a gas plant. More information |
Sunday
Sep 18 |
Indianapolis, IN: A steel fabrication plant was severely damaged in a fire. More information |
Sunday
Sep 18 |
Manchital, Mexico: A break in a 30-inch pipeline led to 370 gallons of fuel oil to leak. More information |
Saturday
Sep 17 |
Miami, OH: An ammonia leak happened at a nitrogen plant. More information |
Saturday
Sep 17 |
Shanghai, China: An explosion at a chemical plant put 3 people in critical condition. More information |
Saturday
Sep 17 |
Yidu City, China: Ten tons of barium sulphate spilled into a river when the truck carrying the sulphate slid off a high slope and fell into the water. More information |
Saturday
Sep 17 |
Andour, KS: A fire and explosion at a paint factory injured 1 and several others were taken to the hospital to smoke inhalation. More information |
Saturday
Sep 17 |
Amarillo, TX: Five hundred and fifty pounds of anhydrous ammonia leaked from a pressure valve at a meat warehouse. More information |
Saturday
Sep 17 |
Pittsburgh, PA: A five - alarm blaze in a sanitary waste plant was sparked by a worker using an acetylene torch. More information |
Friday
Sep 16 |
Middlesex Country, NJ: A tanker truck collided with a passenger car and caused hundreds of gallons of sulphuric acid to spill onto the roadway and the tanker caught on fire. More information |
Friday
Sep 16 |
Shadad , India : An installation worker in a textile factory caused and explosion and killed 2 men an injured 6 others. More information |
Friday
Sep 16 |
Moundsville, WV: A tank leaking hydrogen at an electrical plant exploded. More information |
Friday
Sep 16 |
Richmond, IL: There was a magnesium fire at a plastics factory. More information |
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