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Entries for September 2012
Sunday
Sep 30 |
Escondido, CA: Firefighters extinguished nearly 80 tons of burning material at a recycling plant. More Information |
Saturday
Sep 29 |
Tyumen, Russia: 8 people were killed when fire broke out at an industrial waste treatment plant. More Information |
Saturday
Sep 29 |
Toronto, ON: Fire swept through a seafood processing plant. More Information |
Saturday
Sep 29 |
Barkhola, India: A fire in a crude oil pump led to a tank fire at a refinery. More Information |
Saturday
Sep 29 |
Himeji, Japan: A firefighter died when a fire in a tank of acrylic acid triggered a series of explosions at a chemical plant. More Information |
Saturday
Sep 29 |
Colt, AR: Fire raced through a plastics plant. More Information |
Wednesday
Sep 26 |
Taiwan: A fire at a monethylene glycol plant resulted in cancellation of a major naphtha purchase. More Information |
Wednesday
Sep 26 |
Saint John, NB: An explosion in a carbonate tank injured an oil refinery worker. More Information |
Tuesday
Sep 25 |
Gardiner, NY: An explosion blew out the wall of a distillery. More Information |
Tuesday
Sep 25 |
Charlotte, NC: Leaking triflic acid injured a chemical plant worker. More Information |
Monday
Sep 24 |
Memphis, TN: An explosion involving furfurylamine and methyl alcohol injured 2 chemical plant workers who later died.. More Information |
Monday
Sep 24 |
Charleston, SC: A 250,000 gallon tall oil tank at a specialty chemicals plant ruptured. More Information |
Monday
Sep 24 |
Mount Vernon, IN: A small amount of leaking phosgene was detected during turnaround at a plastics plant. More Information |
Sunday
Sep 23 |
Torrington, WY: Firefighters responded to a coal fire at a sugar refinery. More Information |
Sunday
Sep 23 |
Northampton, PA: A CO leak at a grocery warehouse sent 18 to the hospital. More Information |
Sunday
Sep 23 |
Südlohn-Oeding, Germany: Fire broke out in a side production line at a biodiesel plant. More Information |
Friday
Sep 21 |
Augusta, GA: Equipment failure was blamed for a hydrochloric acid spill at a chemical plant. More Information |
Thursday
Sep 20 |
Cohoes, NY: A stubborn blaze broke out at a building materials and foam packaging manufacturer. More Information |
Thursday
Sep 20 |
Dayton, OH: An ammonia leak forced the evacuation of a bottling plant. More Information |
Tuesday
Sep 18 |
Elkhart, IN: A chemical plant workers suffered burns in a flash fire and explosion. More Information |
Saturday
Sep 15 |
Mishawaka, IN: Chemicals being removed from a vacant electroplating plant self-combusted. More Information |
Friday
Sep 14 |
Fort Myers, FL: An industrial oven exploded at a plant specializing in filtration and purification technology. More Information |
Friday
Sep 14 |
Nikiski, AK: Fire raced through an oil services building. More Information |
Thursday
Sep 13 |
Derrylin, UK: A well known soccer player died in an industrial accident at a factory. More Information |
Tuesday
Sep 11 |
Nashville, TN: 2 workers at an aircraft maintenance facility were burned when sulfuric acid spilled. More Information |
Tuesday
Sep 11 |
Sanger, CA: A winery worker died after mistakenly opening an ammonia valve in a confined space. More Information |
Tuesday
Sep 11 |
Lahore, Pakistan: Fire that spread through a shoe factory killed 25. More Information |
Tuesday
Sep 11 |
Karachi, Pakistan: Locked exits resulted in 289 deaths in a garment factory fire. More Information |
Monday
Sep 10 |
Phoenix, AZ: 3 workers cleaning the attic at a door manufacturing plant were injured in a dust explosion. More Information |
Monday
Sep 10 |
Park City, KS: Welding was being done when an explosion blew a 10 foot hole in the roof of a crude oil storage tank, injuring 1. More Information |