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Entries for 'Anton Riecher'
Wednesday
Oct 17 |
Deir Ez-Zor, Syria: A major fire broke out at a gas plant. More Information |
Wednesday
Oct 17 |
Texas City, TX: Workers evacuated from an oil refinery after a brief release of sulfur dioxide from a smokestack. More Information |
Wednesday
Oct 17 |
Nishihara, Japan: Typhoon weather forced a refinery to shut down all marine shipments. More Information |
Wednesday
Oct 17 |
Barrow-in-Furness, UK: Workers at a gas terminal reported difficulty breathing due to fumes. More Information |
Wednesday
Oct 17 |
Mitchell, SD: A small fire broke out in a dust collecting unit at a trailer plant. More Information |
Wednesday
Oct 17 |
Rochester, NY: Fire broke out at a fiberglass plant. More Information |
Wednesday
Oct 17 |
Potter, PA: 3 polystyrene reactors overheated, forcing chemical plant workers to shut down the process. More Information |
Wednesday
Oct 17 |
Lamont, CA: A kerosene leak at a refinery produced a vapor cloud. More Information |
Wednesday
Oct 17 |
Hannover, Germany: A fire spread through 2 warehouses at a bicycle plant destroying thousands of bikes. More Information |
Wednesday
Oct 17 |
Somerset, PA: Fire spread through the duct work at a polymers plant. More Information |
Wednesday
Oct 17 |
Palmyra, MO: 2 chemical plant workers connecting a pipeline were exposed to hazardous material. More Information |
Wednesday
Oct 17 |
Atyrau, Kazakhstan: An oil refinery was shut down after an undisclosed accident. More Information |
Tuesday
Oct 16 |
Fort St. John, BC: An explosion in an almost empty 500-gallon methanol tank injured 1. More Information |
Tuesday
Oct 16 |
Sullivan County, IN: A propane tanker that swerved to avoid a collision overtuned but did not rupture. More Information |
Tuesday
Oct 16 |
Augusta, GA: A bottling plant was evacuated when 2 tractor trailer rigs caught fire. More Information |
Tuesday
Oct 16 |
Cuautitlan Izcalli, Mexico: 3 explosions rocked a chemical plant. More Information |
Tuesday
Oct 16 |
San Pedro, Colombia: Insurgents blew up an oil pipeline and 2 power pylons. More Information |
Tuesday
Oct 16 |
Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria: 1 person died when a fuel tanker crashed and burned. More Information |
Tuesday
Oct 16 |
Utica, NY: Quicklime discarded at a solid waste facility ignited when exposed to moisture. More Information |
Tuesday
Oct 16 |
Jadra, Lebanon: 2 workers died in a furniture plant fire. More Information |
Tuesday
Oct 16 |
Mooreville, MS: A candle making factory was destroyed by fire. More Information |
Tuesday
Oct 16 |
Waxahachie, TX: Firefighters battled a fire in an industrial oven at a manufacturing plant. More Information |
Tuesday
Oct 16 |
Wapato, WA: A building sprinkler system quickly extinguished a fire at a fiberglass component manufacturing plant. More Information |
Tuesday
Oct 16 |
Pasadena, CA: A turbine fire broke out at a power plant. More Information |
Tuesday
Oct 16 |
Bridge City, LA: A service lift carrying 2 grain elevator workers fell, killing 1. More Information |
Tuesday
Oct 16 |
Delhi, India: A fire at an electrical substation took 2 hours to extinguish. More Information |
Tuesday
Oct 16 |
Wynnewood, OK: A refinery worker injured in a Sept. 28 boiler explosion died. More Information |
Tuesday
Oct 16 |
Yadkinville, NC: A worker at a snack food factory died after being caught in machinery. More Information |
Monday
Oct 15 |
Makkah, Saudi Arabia: A 7-ton diesel fuel tanker caught fire while unloading at a massive construction site. More Information |
Monday
Oct 15 |
Howard, PA: Workers were cutting the top off an oil drum when it exploded, killing 1. More Information |
Monday
Oct 15 |
Judenburg, Austria: An explosion at a galvanizing plant injured 3 workers. More Information |
Monday
Oct 15 |
Sydney, Australia: Explosions forced firefighters battling an engineering supplies factory fire to retreat. More Information |
Monday
Oct 15 |
Satungal, Nepal: Fire spread through an electronics plant. More Information |
Monday
Oct 15 |
El Paso, TX: A worker was hospitalized after falling from a truck at an asphalt plant. More Information |
Monday
Oct 15 |
Lingling, China: 7 workers suffocated in an accident at a manganese mine. More Information |
Monday
Oct 15 |
La Manga III, Mexico: Authorities evacuated 250 families after a diesel spill. More Information |
Monday
Oct 15 |
Cadishead, UK: An unexpected exothermic reaction raised a cloud of green toner above a recycling plant. More Information |
Monday
Oct 15 |
Bajo Grande, Venezuela: Lightning is blamed for a fire at an oil refinery. More Information |
Monday
Oct 15 |
Bad Fallingbostel, Germany: Food processing plant workers mistakenly poured acid into a tank of sodium hydroxide, producing harmful vapors. More Information |
Monday
Oct 15 |
Camp Minden, LA: An explosion in an underground bunker at a plant specializing in disarming military weapons rocked the region. More Information |
Monday
Oct 15 |
Attica, NY: Firefighters extinguished a fire in a 40-foot-tall pile of waste at a glass plant. More Information |
Monday
Oct 15 |
Penn Hills, PA: Fire broke out at a former steel mill. More Information |
Monday
Oct 15 |
Triq Angelo Melilli, Malta: A factory worker using a cutting tool severely injured his hand. More Information |
Sunday
Oct 14 |
Darwazai, Pakistan: 2 workers died and 3 were injured in a coal mine explosion. More Information |
Sunday
Oct 14 |
Jalgaon, India: More than 50 plant workers were overcome by chlorine fumes originating at a nearby chemical plant. |
Sunday
Oct 14 |
Albury, Australia: Smoke from a power station fire forced the evacuation of a nearby wedding ceremony. More Information |
Sunday
Oct 14 |
Witham, UK: Firefighters used SCBA to tackle a fire in an underground tunnel at a malting plant. More Information |
Saturday
Oct 13 |
Knoxville, TN: 2 tanker cars containing ethanol derailed and overturned with only minor leaking. More Information |
Saturday
Oct 13 |
Fairland, IN: A tanker carrying diesel crashed and burned, killing the driver. More Information |
Saturday
Oct 13 |
Tacoma, WA: A double tanker truck overturned. More Information |
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