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No Fatalities
Tuesday
Feb 19 |
Beloit, WI: Fire broke out in a hopper at a concrete plant. More Information |
Tuesday
Feb 19 |
Lampassas, TX: A fire damaged the roof at a frozen food processing plant. More Information |
Tuesday
Feb 19 |
Montrose, UK: An engineer performing routine maintenance suffered chemical burns at a pharmaceuticals plant. More Information |
Tuesday
Feb 19 |
Burlington, ON: A crate fell on a worker at a door factory. More Information |
Tuesday
Feb 19 |
Bathinda, India: Leaking gas ignited at a natural gas bottling plant. More Information |
Tuesday
Feb 19 |
Stephens County, OK: A worker was trapped beneath a fallen platform at an oil well site. More Information |
Tuesday
Feb 19 |
Wayne, NJ: Fire broke out in a mixing room at an adhesives plant. More Information |
Tuesday
Feb 19 |
Amble, UK: Fire broke out at a food processing plant being demolished. More Information |
Tuesday
Feb 19 |
Tulsa, OK: A small fire in an office forced the evacuation of an industrial bakery complex. More Information |
Tuesday
Feb 19 |
Turlock, CA: A fire in an unused cheese factory is suspected arson. More Information |
Tuesday
Feb 19 |
Minneapolis, MN: Firefighters battled subzero temperatures during a 5 1/2 hour effort to put out an overnight fire at a recycling plant. More Information |
Monday
Feb 18 |
Lawton, OK: Workers evacuated a paperboard plant when fire broke out. More Information |
Monday
Feb 18 |
Port Fortin, Trinidad & Tobago: A pipeline damaged by thieves spilled more than 400 barrels of oil into the sea. More Information |
Monday
Feb 18 |
Birmingham, AL: Workers evacuated an aluminum plant because of a chlorine spill. More Information |
Monday
Feb 18 |
Ankleshwar, India: An explosion spread fire through a pharmaceutical distillation unit. More Information |
Monday
Feb 18 |
Zaghadia, India: A leaking reactor ignited nearby solvent at a chemical plant. More Information |
Monday
Feb 18 |
Bulloch County, GA: Fire destroyed a cotton seed warehouse. More Information |
Monday
Feb 18 |
Detroit, MI: A chlorine spill at a water treatment plant required a hazmat response. More Information |
Monday
Feb 18 |
Taiping, Malaysia: Fire destroyed a factory making religious items. More Information |
Monday
Feb 18 |
Tampa, FL: Firefighters battled a massive fire at a steel recycling plant. More Information |
Sunday
Feb 17 |
Revda, Russia: Sulfuric acid spilled from a freight train that derailed at a copper plant. More Information |
Saturday
Feb 16 |
Nineveh, Iraq: Attackers bombed a 16-inch pipeline carrying oil from the country's largest refinery. More Information |
Saturday
Feb 16 |
Indore, India: Fire broke out at a plastics factory when high-tension electrical lines fell. More Information |
Saturday
Feb 16 |
Brainerd, MN: 2 workers were taken to the hospital after an equipment fire at a paper mill. More Information |
Saturday
Feb 16 |
Richland County, SC: Fire spread through the insulated shell of a paint storage tank at a chemical plant. More Information |
Friday
Feb 15 |
Melbourne, Australia: An overheated bottle of organic peroxide exploded at a steel plant, injuring 8. More Information |
Friday
Feb 15 |
Adrian, OH: A shelter-in-place warning was issued when nitric acid reacted with sodium hydroxide at a dairy plant More Information |
Friday
Feb 15 |
Valdese, NC: An inventory of yarn and thread were damaged by a textile plant fire. More Information |
Friday
Feb 15 |
Rochdale, UK: 3 floors of an unused asbestos factory were damaged by fire. More Information |
Friday
Feb 15 |
Chickasha, OK: A cutting torch was in use when plastic tubing at a water treatment plant ignited. More Information |
Friday
Feb 15 |
Davao City, Philippines: A chemical reaction involving calcium carbide injured a worker at a food processing plant. More Information |
Friday
Feb 15 |
Wrexham, UK: Sprinklers helped confine a fire at a factory making stainless steels rods to a storage area. More Information |
Friday
Feb 15 |
Manitowac, WI: Fire broke out in a dust collector unit at a paint finishing plant. More Information |
Friday
Feb 15 |
Brahmapuram, India: Fire consumed tons of plastic waste at a waste treatment plant. More Information |
Thursday
Feb 14 |
Stukely, QC: An equipment explosion at a fertilizer plant injured 1. More Information |
Thursday
Feb 14 |
Valdesta, GA: A neighboring plant lent workers and equipment to contain chemical runoff from a fire at an environmental services facility. More Information |
Thursday
Feb 14 |
Skikda, Algeria: A fire at a refinery partially shut down since last July delayed its restart by a week. More Information |
Thursday
Feb 14 |
Saguenay, QC: Welding work was being done when an explosion rocked an industrial estate warehouse, injuring 1. More Information |
Thursday
Feb 14 |
Wheeling, IL: A worker at a cardboard factory was transferred by helicopter after catching his hand in machinery. More Information |
Thursday
Feb 14 |
Samoa, CA: A transformer caught fire at a power plant. More Information |
Thursday
Feb 14 |
Zion, IL: A cutting torch was in use when residual oil ignited at a nuclear power plant. More Information |
Thursday
Feb 14 |
Sleaford, UK: A load being moved by crane at a straw burning power plant injured a worker. More Information |
Wednesday
Feb 13 |
Brandenburg, Germany: A silo at a biogas plant caught fire. More Information |
Wednesday
Feb 13 |
Spartan, S. Africa: Fire spread through a laboratory in an industrial park. More Information |
Wednesday
Feb 13 |
Augusta, GA: At least 5 workers at a food processing plant were taken to the hospital after exposure to ammonia fumes. More Information |
Wednesday
Feb 13 |
Gisborne, New Zealand: Fire broke out in a storage area at an aluminum products factory. More Information |
Wednesday
Feb 13 |
Selma, NC: Fire broke out at a foundry specializing in machine parts. More Information |
Tuesday
Feb 12 |
San Lorenzo, CA: An ammonia leak forced the evacuation of an industrial bakery. More Information |
Tuesday
Feb 12 |
Hanford, WA: Workers at an underground tank farm holding radioactive waste were evacuated when smoke poured from an exhaust system. More Information |
Tuesday
Feb 12 |
North Island, New Zealand: 2 men escaped serious injury when a drum filled with sulfuric acid fell from a truck. More Information |
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