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No Fatalities
Tuesday
Jan 22 |
Camp Vicente Lim, Philippines: Fire razed a polystyrene products factory. More Information |
Tuesday
Jan 22 |
Rouen, France: Odor from mercaptain leaking at a chemical plant was noticed as far away at the UK. More Information |
Tuesday
Jan 22 |
Port Everglades, FL: Metal tubes in a power plant cooling tower being demolished caught fire. More Information |
Tuesday
Jan 22 |
Londonderry, UK: Fire broke out at a recycling plant. More Information |
Monday
Jan 21 |
Apucarana, Brazil: An explosion and fire damaged a battery factory, killing 3. More Information |
Monday
Jan 21 |
Saint-Rambert d'Albon, France: A train carrying depleted uranium derailed. More Information |
Monday
Jan 21 |
Visaldrapatnam, India: Carbon monoxide leaking from a steel mill boiler sent 11 to the hospital. More Information |
Monday
Jan 21 |
Bethlehem, PA: Responders flooded a portion of a manufacturing plant with nitrogen after reports of a haz mat fire. More Information |
Monday
Jan 21 |
Troy, MI: Molten metal ignited a propane-fueled forklift at a metal coatings plant, triggering an explosion. More Information |
Monday
Jan 21 |
Fort Wayne, IN: A worker pulled into a machine at a steel plant was listed in critical condition. More Information |
Monday
Jan 21 |
Lynn, MA: A firefighter on standby during welding work at a chemical plant called for help when fire broke out. More Information |
Monday
Jan 21 |
Johnstone, UK: A massive fire at a recycling plant disrupted train service. More Information |
Sunday
Jan 20 |
Bokaro, India: 2 transformers were gutted in a fire at a hot strip steel mill. More Information |
Saturday
Jan 19 |
Tilley, AB: A tanker truck carrying crude oil collided with a locomotive, triggering an explosion and fire. More Information |
Saturday
Jan 19 |
St. Catherine, Jamaica: Owners scaled back operations after a fire swept through a plastics plant. More Information |
Saturday
Jan 19 |
Edmonton, AB: Passerby reported a fire at an ethane extraction plant. More Information |
Saturday
Jan 19 |
Oshawa, ON: A large fire at an asphalt plant sent up massive black clouds of smoke. More Information |
Friday
Jan 18 |
Cuncolim, India: Fire destroyed a large portion of inventory at a plastics plant. More Information |
Friday
Jan 18 |
Williston, ND: 2 people were injured in a tank battery explosion at an oil well site. More Information |
Friday
Jan 18 |
Williams Lake, BC: Ammonium nitrate spilled from a wrecked tractor-trailer rig. More Information |
Friday
Jan 18 |
Augusta, GA: A chlorine release at a chemical plant was blamed on equipment failure. More Information |
Friday
Jan 18 |
Arnhem, Netherlands: An explosion rocked a chemical plant. More Information |
Friday
Jan 18 |
Roseland, NJ: Firefighters had to climb 2 stories to reach a fire in a concrete plant yard tower. More Information |
Thursday
Jan 17 |
Fos-sur-Mer, France: An explosion in a chemical plant vinyl chloride monomer unit left one person injured. More Information |
Thursday
Jan 17 |
Port Arthur, TX: No leaks were found after a tanker truck carrying molten sulfur overturned. More Information |
Thursday
Jan 17 |
Franklin, NJ: A pharmaceutical plant worker spilled acid based hydrazine sulfate on his head and back, causing burns. More Information |
Thursday
Jan 17 |
Bury St. Edmunds, UK: A machinery fire set off smoke alarms at a factory. More Information |
Thursday
Jan 17 |
Seymour, IN: Fire broke out in the compressor room at a pharmaceuticals plant. More Information |
Thursday
Jan 17 |
Brisbane, Australia: A small fire broke out at a factory. More Information |
Thursday
Jan 17 |
Melbourne, Australia: Fire brought down a portion of the roof at a linen factory. More Information |
Thursday
Jan 17 |
Lubbock, TX: Personnel on site at a semiconductor foundry extinguished a burning transformer. More Information |
Thursday
Jan 17 |
Durban, S. Africa: A factory worker died when a pressure applying machine malfunctioned. More Information |
Thursday
Jan 17 |
Tysfjord, Norway: A 27-ton shipment of goat's milk cheese caught fire inside a traffic tunnel, burning for 5 days. More Information |
Wednesday
Jan 16 |
Ashland, OH: A flash fire injured the owner of a liquid plant food factory. More Information |
Wednesday
Jan 16 |
Cheyenne, WY: A leak in a delayed coker unit at a refinery caught fire. More Information |
Wednesday
Jan 16 |
Odessa, TX: An oilfield worker had to be airlifted when a pipe rack fell on his leg. More Information |
Wednesday
Jan 16 |
New Haven, WV: A 75-foot tall fiberglass tank caught fire in an unused area of a power plant. More Information |
Wednesday
Jan 16 |
Delaware City, DE: Sulfur dioxide emissions were released during repairs to an oil refinery boiler. More Information |
Tuesday
Jan 15 |
Roanoke, IN: Welding was underway when filters ignited at an auto plant ash house. More Information |
Tuesday
Jan 15 |
Uintah County, UT: Fire broke out at a propane distribution plant, triggering an area evacuation. More Information |
Tuesday
Jan 15 |
Pasadena, TX: Fire erupted in a glycol re-boiler at a natural gas storage facility. More Information |
Tuesday
Jan 15 |
Reno, NV: A mining consulting company had to be evacuated due to a fire in a mechanical system. More Information |
Tuesday
Jan 15 |
Noida, India: Fire gutted a 3-story chemical factory. More Information |
Tuesday
Jan 15 |
Redditch, UK: An unknown powder in the loading area of freight depot triggered alarm. More Information |
Monday
Jan 14 |
Klang, Malaysia: Some operations had to be relocated to other facilities after a fire at a manufacturing plant. More Information |
Monday
Jan 14 |
Knaresborough, UK: Fire damaged duct work at a manufacturing plant. More Information |
Monday
Jan 14 |
Carson, CA: A jet fuel hydrotreating unit was shut down after a brief flange fire. More Information |
Monday
Jan 14 |
Charlotte, TX: 2 personnel working with a water well perforating gun at a drilling site were injured in an explosion. More Information |
Monday
Jan 14 |
North Sea: A drilling platform was evacuated after hydrocarbons were found in one of its concrete legs. More Information |
Monday
Jan 14 |
Gaotang, China: An explosion demolished a chemical plant and damaged neighboring factories. More Information |
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