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Saturday
Mar 17 |
Roanoke, IL: Fire at a poultry production building caused extensive damage and killed 4,000 chickens. More information |
Saturday
Mar 17 |
Weston, FL: A tanker truck carrying nearly 8,000 gallons of chlorine solution spilled part of its load when a low tree limb sheared off an elbow valve. More information |
Saturday
Mar 17 |
Lindon, UT: An 800-gallon tank of hydrochloric acid ruptured at a steel-coating plant. Two police officers suffered minor injuries while investigating the reported fumes. More information |
Friday
Mar 16 |
Roncador Oil Field, Brazil: Eleven people died from injuries sustained in explosions aboard Brazil’s largest offshore oil platform. A damaged pillar supporting the 40-story-tall facility caused a 30-degree list. The platform sank four days later. More information |
Friday
Mar 16 |
Fontana, CA: Nearby residents were evacuated after a leak in a 24,000 gallon propane tank was discovered. To stop the leak, workers shut the main gas valve to the tank. More information |
Thursday
Mar 15 |
Shelby, N.C.: A fired worker began shooting into the crowded parking lot at a fiberglass plant, killing an innocent bystander and wounding his intended target. The shooter was later wounded by police. More information |
Thursday
Mar 15 |
Vienna, PA: A fiberglass plant was forced to shut down after a fire badly damaged its power generating facility. More information |
Thursday
Mar 15 |
Toledo, OH: A rail yard was evacuated and freight traffic halted after workers found a small amount of methanol leaking from a tank car. More information |
Thursday
Mar 15 |
Cleveland, OH: Four confirmed cases of Legionnaire’s disease, one of them fatal, led company officials to temporarily close an auto casting plant. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 14 |
Hay Lakes, Alberta: An oil field worker was killed and another injured in an explosion at an oil battery. Maintenance on a saltwater storage tank was under way at the time of the blast. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 14 |
Khayelitsha, South Africa: One worker was killed and six injured in an explosion at a shotgun cartridge assembly line. Damage was limited to one small manufacturing room. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 14 |
Easton, MD: One person was killed by an explosion in a dust collector at a flare plant. The collector was located just outside a concrete block building where chemicals are mixed. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 14 |
West Chicago, IL: Fire broke out in the boiler room of a cereal plant. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 14 |
Eastbourne, U.K.: A fire that destroyed 12 transport trucks at a depot is being treated as suspicious by authorities. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 13 |
Augusta, GA: Three workers were killed in two explosions at a plant that manufactures metal fasteners. Repairs were underway on the unit that exploded. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 13 |
Banksmeadow, Australia: More than 50 people were evacuated from an industrial area after a chemical spill. Five people were treated for respiratory problems. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 13 |
Temelin, Czech Republic: A small fire at a nuclear plant was quickly extinguished. The blaze occurred on the construction site for a second reactor. More information |
Monday
Mar 12 |
Stockholm, Sweden: A fire in a power cable tunnel knocked out electricity to a large area of the city, including the high tech industrial district. More information |
Monday
Mar 12 |
Silver Spring Shores, MI: A chemical reaction triggered a fire in a storage building at an aircraft plant. The fire was contained to a single drum of hydrochloric acid. More information |
Monday
Mar 12 |
Deer Park, TX: An unexpected power outage at a chemical plant resulted in a release of sulphur dioxide. More information |
Monday
Mar 12 |
Gingoog City, Philippines: Four people died and almost 30 others were injured when a fuel tank exploded in a plywood factory. More information |
Monday
Mar 12 |
Phoenix, AZ: A worker was slightly injured in a nitric acid explosion at an industrial park. Acetone was poured into a 55-gallon drum containing the acid. More information |
Friday
Mar 09 |
Galveston, TX: A barge collision in Galveston Bay resulted in a 44,000 gallon naphtha spill. It evaporated with no detectable environmental damage. More information |
Thursday
Mar 08 |
Yamburg, Russia: A natural gas pipeline in the Russian Arctic burst during maintenance work, killing three people and severely burning two others. More information |
Thursday
Mar 08 |
Vestal, N.Y.: Firefighters used liquid nitrogen and argon to extinguish a fire smouldering in the bottom of a large composter at a sewage treatment facility. More information |
Thursday
Mar 08 |
Elba, N.Y.: A fire at a produce packaging plant knocked out power to a nearby school. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 07 |
Decatur, IL: An explosion in the process area of a chemical plant caused minor damage and sent one employee to the hospital. More information |
Wednesday
Mar 07 |
Fort McMurray, Alberta: An explosion near a plant that extracts the bitumen or extra-heavy oil from oil sands injured four workers. Gas monitors alerted workers to the danger allowing many to escape. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 06 |
Romeoville, IL: Firefighters responded to a haz mat situation at a refinery’s hydrochloric acid unit. More information |
Tuesday
Mar 06 |
Casper, WY: A fire broke out at a tear gas manufacturing plant with four employees exposed to the gas. The fire was quickly extinguished. More information |
Monday
Mar 05 |
Richmond, CA: An oleum spill produced a small cloud of sulfuric acid at a chemical plant. More information |
Sunday
Mar 04 |
Port of Santos, Brazil: At least two storage tanks each containing more than 26,000 gallons of fuel oil ruptured and spilled into the sea. More information |
Sunday
Mar 04 |
Athens, Greece: One worker was killed and three others injured when an oxygen cylinder exploded during repair work on an oil tanker. More information |
Saturday
Mar 03 |
Des Moines, IA: The emergency power unit of an F-16 on the ground inadvertently activated, dumping the jet’s fuel supply. Nine people suffered injuries, including two Des Moines Fire Department medics. More information |
Saturday
Mar 03 |
Greensboro, N.C.: An unused room at a packing plant was damaged by fire. Workers were using a blow torch immediately prior to the blaze. More information |
Friday
Mar 02 |
Calgary, Alberta: A worker leap to safety with his clothes aflame after an explosion at a wood processing plant. More information |
Friday
Mar 02 |
Racine, WI: An employee checking the duct work in a tool manufacturing plant found a decomposed body that police theorize was a burglar who got stuck months earlier. More information |
Thursday
Mar 01 |
Gulf of Mexico, USA: A jack-up drilling rig sustained extensive damage in a blowout while drilling a development well. All personnel were safely evacuated. More information |
Thursday
Mar 01 |
Iron Range, MN: Fire destroyed a cabinet plant that was the community’s second largest employer. It came only weeks after the town’s largest employer closed its doors. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 28 |
Seattle, WA: A major refined oil pipeline was shut down as a precautionary measure after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake. The pipeline connects four large refineries and the local airport. On Harbor Island, small spills from ruptured gasoline and diesel pipelines were reported. More information |
Wednesday
Feb 28 |
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia: A container of chlorine was accidentally punctured, causing the evacuation of three businesses at an industrial park. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 27 |
Mesa, AZ: An explosion at a auto airbag plant involving sodium azide residue injured three workers. The workers were using a blow torch in a room once used for storage of the volatile powder. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 27 |
Rathdrum Prairie, ID: Two freight trains derailed with two tank cars leaking almost 2,000 gallons of diesel. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 27 |
Cincinnati, OH: A release of mercaptan from a chemical plant resulted in a flood of calls to the local gas company to report natural gas leaks. More information |
Tuesday
Feb 27 |
Columbia, PA: A two-alarm fire broke out at a foundry in an area where scrap metal is compressed into metal ingots. More information |
Monday
Feb 26 |
Waukesha, WI: Nearly 16,000 gallons of home heating oil poured out of a tank through an open valve and into the Fox River. Vandalism is suspected. More information |
Monday
Feb 26 |
Windsor, Ontario: A fire in an air duct that spread to an air filter unit caused extensive damage to an auto plant. Five firefighters were treated and released. More information |
Sunday
Feb 25 |
Moody, AL: Evacuations were ordered when fire and explosions broke out at a urethane manufacturing plant. Firefighters were concerned about drums of mercury compounds stored on site. One police officer was treated for smoke inhalation. Residents were allowed to return 32 hours later. More information |
Sunday
Feb 25 |
Buena Vista,VA: Five fire companies battled an hour and a half to extinguish burning plastic pipes at a plant that builds drainage systems. More information |
Sunday
Feb 25 |
Valero, CA: A flash fire enveloped a hydrogen compressor at a refinery. More information |
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