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Saturday
Dec 09 |
Tucker, GA: Fire broke out in a 300 gallon tank of mixed solvents. More information |
Friday
Dec 08 |
Ourimbah, UK: A gasoline tanker carrying more than 9,500 gallons of fuel overturned, crushing a car before exploding. Two people were killed. More information |
Friday
Dec 08 |
Post, TX: A hydrogen sulfide pipeline ruptured without igniting in a sparsely populated area. Immediate concern was for livestock in the area. More information |
Friday
Dec 08 |
Collier County, FL: A sulfuric acid spill forced closure of an interstate highway. More information |
Friday
Dec 08 |
Montgomery City, PA: Fire discovered in an out building threatened to spread throughout a printing plant. More information |
Friday
Dec 08 |
Ashland, MD: A fire was reported at a local plant. More information |
Thursday
Dec 07 |
Jal, N.M. : A natural gas pipeline ruptured and burst into flames, igniting two tanks filled with methanol and glycol at a gasoline refinery. More information |
Thursday
Dec 07 |
Nitro, W.V.: Workers at a neighboring facility complained of breathing problems after a fire at a chemical plant. More information |
Thursday
Dec 07 |
Monticello, AR : An explosion at a boat-building plant left three workers injured and one dead. The blast blew a hole in the plants 30-foot ceiling. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 06 |
Union City, CA: An explosion at a pipe-making factory injured at least 12 people. The plant was not evacuated. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 06 |
Fort Wayne, IN: Sprinklers helped control a fire in a first floor storage facility at a foam manufacturing plant. More information |
Wednesday
Dec 06 |
Myerstown, PA: A four-alarm fire destroyed a food processing plant. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 05 |
Lilburn, GA: Fire was reported at a plant that manufactures gutters and siding. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 05 |
South Whitehall, PA: A chemical plant warehouse was destroyed by fire. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 05 |
Mountain Lake, MN: Electricity was shut down to this community in frigid weather when flames from a fire at a wood products plant threatened power lines. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 05 |
Douglas County, CO: Two fires in three days have local authorities urging that a recycling plant be shut down. More information |
Tuesday
Dec 05 |
Gardner, KS : A fire was reported on the roof of a battery plant, producing heavy smoke. More information |
Monday
Dec 04 |
Mont Belvieu, TX: A natural gas pipeline ruptured but did not ignite. More information |
Monday
Dec 04 |
Orchard Park, N.Y.: Explosions and fire at a manufacturing plant caused heavy damage. More information |
Sunday
Dec 03 |
Hartford, CT: A dumpster fire broke out inside a trash recycling plant. More information |
Saturday
Dec 02 |
Chittagong, Bangladesh: Authorities sank a burning 2,300-ton cargo ship rather than risk an explosion. The ship was carrying 2,000 tons of coconut copra. More information |
Friday
Dec 01 |
Atlas Cove, Lagos: At least 50 people were killed in a pipeline explosion. More information |
Friday
Dec 01 |
Summit, IL: Ambulances were called to the scene when five pounds of methyl iodine spilled on the loading dock at a frieght handling depot. More information |
Thursday
Nov 30 |
Ebute-Oko, Nigeria: At least 60 people were killed when gasoline being collected from a broken pipeline ignited. More information |
Wednesday
Nov 29 |
Attleboro, MA: An employee was hospitalized with second-degree burns resulting from an explosion at an electronics plant. The damaged two-story building was declared unsafe. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 28 |
Ito, Japan: Eight people wereinjured in an explosion at a propane distribution facility. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 28 |
Portland, TN: Three people were injured in an explosion at a facility operated by a natural gas pipeline company. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 28 |
Port Sulphur, LA: An 800-foot tanker ran aground, spilling 500,000 gallons of crude oil. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 28 |
Ontario, CA : Gasoline fumes ignited during a routine cleaning operation on an underground tank. The tank was being filled with a detergent mixture at the time of the blast. More information |
Monday
Nov 27 |
Newark, N.J.: An areaevacuation was ordered after a release of explosive vapor at a chemical plant. More information |
Monday
Nov 27 |
Grenda, MS: A worker atan air conditioning components plant shot a shift supervisor to death. The workers wife,who also worked at the plant, was also shot and killed. The worker then killed himself. More information |
Sunday
Nov 26 |
Kansas City, MO, : A smallamount of anhydrous ammonia from a holding tank at a power plant, but was containedwithout injuries. More information |
Sunday
Nov 26 |
New York, N.Y.: Fire at anewspaper printing plant forced owner to turn to competitors to complete the press run forthe morning edition. More information |
Saturday
Nov 25 |
Narsingdi, Bangladesh:A fire caused a stampede in a garment factory killing at least 45 people, many of themwomen and children. More information |
Friday
Nov 24 |
Denver, CO: A three-alarm blaze at a beer brewery is being investigated as an arson. Glass bottles stored in cardboard boxes stacked 25 feet high shattered when the cardboard became soggy from firewater and collapsed. More information |
Friday
Nov 24 |
Ufa, Russia: Three workers were killed when hydrogen sulfide fumes escaped from a sulfuric acid plant. More information |
Thursday
Nov 23 |
Red Lake, Ontario: Aworker was killed in a surface accident at a newly opened gold mining operation. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 21 |
Hackensack, N.J.: An abandoneddye factory was gutted by a raging fire that spewed acrid black smoke over the city forhours. More information |
Tuesday
Nov 21 |
Castleton, N.Y.: A five-alarmfire was reported at a paper plant. More information |
Monday
Nov 20 |
DeQuincy, LA.: Hazardousmaterials specialists were called to a drilling site tank battery out of concern that aworker found dead might have been exposed to fumes. More information |
Friday
Nov 17 |
Johannesburg, South Africa:Eleven workers died in a fire at a chemical plant specializing in floor polish. Theplants owner was later arrested on suspicion that the factory doors had been locked. More information |
Thursday
Nov 16 |
Rouseville, PA: Two separate fire broke out at a plant that extracts parafin wax from crude oil. One worker was admitted to the hospital with leg burns. More information |
Monday
Nov 13 |
Bonner Ferry, ID: About 11,800 gallons of gasoline spilled from an above-ground storage tank but was contained within the surrounding dike. More information |
Monday
Nov 13 |
Addison, IL: A fire was reported at a local factory. More information |
Sunday
Nov 12 |
Mobile, AL : Three train cars carrying butadiene and butyl acrylate derailed. No chemical leaked, but a nearby interstate highway was closed for 12 hours. More information |
Friday
Nov 10 |
Allentown, PA: A12-count indictment was returned against the president of a chemical plant that was thescene of a February 1999 explosion that killed five. More information |
Friday
Nov 10 |
Modesto, CA: A fiery explosionfueled by aluminum dust ripped through a recycling plant. Resulting flames quickly burnedout with no report of injuries. More information |
Friday
Nov 10 |
Cambridge, MD: A fire at anelectronic plant resulted in several explosions. More information |
Friday
Nov 10 |
Great Park, IL: A chemicalspill at a local plant threatened to force an area evacuation. More information |
Friday
Nov 10 |
Katowice, Poland: A packaging plant was badly damaged by an explosion and subsequent fire. More information |
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