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Wednesday
Jan 26 |
Visalia, CA: A fire at a pecan processing plant destroyed $1 million worth of pecans and left one worker with severe facial burns. More information |
Monday
Jan 24 |
Stoney Creek, Ontario: One worker was critically injured in an explosion at a lamination plant. The nearby area was evacuated as a precaution. More information |
Sunday
Jan 23 |
Portsmouth, VA: Approximately 20,000 gallons of waste oil and water mixture leaked from a holding tank at a boiler cleaning company. More information |
Sunday
Jan 23 |
Kansas City, MO: A 24-car accident on I-29 killed at least 8 people. An 18-wheeler carrying hydrochloric acid caught fire, forcing firefighters to temporarily cease rescue efforts. More information |
Sunday
Jan 23 |
North Tonawanda, NY: More than 150 firefighters battled a factory blaze for almost five hours. The fire caused an estimated $200,000 in damage. More information |
Sunday
Jan 23 |
Wallingford, CT: A large chemical factory suffered a fire on the roof. More information |
Sunday
Jan 23 |
Portsmouth, VA: A holding plant at a boiler cleaning company leaked approximately 20,000 gallons of waste oil and water. More information |
Sunday
Jan 23 |
Lancaster, PA: A duct-work fire idled three production lines at a flooring factory. More information |
Saturday
Jan 22 |
Tamaqua, PA: Four workers were injured in an explosion at a magnesium-processing plant. More information |
Saturday
Jan 22 |
Highgate, VT: Fire destroyed a maintenance shop at a wood products plant. More information |
Saturday
Jan 22 |
Clovis, N.M.: An explosion at a grain storage plant sent three workers to the hospital. The workers were using cutting torches at the time of the blast. More information |
Saturday
Jan 22 |
Grande Prairie, Alberta: An electrical fire in the control for a main conveyor belt shut down a pulp mill for two days. More information |
Saturday
Jan 22 |
Portsmouth, VA: Heavy fire was reported inside a wall at a plant for converting trash to steam. More information |
Saturday
Jan 22 |
Minooka, IL: A release of ethylene vapors from a local plant was reported. More information |
Friday
Jan 21 |
Bow, NH: A pallet factory caught fire. More information |
Friday
Jan 21 |
Flint, MI: One in a string of 55 33,000 gallon propane railroad tank cars caught fire, triggering an evacuation for a one-mile radius. More information |
Friday
Jan 21 |
Bow, N.H.: A major fire was reported at a pallet factory. More information |
Thursday
Jan 20 |
Clermont-Ferrand, France: A 42-hour fire at a tire factory consumed 1,300 metric tons of synthetic rubber. More information |
Thursday
Jan 20 |
St. Louis, MO: A haz mat incident and fire at a chemical plant was made more difficult by a -13o F windchill. More information |
Thursday
Jan 20 |
St. Louis, MO: A tractor trailer at an industrial complex spread to a nearby building. More information |
Thursday
Jan 20 |
East Windsor, CT: A worker was killed when he was crushed between the back end of an excavator and a steel wall at a recycling plant. More information |
Thursday
Jan 20 |
Tamaqua, PA: An explosion at a magnesium-processing plant injured four workers. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 19 |
Temple, TX: Four workers were injured in a fire that destroyed a foam plastics plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 18 |
Elk Grove, OH: A working fire was reported at a local factory. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 18 |
Penninsula, OH: A three-alarm fire broke out on the roof of a two-story factory. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 18 |
Shreveport, LA: Two workers were injured, one critically, after a naptha explosion at a refinery. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 18 |
Sulphur, LA: A flash fire at a gas well injured five workers, two of them seriously. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 18 |
Boston Heights, OH: Fire spread through a two-story factory building. More information |
Monday
Jan 17 |
Chesterfield Township, MI: Fire broke out on the roof of a stamping plant. Frozen hydrants hindered fire operations. More information |
Monday
Jan 17 |
Hackensack, NJ: Smoke from a four-alarm fire at a candle company was visible for 25 miles. More information |
Monday
Jan 17 |
Kiel, WI: A small methanol spill resulted when a railroad tanker car derailed and overturned. Several hundred area residents were evacuated. More information |
Monday
Jan 17 |
St. Paul, MN: At least 12 chemical plant workers were overcome by fumes from leaking tetrahydrofuran. More information |
Sunday
Jan 16 |
Dover, N.H.: Fire broke out on the roof of the batch plant at a concrete factory. More information |
Saturday
Jan 15 |
Balatonfuzfo, Hungary: An explosion destroyed a gunpowder plant, killing one worker. More information |
Friday
Jan 14 |
Dearborn, MI: A spectacular, but not destructive fire broke out in a raw storage stockhouse at a steel plant, part of an auto making complex. More information |
Friday
Jan 14 |
Durham, N.H.: A rollover involving a tractor-trailer carrying sodium hydroxide did not result in a spill. More information |
Thursday
Jan 13 |
Reesedale, PA: A professional diver drowned while doing maintenance on a hydro-electric plant. At the 20-foot mark all three of his connecting lines broke for an unknown reason. Firefighters searched the Allegheny River for him with no success. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 12 |
Berks Co., PA: More than 800 gallons of milk spilled onto the roadway after an accident that brought high tension power lines down onto a tanker truck. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 12 |
Niles, IL: An explosion and fire collapsed a portion of a one-story factory. Four workers were transported. More information |
Monday
Jan 10 |
Clifton, NJ: A fire at large cloth factory destroyed a shed and damaged a restroom. More information |
Sunday
Jan 09 |
Edinburgh, IN: Two firefighters trapped on a catwalk 85 feet in the air were burned while battling a fire at a furniture veneer plant. More information |
Saturday
Jan 08 |
North Branford, CN: Several workers were burned in an industrial fire involving various chemicals. More information |
Thursday
Jan 06 |
Chicago, IL: Fire spread through a four-story factory building. More information |
Wednesday
Jan 05 |
Cleveland, OH: Fire was reported on the roof of a one-story factory. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 04 |
Davie, FL: An explosion and ammonia leak at an ice plant sent two people to the hospital. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 04 |
Lansdowne, PA: A fire gutted a pigment factory, resulting in at least 35 people being evacuated from their homes. More information |
Tuesday
Jan 04 |
West Hartford, CN: Fire broke out in a two-story heat treating plant. More information |
Friday
Dec 31 |
Chicago, IL: Heavy fire was reported at a four-story mill. More information |
Friday
Dec 31 |
Mont-St.-Hilaire, Quebec: Two workers were killed in a train crash that set off fiery explosions and forced the evacuation of 700 people. More information |
Thursday
Dec 30 |
Apex, N.C.: A fire that began in the paint room of a manufacturing plant broke through the roof. More information |
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