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Monday
Aug 02 |
Baton Rouge, LA: Fumes leaking from a truck carrying pressurized cylinders of boron trifluoride resulted in the closing of a major interstate through the afternoon and evening. Firefighters kept a stream of 2,500 gallons a minute flowing over the truck to dissolved the escaping gas. More information |
Monday
Aug 02 |
Monetta, S.C.: Ten workers were hurt when an explosion at a feed mill blew apart a corn silo. More information |
Monday
Aug 02 |
Abilene, KS: Enough chocolate accidentally overflowed from a tank to force a week-long shutdown at a candy factory for clean up. More information |
Monday
Aug 02 |
Sydney, Australia: More than 2,600 gallons of crude oil spilled from a tanker into Sydney Harbor. The oil was being transferred ashore when the spill occurred. More information |
Monday
Aug 02 |
Saluda County, S.C.: Ten workers were injured, one critically, in an explosion that blew the top and bottom out of a 116-foot tall corn silo. Corn from the silo was spewed over a quarter-mile area. More information |
Sunday
Aug 01 |
Cicero, IL: Twenty workers at a battery factory were injured when the small bus they were riding to work in was hit by a drunken driver. More information |
Sunday
Aug 01 |
Cicero, IL: Twenty workers at a battery factory were injured when the small bus they were riding to work in was hit by a drunken driver. More information |
Saturday
Jul 31 |
Montreal, Quebec: More than 300 people were evacuated from their homes because of concerns about toxic smoke produced by a fire at an abandoned paint factory. More information |
Friday
Jul 30 |
Charlotte, N.C.: A maintenance worker at a trucking terminal shot and killed his supervisor, then fatally shot himself. More information |
Thursday
Jul 29 |
Torrance, CA: A fire at a gasoline refinery knocked out one of two hydrogen units, hindering production. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 28 |
Hartford, CT: A fire broke out in a shredder unit at a local plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 28 |
Stratford, CT: A chemical compound used to test the sprinkler system at an aircraft plant temporarily fouled the local municipal water supply. About 400 families were told not to use the water for drinking or bathing. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 27 |
Huachuca City, AZ: A concrete worker died after being trapped under a ton of gravel deposited into a large metal hopper. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 27 |
Baltimore, MD: A small explosion at a plant released a chemical vapor cloud. The incident was the first test of a new community alert system installed after an earlier release. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 27 |
Roanoke, VA: A storage building at an army ammunition plant was destroyed by fire. More information |
Monday
Jul 26 |
Cranberry, PA: Acrid smoke and high temperatures hindered fire fighting efforts when a family-owned woodworking plant caught fire. More information |
Sunday
Jul 25 |
Northborough, MA: Heavy fire was reported in the rear of a candle-making factory. More information |
Saturday
Jul 24 |
Fort Wayne, IN: Fire swept through the wood shop at a packaging plant, causing heavy damage. More information |
Friday
Jul 23 |
Spokane, WA: Two workers constructing shelving at a mail-order business were injured when the lift they were using collapsed. More information |
Thursday
Jul 22 |
Robards, KY: Two workers at a processing plant died when they fell into a pit of chicken parts being made into cat food. One died in a rescue effort to save the first. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 20 |
Calgary, Alberta: A parked truck loaded with fireworks exploded in an industrial park, spraying the area with shrapnel. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 20 |
Iowa City, IA: A corrosive chemical spilled as it was being unloaded at a factory that makes toothpaste and shampoo, creating a vapor cloud that forced the evacuation of nearly 5,000 people. More information |
Monday
Jul 19 |
Dearborn, MI: A vacant building at a massive auto-making complex burned. Six workers died in a February explosion at the same plant. More information |
Monday
Jul 19 |
Charleston, S.C.: A multiple-alarm fire damaged a large storage warehouse. More information |
Friday
Jul 16 |
Toronto, Ontario: An explosion and fire at a telephone service center disrupted communications across Canada. Locally, 911 emergency in Toronto was also disrupted. More information |
Thursday
Jul 15 |
Roseville, OH: A four-story pottery factory burned to the ground. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 14 |
Philadelphia, PA: A worker at a scrap-iron company was killed when his arm became entangled in some machinery and was torn from his body. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 13 |
Henderson, NV: The death of an employee on the job at a clothes manufacturing plant led to a two-day shutdown of the facility. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 13 |
North Haven, CT: Emergency responders were called in to deal with an overturned and leaking railroad tank car. More information |
Monday
Jul 12 |
Dayton, OH: Within a single 14-hour period, a paper plant was the scene of an explosion, a fire and a release of orange dye into a nearby river. One worker was seriously injured in the explosion. More information |
Monday
Jul 12 |
Oberon, Australia: Fire spread through a fiberboard factory after a pipe carrying heating oil ruptured. More information |
Monday
Jul 12 |
Ernfold, Saskatchewan: An explosion and fire destroyed Western Canadas first certified organic grain elevator. Only a small amount of grain was present at the time of the blast. More information |
Monday
Jul 12 |
Boscobel, WI: Fire caused extensive damage to a plant specializing in animal feed. More information |
Saturday
Jul 10 |
Richmond, CA: An explosion at an oil refinery forced the company involved to request permission to import dirtier fuel that does not meet the states strict air quality standards. More information |
Friday
Jul 09 |
Minneapolis, MN: Molten metal spilling from a broken mold killed a worker at a munitions foundry. Two others received minor injuries. More information |
Thursday
Jul 08 |
Texarkana, TX: Two workers attempting to neutralize a phosphoric acid spill were overcome by fumes. One of the workers died. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 07 |
Chicago, IL: A 24-foot diameter asphalt tank exploded and burned. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 07 |
Liberty, IN: A tanker truck leaking ethyl alcohol forced the closing of an interstate highway. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 07 |
Galien, MI: Three departments fought a fire in a local factory specializing in coatings. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 07 |
Modesto, CA: One worker was injured when a brief fire broke out at a manufacturing plant. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 07 |
Philadelphia, PA: A tractor-trailer rig hauling 55-gallon drums of empilan dumped part of its load into a creek, forcing the closure of a major roadway. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 07 |
Berwick, New Brunswick: Strong winds fanned smoke from a fire at a peat moss plant. Several nursing homes were evacuated. More information |
Wednesday
Jul 07 |
Pelham, PA: An industrial park and nearby homes were evacuated as firefighters dealt with a fire in a chemical storage building. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 06 |
Los Angeles, CA: One worker died and five others were injured in a fire that destroyed a downtown product processing facility. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 06 |
Nashua, N.H.: A three-alarm fire swept through several tractor-trailer rigs and a portion of a freight-handling facility. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 06 |
Salem, MA: Several electrical fires broke out inside a power generating plant. More information |
Tuesday
Jul 06 |
Portland, AR: A cloud of anhydrous ammonia was released from a storage tank at a fertilizer plant. Three people were treated for inhaling the fumes. More information |
Monday
Jul 05 |
Gramercy, LA: Explosions rocked an aluminum plant, leaving four workers seriously burned. Bauxite residue was spread over a 1.5 mile area. More information |
Monday
Jul 05 |
Baltimore, MD: A spill of swimming pool bleach closed four lanes of a major highway. A three-car pileup among the backed-up traffic injured eight. More information |
Wednesday
Jun 30 |
Livingston, TN: Two workers were killed and a third seriously injured when flammable gas inside an empty crude oil storage tank exploded. A metal grinder was in use at the time of the blast. More information |
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