Fires and Explosions Threads

• Yemen: Explosion at Canadian Oil Company
• Ferry explodes, sinks off China coast
• Gotthard tunnel fire disaster
• Experts doubt blast in France was accidental
• Blasts rock French chemical plant
• CA - GOVERNOR DAVIS DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY IN CALAVERAS COUNTY
• Oil Tanker Catches Fire in Gulf
• CA - STATE OES DISPATCHES 45 ENGINES TO POE FIRE
• Update: Austrai, space heater blamed for cable car disaster
• Japan: Explosion and Fire
• Chicago Chemical Plant Fire Yesterday
• Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta: Refinery Explosion
• more exploding manholes (DC)
• CA - CREEK FIRE DOMINATES STATE FIRE RESOURCES
• Chicago Oil Refinery Fire
• Update: inquiry into Jerusalem toxic waste site explosion
• England: Power Plant Explodes
• Update: Calgary Hub Oil Refinery Explosion
• Brazil Refinery Accident Kills One
• Leaking gasoline supply line explodes in Pennsylvania
• MD: Baltimore train fire continues for second day
• Texas: Worker Missing After Gas Rig Blast
• MRE's - Meals ready to explode?
• Washington Embassy Fire
• CA - Hawk Drops Snake Onto Power Line
• Rocky Mountain House, Alberta: sweet gas well blowout
• Yemen: Airport Fire
• Russian Missile Accidentally Explodes at Military Base
• Four killed in boiler explosion at steel mill in Pakistan
• Romania: Oil Tanker Explosion
• Chemical Factory Blast Kills 11 in India
• Germany: Chemical Explosion Releases Cloud of Gas
• Taiwan: Explosion in Chemical Plant
• Explosion Rips 495 Megawatt New York Power Plant
• Virgin Islands: Explosion at Refinery
• Fax-copier may catch fire
• Rolls Royce Gains an Explosive Reputation
• Red Deer, Alberta: Flash Fire Injures Six
• Bulgarian Tanker Blazes Off Romania
• PEI fish plant rocked by a series of explosions
• MO - LNG pipeline break , fire
• German Amusement Park Fire
• ANOTHER Tosco refinery fire
• Explosion jolts Illinois electric power station
• British oil refinery rocked by explosion and major fire
• Dutch Schiphol International Airport: explosion and fire
• Indonesian Gas Fields on Fire
• Nova Scotia: Ship on Fire
• China: Explosion
• Brazil: Explosions Start Fire on Oil Rig
• NJ - Power cable burns, shuts Bergenline
• Alberta: Explosion at Suncor Tarsands Plant
• China: School Explosion Kills 41
• Montreal: Fire Alarm Malfunctions
• Montreal Fire Forces Schools to Close
• Halifax: Fire Out on Oil Rig Supply Ship
• Natural gas bill came yesterday
• Ukraine: Coal Mine Explosion
• Bangkok: Explosions Kill Five, Injure 16
• Kansas: explosion in downtown Hutchinson from unexplained source
• Amsterdam: Fliers Flee Fires at Airport
• South Korea: Empty Oil Tanker Explodes
• NY: minor manhole explosion leads to stuck elevators
• Mixer Filled With Molten Iron Explodes in Japanese Factory, Killing Three
• Fire, explosions at Rouge Steel plant
• India: Missile Accident Kills One
• Mass: Explosion injures three workers, knocks out power for 3,800
• Hate That Gas Bill? Wait 'Till Next Fall
• Siberia: Gas Leak Blamed for Blast
• Vancouver: Explosion Destroys Home
• Netherlands Celebration Becomes "Night of Terror"
• Russia: Gas Blast Kills Four
• Australia: Night Sky Boom Rattles Australians, Baffles Police
• Kitchener: Blast Levels Home
• Abbotsford, B.C.: House Fire Started With Explosion
• TX - Afternoon fire damages electric service building
• Calif. Apartment Building Collapses
• Toronto: Fire Shuts Down Subway System
• Texas: Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion Causes Minor Injuries; Homes Evacuated
• China: Gas Kills Nine in Coal Mine
• Bangladesh Factory Fire Claims 37 Lives
• China: Latest Mine Explosion Kills Ten
• Germany: Gas Explosion
• Update, Kursk: Foreign Sub Sent SOS
• Colo. Resort Hotel Fire Contained
• Saudi Blast Baffles Investigators
• Plankinton, South Dakota: Explosion Destroys School
• South Africa: Explosion, Fire Kills Eleven Factory Workers
• Seoul, South Korea: Eight Killed in Hospital Fire
• Australia: Freighter 'dead in the water' after fatal fire
• Update: USS Cole
• Update, Philadelphia: Plant President Charged in Explosion
• China: Mining Disaster; Gas Explosion
• US Takes Steps to Improve Pipeline Safety
• China: Coal Mine Fire Kills 13 (2,730 in first six months)
• VA - Equipment sparks fire at plant
• South Korea: Plastics Plant Blast Kills Two
• CA: One killed in fire and blast at Richmond plastics factory--shelter in place order given
• Transformer fires leads to power outage in Santa Monica
• Sydney, Australia: Explosion Jolts Suburb
• Two missing after Texas natural gas explosion
• Scotland: Three hurt in Dundee gas blast
• CA - Coke plant gas blast injures 9
• Mexico Club Fire Kills 19
• Bethlehem: Apparent Gas Explosion
• PA: Explosion And Fire At Norristown PECO Site
• Fire Breaks Out at U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Extinguished
• Yemen: US Destroyer Rammed
• Russia: Gas Explosion Destroys Five Story Apartment Building, Killing Three
• Russian Explosion Kills Two
• Update: Hudson's Bay Explosion
• Newark, NJ Airport: Two Electrical Workers Burned
• China: scores dead in mine blast
• Louisiana: Blast at Patoutville sugar mill injures 3 workers
• London: Explosions at MI6 Building
• Ukraine: Mysterious Mass Poisoning
• Fire and smoke delay rush hour commute at Grand Central
• Japan: Mitsubishi Electric to Recall TV Sets That Could Catch Fire
• East Texas Seven Injured in Plant Blast
• CA: Container of Unknown Chemicals Explodes, Prompts Fire Officials to Order Sheltering Residents
• Six-alarm fire at New Jersey Refinery Injures Firefighter, Two Workers
• Ohio: Oil Explodes At Canton Petroleum Company
• Texas: Pipeline blast leaves crater near Gruver
• Beirut, Lebanon Egyptians Injured in Explosion
• Greece: Worst fires on record
• All Major Moscow TV Knocked Off Air
• Man killed in gas explosion told to clean up rubble
• South Korea Chemical Blast Kills Five
• Texas gas well erupts again
• CA - Palm Springs - Transformer explodes, cutting power to 1,200 customers
• China Factory Explosion Kills 14
• Moncton, NB Explosion and Fire
• Wildfire threatens key West Coast power line
• UPDATE Russian Sub: what happened?
• Russian Nuclear Sub in Trouble
• UPDATE Utah Mine Lays Off 319 After Fire
• Flin Flon, Manitoba Smelter Explosion
• BC Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion
• NY - Cable Fire Disrupts Subway Service
• Fire breaks out in Grand Coulee Dam powerhouse
• Idaho Blaze Nears Nuclear Plant
• ISRAEL - Powerful Gas Explosion Near Haifa
• Germany Hotel Explosion Kills Three
• Gas explosion rocks Ohio town
• Explosions and Fires Summary - for the archives
• Plant and pipeline explosions - for the archives
• Quebec Explosion at Chemical Plant
• New York Two Houses Fall in Explosion
• Halifax, N.S. Two Injured in Brewery Explosion
• PA - 2 Hurt in Leak, Explosion
• Canada Explosion Injures Five at Canadian Chrysler Plant
• WA: Blaze Explodes at Nuclear Resevation
• Wildfire Burns at Washington Nuclear Reservation
• Spain: Gas Explosion at Apartment Building
• Kuwait Refinery, explosion
• KY, Chemical-plant blast injures seven in Meade
• CANADA - Transformer Fire Burns PCBs and Briefly Cuts Power to Thousands
• UPDATE - Manhole Explosions Blow the Lid Off City-Wide Integrity Problem
• Small Fire Closes DC Metro Station
• Mass Power station explodes
• Jabpanese Chemical Blast Four Dead
• UPDATE - Electrical Cable in Georgetown Burns Once More; Fireball Flares
• NC, One killed, three injured in Morganton plant explosion
• VA - Underground Electrical-Cable Fire Blows Off Manhole Cover
• OHIO - Power Surge Sparks Fire
• OH, Explosion leaves 3 seriously burned
• MO, Explosion at Dyno Nobel evacuates workers
• La Ammonia Plant Blast Kills One
• NEVADA, - Vault Explosion Causes Power Outage
• MO - Fire, Explosion at KCP&L's Hawthorn Power Plant
• FL, Explosion at water treatment plant cuts area water pressure
• CARACAS - At Least 3 Killed in Explosion at Venezuelan Power Plant
• N. DAKOTA - Explosion-Fire Reported at Plant Used to Make Fireworks Components
• S. AFRICA - Gold Mine Blast Kills Seven
• Spain: Fireworks factory blast kills 5, two days after Enschede explosion
• Netherlands: Dutch to hold enquiry into Saturday firework factory explosion that killed 20
• Victoria, B.C. Cruise Ship fire
• Quebec House Explodes
• CA - Ruptered Gas Pipe Sets Off Blaze at N. Long Beach Plant
• AR - Blast Destroys Duplex, Possible Gas Leak
• AUSTRALIA - 2,000 Evacuated in Shopping Center Fire; Started in Underground Electrical Switchboard
• TN - Cause of Chemical Explosion Still Unknown
• VA - Explosion at Mall, No Injuries
• CANADA - Power Station Destroyed by Fire in Nunavut Hamlet
• FAISALABAD - Power Planted Gutted by Violent Fire
• SHIMIZU - 3 Injured in Cooking Oil Factory Blast, Machine Blew Up
• MT - Three Workers Burned at Colstrip Generating Plant
• BRUNEI - Gas Blast Under Control at Petroleum Company, Electricity Restored to Residents
• LAHORE - Factory Reduced to Ashes, Heavy Explosion
• Blast rocks Angolan state oil company
• SC - Blast Releases Ammonia Cloud
• AUSTRALIA - 8 Injured in Explosion at Substation, Power Outage for Parts of Area
• LAHORE - 5 Hurt in Saidpur Grid Station Fire, Transformer Burst
• CHINA - Coal Mine Blast Kills 40, Three Missing
• HI - Electrical Fire Aboard Nuclear Sub Injures Two Crew Members
• QUETTA - 7 Die in Coalmine Blast
• CA: Arson Hit School Before Alarm Updated...Heat Detectors Apparently Malfunction
• NEW DELHI: 90 Shops Gutted in Fire, Short-Circuit Cited
• Too Soon for Probe of Pasadena, Texas, Oil Plant Blast, Officials Say
• OHIO - Fire in Electrical Cables Under Street, Blasts Pop Manhole Covers
• GA: Two Killed As Tank Explodes at Asphalt Plant
• Canada: Fire at Major Zinc Smelter Results in Production Cutback
• Update Montreal subway explosions
• Explosions at Airport in Congo Reportedly Kill at Least 40--Short Circuit or Dropped Ammunition Among Possible Causes
• KINSHASA - Plane Crash Said to Cause Dozens of Explosions
• SAMARA, Russia - Gas Pipeline Fire Handled, No Casualties
• Germany: Shell Says Repairs Caused by Fire at Godorf Refinery Unit to Take `Many Weeks'
• BOHEMIA - Dangerous Fire at Chrudim Agrochemical Company Extinguished
• RETRO, Nigeria - Explosion Rocks Power Station, Nationwide Power Outage (April 2)
• Michigan: Eight Injured, Three Critically, Following Apparent Explosion at Chemical Plant
• PA: Explosion at Copper Plant Injures Five, Dislodges 800-Pound Molds
• Toronto fire could prompt big evacuation
• HYDERABAD - Update...Oil Well Fire Still Raging
• Pakistan oil blaze rages on evacuation ordered
• HYDERABAD - Fire Rages on at Oil and Gas Development Corp. Well
• CHANGCHUN - Seven Killed in Gas Explosion at Coal Mine, 3rd Explosion in Recent Months
• LAGOS - Fire Outbreak In Ojodu Due To Gas Leakage, Properties Worth Millions
• Blast Rocks Moscow Physics Institute Says Itar-Tass--Cause Unknown
• Gas tankers still burning at Lillestroem
• Men recovering after sawmill compressor room explosion--80 laid off, cause under investigation
• NC employee at power plant dies following explosion
• Man Hole Fires
• VLADIKAVKAZ - Gas Leak Causes Explosion in School in North Ossetia
• CA, Sacramento - SMUD Fire Causes Outage at Folsom Prison
• PA , Allentown - Meat-Packing Plant Damaged as Fire Sweeps Through Structure
• LAHORE - Fire Breaks Out in Fertilizer Plant, According to Police, Probably Due to Short-Circuit
• LAHORE - Fire Breaks Out in Biscuit Factory...Short-Circuit Blamed
• OHIO - General Mills Plant Damaged by Stubborn Fire
• Two More D.C. Manholes Erupt
• Point Comfort, TX: Fire Strikes High-density Polyethylene Unit at Plastics Plant on Gulf Coast--Downwind residents told to seal themselves indoors
• INDIANA - No One Injured in Blaze Blamed on Molten Metal Hitting Hydraulic Lines
• BANGADESH - Devastating Fire in Kaliganj-Shantapara Area, Electric Short Circuit Blamed
• DELAWARE - Fire Shuts DuPont's Experimental Station
• Deer Park, Texas: Evacuation Recommended After 80,000 Gallons of Acrylic Acid Begins Overheating in Major Chemical Complex
• SHANTOU - Factory Explosion Claims 17 Lives
• MICHIGAN - Fire Destroys Downriver Manufacturing Plant
• HYDERABAD - Huge Fire Causes Massive Destruction in Refrigerator Manufacturing Factory
• CA: Fire at Tosco Refinery
• Fire and Explosion at Shell Refinery in Germany cuts production by 50 Percent
• NJ - Chemical Plant Blast Injures 3 Workers; 1 'Critical'
• WYOMING - Two Injured in Mill Explosion/Fire
• MOSCOW - Four Killed, One Injured In Blast At Oxygen Company
• PITTSBURGH - Gas Line Puncture Blamed for Blasts, 3 Injured
• MOROCCO - Twenty Wounded in Casablanca Factory Fire
• Elizabethton, TN: River Recovery May Take Ten Years Following Chemical Spill
• INDIANA - Officials Measure Damage to River From Fire At Metal Finishing Company
• TEXAS - Water Tank Being Repaired Explodes, Injures 2
• MOSCOW - Gas Explosion Kills 12 Rescuers in Russian Mine
• ??? . Tip... Refinery Explosion/Fire overnight or yesterday.???
• WV - One Hurt in S. Charleston Blast
• VIRGINIA - Fire Damages Portsmouth Meat-Processing Plant
• LUGANSK - Engineers Held Responsible for Barakov Mine Explosion (Update)
• Fire at Gasoline, Chemical Storage Facility Forces Evacuation
• Shell Oil Reduces Capacity of Deer Park, Texas Coker Following Fire
• NEW MEXICO - Raging Plant Fire Blackens City Skies
• IOWA - Calamar Food Plant Damaged by Fire
• Toronto, Canada: Hydro cable fire cuts power in North York
• Michigan - Dearborn's Rouge Steel Co Foundry - fires, explosion by unknown malfunction; complex plagued with accidents
• PAKISTAN - Fire in Laboratory...Electric Short Circuit Blamed
• S CAROLINA - Update...Water Tank Samples Studied in Bowater Explosion
• Algeria, West Africa - USA helps fight main gas well fire; spark blamed
• Fire breaks out in manholes in downtown Boston
• Karachi, Pakistan - Gas leak explosion triggers panic in Kausar Niazi Colony
• UK - London - Suspected gas blast on busy Harrow Rd; jewelry store, other shops and flats gutted
• New York - Catastrophic gas blast risk at Brooklyn's Sunset Park Bus Depot
• UK - Gas explosion, enormous fireball in city of York street from pressure gas main
• Russia - Far East city of Kabarovsk - Suspected gas explosion at apartment complex
• Ohio - Cincinnati - Gas explosion, fire in Sycamore Twp; neighbors suspect leaking since summer '99
• U.K. - London - Explosion at apt complex, gas leak suspected
• Arkansas: Mysterious Explosion and Fire
• S. CAROLINA--Two Killed in Plant Explosion
• MEXICO CITY--Gas Plant Blast Inflames Neighbors
• Update of Announcement for March 15, 2000 Panel Program on Current Y2K-Related Technology Problems
• VA--Update...Investigators Say Gas Leak Caused Radford Plant Explosion
• ARGENTINA--Explosion Injures 32 at Industrial Park
• VA--New River Investigation Ongoing into Gas Leak Blast Cause
• Ukraine--Explosion Kills at least 66 in Coal Mine Blast
• Tokyo--Five Injured in Blast Near Nuclear Facility
• Australia--Blast,, Man Killed...Gas Leak Suspected
• China - Shanghai - Water Plant explosion, 7 dead, 8 injured, several homes collapse
• Washington DC - 5 manhole explosions since Feb 18; elect cable malfunctions blamed for some
• Florida chemical plant fire
• Searchers Locate Bodies of 2nd and 3rd Victims in Virginia Plant Explosion: Natural Gas Buildup Reported
• 1 Dead, 2 Missing in Va. Explosion
• Explosion of compressed air tank near Montreal
• Malfunction caused explosion
• Federal Officials Issue 21 Citations for July, 1999 Blast at Kaiser Aluminum Plant That Injured 29 including allegation that the company impeded an investigation.
• Cincinnati liquid nitrogen storage tank ruptures; spills 365,000 gallons of non-toxic fertilizer into Ohio River
• Steel plant explosion at Ford Plant in Dearborn, Michigan:
• Thermostat controlling temperature of chemical tank apparently malfunctions ; Fire, Evacuation Result Diamond Springs, CA
• Worker Suffers Serious Burns from White Phosphorus Handling Accident at Army Arsenal White Hall, AR
• Fire Destroys Chemical Plant Firefighters Unsure of Chemicals Involved, Upper Darby, PA
• Anhydrous Ammonia Leak at Ice Plant in Florida; Nearby Resident Dies, Eight Workers Exposed