At least 21 workers were hospitalised, one with severe burn injuries, after a chemical leak from a tank inside a plant at Nira-Nimbut near Pune in Maharashtra, according to police sources reported by the Times of India. Police said chemicals overflowed…
A dog that ended up stranded in the middle of the Gulf of Thailand, paddling some 130 miles away from shore may soon have a home after being rescued by oil rig workers on Friday. Workers spotted the animal's head…
* No fatalities in fire at RAPID refinery, Petronas says * Fire contained within 30 minutes, with two slightly injured KUALA LUMPUR, - A fire was brought under control early on Friday after an explosion at a Malaysian oil refinery…
A fire at a refinery near Iran’s Gulf port of Bandar Abbas was quickly extinguished on Saturday, and there were no casualties, Iranian news agencies reported. “In less than 40 minutes, the fire was contained by firefighting teams. Fortunately, the…
MOSCOW, April 14 (Reuters) - A fire broke out at a refinery of Russian oil producer Lukoil in Russia’s Urals region of Perm on Sunday but has been extinguished, local emergency services said in a statement. There were no injuries,…
An explosion at a chemical plant in an industrial zone in Yunlin county shattered glass in buildings up to two kilometers away, shook houses five kilometers away, and was heard more than 30 kilometers away, according to media reports, today,…
MOSCOW, April 8 (Reuters) - A fire broke out on Monday at Novokuibyshevsk oil refinery in Russia’s region of Samara, the RIA news agency cited the Emergencies Ministry as saying. The refinery is part of the Samara group of refineries…
A tank holding a flammable chemical caught fire at a Texas plant Tuesday, killing one worker, critically injuring two others and sending panicked employees fleeing over a fence to safety. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez confirmed the fatality in a…
Two ships carrying Indian, Turkish and Libyan crew members have caught fire in the Kerch Strait separating Crimea from Russia, killing at least 14 sailors, according to media reports. The fire broke out on Monday off Russia‘s territorial waters. Both…
BEIJING(Reuters) - A plant explosion in China’s Jiangsu province killed seven people on Sunday, authorities said, the second deadly blast in the province this month as Beijing begins a nationwide industrial safety inspection campaign. The blast involved a container of…
