Chinese Authorities Punish More Than 30 Over 2016 Power Plant Explosion According to a report by the Xinhua news agency, more than 30 people have been punished after their responsibility was highlighted in an investigation into a power plant blast…
CSB: Steam System Leaked In Days Before Fatal Blast St. Louis, MO – The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) released a “Factual Investigative Update” on the April 3, 2017, catastrophic rupture of a pressure vessel at the Loy Lange Box…
US - One Dead, Three Injured In Anadarko Oil Tank Explosion One person died and three were injured Thursday in an oil tank fire in Weld County. Workers were doing maintenance on an Anadarko oil tank battery when the fire sparked…
Australia: Major Fire At BHP Pilbara Mine One of BHP Billiton’s (AU:BHP) major iron ore operations was hit by a major fire on Thursday, shutting down production at a time of falling prices. A fire broke out in the screening…
South African Refinery Blast Injures 11 On May 22, a blast at the Natref oil refinery injured 11 people, according to a statement by plant co-owner Sasol. The 108,000 barrel per day refinery, situated in Sasolburg south of Johannesburg, remains…
US Dust Explosion: Milling Plant Explosion Kills Three An explosion and fire on May 31 at the Didion Milling corn mill and ethanol plant in Cambria, Wisconsin, killed three workers and injured 13. Local authorities said that 16 staff had…
SINGAPORE – A fire broke out at a crude oil refinery on Jurong Island on Tuesday (June 13). The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said the fire occurred within a crude distillation unit at the Singapore Refining Company's (SRC) premises on 1 Merlimau…
Police have warned they may never be able to identify all of the people who died in the fire that engulfed a west London block of flats. Emergency services are to spend a third day searching for bodies in the…
Belgium – Entire Village Evacuated Following Nitric Acid Tank Leak The provincial disaster plan has been declared in the hamlet of Zevekote (Gistel - West Flanders) after nitric acid leaked from a manure processing factory. The local mayor yesterday ordered…
Five Dead In Oil Refinery Blast In China Five people have died in an explosion at an oil refinery in Anhui province in eastern China, according to local authorities. Three people were injured in the blast, Xinhua news agency reported…
