Reports that massive flames could be seen burning from the Marathon Petroleum Corporation located 13 miles (21 kilometers) south of downtown Los Angeles. The Los Angeles County Fire Department said the fire sparked about 10:50 p.m. An explosion went off…
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A significant fire broke out at an ExxonMobil refinery in Baton Rouge late Tuesday night. First reports of the fire began coming in around 11:50 p.m. on Feb. 11. The cause of the fire has…
The blaze has happened at Iqoxe Company (Industrias Químicas del Óxido de Etileno, henceforth “IQOXE”). A petrochemical company that works with ethylene oxide to produce various raw materials for the production of cosmetics, detergents, foams, antifreezes and products for the…
BBC - The premier of the Australian state of New South Wales has declared a week-long state of emergency in response to the escalating bushfire threat. High temperatures and strong winds are forecast for the weekend, leading to "widespread extreme…
New Delhi: A blast occurred in a warehouse of chemical storage tanks, near Kandla port and Indian Oil Refinery in Gujarat on Monday. Fire tenders have rushed to the spot and a firefighting operation is underway. As per reports, at…
Residents in Victoria and New South Wales count terrible cost during brief reprieve from disaster that has sent smoke as far as New Zealand. Nine people are confirmed dead, with four still missing, and more than 200 properties have been…
Chicago, IL, December 18, 2019 – Today, the US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) released a factual update into the May 3, 2019, explosion and fire at AB Specialty Silicones facility in Waukegan, Illinois. The factual update provides a comprehensive incident…
Fire erupts at France's largest oil refinery Firefighters brought a fire at the largest oil refinery in France under control Saturday, local officials said, hours after it started in the small hours of the morning. The blaze broke out at…
Mandatory Evacuation of 60,000 residents still in place. Firefighters have made progress suppressing a Texas chemical plant blaze but authorities are keeping a mandatory evacuation order in place as a precaution. Tens of thousands of residents within a 4-mile radius…
At least three people were taken to hospitals, and the blast outside Port Arthur on Wednesday blew out windows miles away, witnesses said. An explosion at a chemical plant in southeastern Texas early on Wednesday injured at least three people…
