National safety regulator says preliminary investigations point to a string of failings after gas explosion Nine injured miners treated in hospital after being rescued from site in Shanxi province A coal mine explosion that killed 15 people in northern China…
Provincial authorities in Jujuy declare two days of mourning after fatalities. Five other people were treated for severe burns. At least five people have died after being incinerated in a blaze on Wednesday at the La Esperanza sugar refinery in…
Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) announced on Monday that firefighters managed to control a fire that broke out in an oil refinery and a number of garages and auto parts stores in Shuwaikh Industrial Area, which resulted in the death…
Philadelphia — The Chemical Safety Board will begin “looking more closely” at hydrofluoric acid in the refining process, CSB interim Executive Authority Kristen Kulinowski said during an Oct. 16 news conference on a June 21 explosion and fire at a…
A North Sea oil platform has been shut down and workers taken off, following a subsea structural inspection. EnQuest said it evacuated the Thistle platform, about 125 miles (201km) north-east of Shetland, in a precautionary move on Monday evening. The…
A fire broke out on Saturday at Iran’s Abadan oil refinery located in the southwest of the country, although state media has reported that the fire was brought under control yesterday. “The refinery’s fire department contained the fire and prevented…
Fire fighters in California are working this morning to keep a massive oil refinery tank explosion under control. An explosion ripped through the NuStar storage tank last night in Crocket, California. The tank is now threatening three other nearby tankers.…
Chemical Safety Board Releases Factual Update and New Animation Detailing the Events of the Massive Explosion and Fire at the PES Refinery in Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA, October 16, 2019 – Today, the US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) released a…
An explosion has occurred at Saudi Aramco's 305,000 b/d joint venture company with Shell, the SASREF refinery, reports say, adding that the blaze was caused by a gas leak. Two workers from the oil refinery have died, while two more…
Four people were confirmed dead and six others injured after an explosion occurred in a chemical plant in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on October 15, local authorities said. Xinhua said the blast occurred at around 11:20 a.m. in…
