Nicaragua - Refinery Fire Causes Significant Oil Pollution A massive refinery fire at the Puma Energy facility on Nicaragua’s Pacific coast has contaminated sensitive nearby coastal habitats, according to local reports, with an oil slick contaminating half a square mile…
An explosion at a Florida chemical plant over the weekend left at least one person dead, according to local authorities. The Pensacola News Journal reported that the blast occurred around midday Sunday at the Ascend Performance Materials complex in a…
Jasim Issa Mohammed Hassan gave 'ultimate sacrifice' in boarding burning plane, says agency Tributes have been paid to the "ultimate sacrifice" of a firefighter who died rescuing 300 passengers and cabin crew, when a plane crashed and burst into flames…
Canada to phase out older crude oil tanker cars early due to explosion risk Canada will take older crude tanker cars out of service much earlier than originally planned, Transport Minister Marc Garneau said on July 26. Accident investigators have…
Huge Explosion At Arms Factory Azerbaijan https://youtu.be/p1x9Z39uES4 Twelve people were hospitalized Tuesday after an explosion at an arms factory in the city of Shirvan in eastern Azerbaijan, a representative of a local hospital said. The victims have been transported to the…
Two killed in China gas pipeline blast Beijing: A section of natural gas pipeline broke and caught fire in Enshi City, a city in central China's Hubei Province, on Wednesday morning, killing two and injuring another seven. According to the rescuers,…
Explosion On Tanker At Chinese Repair Yard, One Dead And Two Missing An explosion occurred onboard a tanker at Jingjiang Huaxin Ship Repair in Jiangsu, China yesterday, the local work safety administration has announced. According to the announcement, the incident…
Dust Explosion Kills 1, Injures 5 in Bosnian Paper Factory Authorities say an dust explosion at a paper production company in the northern part of Bosnia has killed one worker and injured five others. The blast in the factory's lye…
Blast at Rosneft affliate oilfield kills three, injures three A blast at a giant Siberian oilfield on Thursday killed three people and severely injured three others. According to TASS, the explosion occurred on Thursday at the Verkhnechonskoe oilfield in the Irkutsk Region that is…
Iran - Two Tank Fires at Oil facility In One Day A new fire erupted at an Iranian petrochemical factory in the southwestern oil-rich province of Khuzestan after firefighters put out a blaze earlier in the day at the facility…
