Explosions, Flames Gut Chemical Recycling Plant
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EAU CLAIRE, Wis.  -- Explosions sent fireballs hundreds of feet into the air as flames gutted an industrial chemical recycling plant Friday morning.
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A fire at an Indiana magnesium  recycling plant forced the evacuation of 8,000 people and may  burn for several days, officials said on Saturday.
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Explosions and fires at a chemical plant Wednesday killed four people, injured at least 14 and sent debris flying several stories into the air, fire officials and witnesses said.
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Several explosions engulfed a chemical plant in flames Wednesday, forcing a broad evacuation as the fire spewed a sticky substance that residents were warned not to touch.
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By Amie Shak Daily Herald Staff Writer  Three people were injured - one seriously - after a chemical spill at a Batavia business Friday night.  Batavia Fire Department officials were called to PPG Industries, 1020 Olympic Drive, at 6:51 p.m.
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By DAVE SKRETTA  KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Firefighters doused the last flames and watched for hot spots Thursday at a chemical distribution plant that was devastated by fire a day before.
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A gas line exploded Monday, sending flames hundreds of feet in the air as some workers were laying a pipeline. Several nearby vehicles were burned but no one was hurt.
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An explosion and fire Monday at a chemical plant northeast of Des Moines sent plumes of thick smoke into the sky and forced officials to close two interstate freeways.
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By Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Sep. 20--One of the most egregious pieces of unfinished business from 9/11 is the continuing vulnerability of chemical plants to terrorist attack.
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A dozen people hospitalized from injuries they got when a chemical plant exploded were released Thursday, while investigators kept residents away from the neighborhood riddled with homes and businesses blasted off their foundations.
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Specialist firefighters rushed Monday to tackle a huge blaze at a chemical plant in Crewe, while police set up an exclusion zone.
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By DAVE SKRETTA  KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Firefighters worked Thursday to douse the last of the flames at a chemical distribution business where several explosions shot fireballs hundreds of feet in the air and sent a vast plume of black smoke drifting over the downtown skyline.
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APEX, N.C. -- A still-raging fire in a hazardous waste plant prompted the evacuation of as many as 16,000 people from this Raleigh suburb today and sent dozens to nearby hospitals with respiratory problems.
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By John Shultz, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Feb. 9--Shortly after noon today, police removed barricades from most streets surrounding the charred remnants of the Chemcentral Corp. plant in the East Bottoms.
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A fire at a pork processing plant in southwest Missouri forced the evacuation of nearly 100 people from a neighboring town amid concerns of ammonia fumes released by the blaze.
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SUISUN CITY, Calif. - A fire burned early Friday at a massive fertilizer plant outside San Francisco, but it wasn't immediately known if the burning materials were toxic.
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Chemical plant gas blast injures 23 in central China city    YICHANG, June 11 (Xinhua) -- At least 23 people were injured in gas explosion at a chemical plant in central China's Hubei Province Monday evening.   The blast occurred at around 8:38 p.m.