Kansas City Plant Explosions an Accident
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A series of explosions that devastated a chemical distribution plant and shrouded this city in black smoke was an accident, officials said Friday.  Fire Chief Richard Dyer said the blaze started Wednesday when employees were offloading a petroleum-based product.
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Chemical vapor that accumulated inside a paint and ink factory fueled the huge explosion that leveled the building and damaging dozens of surrounding homes last fall, according to a preliminary conclusion by federal investigators.
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A hazardous materials fire at a chemical plant in Apex, N.C., shot flames some 150 feet into the sky this morning.
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News From USW: An explosion and fire that forced workers to evacuate a  hazardous waste facility owned by Giant Resource Recovery near Arvonia,  Virginia is causing alarm near another Giant facility that handles more  than twice as much hazardous waste.
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Two people were killed and at least  two more were injured on Tuesday morning in an explosion at an  industrial chemical site in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, officials  said.
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An accident at an underground munitions  depot or a weapons factory was the likely cause of a huge  explosion in North Korea last week, and there were possibly two  blasts, South Korean media reports said on Monday.
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A small chemical explosion at News Corp headquarters in midtown Manhattan on Monday injured one person, a New York Fire Department spokesman said.
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An accident at an underground munitions depot or a weapons factory was the likely cause of a huge explosion in North Korea last week, and there were possibly two blasts, South Korean media reports said on Monday.
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By Cliff Hightower, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  Feb. 2--DAYTON, Tenn. -- A chemical plant that was the site of an August  blast that killed a worker may face a fine of $91,000 after state officials  said they found 13 serious violations during an investigation.
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Twenty-years ago, in the world&#39;s worst industrial disaster, a Union Carbide chemical plant in the Indian city of Bhopal emitted a toxic cloud that instantly killed thousands of people and injured tens-of-thousands more.
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DANVERS, Mass. - Chemical vapor that accumulated inside a paint and ink factory fueled the huge explosion that leveled the building and damaging dozens of surrounding homes last fall, according to a preliminary conclusion by federal investigators.
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By Dave Skretta Associated Press  KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- 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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An explosion that blew out a number of windows at a Boston-area laboratory specializing in stem-cell research was caused by a pipe bomb, local police said on Friday.
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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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TACOMA, Wash. - A chlorine leak Monday night at a chemical plant on this city's waterfront injured 12 people and prompted the evacuation of the surrounding industrial area, a fire official said.
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An explosion has torn through part of a giant South African fuel and chemicals plant, killing five workers and injuring more than 100, the company that owns the plant says.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo.  -- A small explosion slowed firefighters Thursday as they tried to mop up a fire that devastated a chemical distribution plant a day earlier.