Chemical plant blast forces evacuations
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An explosion Wednesday at a chemical plant shook windows, rattled doors and sent a thick plume of smoke over a section of Jacksonville. Police have cordoned off the area, closed highway exits to the site and are evacuating people.
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An explosion rocked an Army ammunition plant Wednesday, causing at least one serious injury, authorities said.
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An explosion and fire Wednesday at a chemical plant sent flames and billowing clouds of black smoke into the air.
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By Peyton Whitely, Seattle Times  Feb. 2--About 50 firefighters from seven Eastside fire departments engaged in a deadly serious exercise Thursday -- practicing for a terrorist attack at a plant where lethal chemicals are used.
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Buildings in Philadelphia are evacuated after several underground blasts blamed on power malfunctions.
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A second explosion in less than 24 hours rocked a burning underground gas storage facility early Friday, prompting authorities to expand an evacuation zone around the site.
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Fire injures 31 at chemical plant in southeastern Turkey    ANKARA, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Thirty-one people were injured in an explosion caused by fire in a chemical plant in southeastern Turkey, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported on Friday.
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An explosion and massive fire in an industrial complex near downtown Kansas City, Missouri, forced some evacuations and closed nearby roads, local media reports said.
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Thousands of people were evacuated on Friday from their homes in Apex, North Carolina, after a chemical fire sent a toxic cloud over the Raleigh suburb, emergency officials said.
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Noxious fumes from a chemical dumped into a Phillipine creek sent at least 31 people to a hospital Tuesday and forced at least 4,000 to flee their homes, officials 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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A massive explosion at a chemical plant shook an industrial district in Jacksonville, Florida on Wednesday, forcing evacuations and knocking out generators at a nearby electric utility, officials said.
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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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A huge explosion at a chemical plant rocked a suburb about 20 miles north of Boston early on Wednesday, sparking a massive fire that damaged about 30 homes and injured 10 people, local media reported.
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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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An accidental chemical release from Valero Energy Corp.'s Houston refinery on Wednesday sickened dozens of workers and triggered a warning for nearby residents to evacuate.
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An explosion and fire at an Abbott Laboratories manufacturing site early Saturday sent three employees to the hospital, company and fire officials said.