Feds say unsafe power supply caused leak, evacuations around Pa. plant last yearOctober 5th, 2009 Feds: Unsafe power supply caused Pa. chemical leakPETROLIA, Pa.
Fire rages at chemcial plant near Detroit; evacuation of nearby area reportedAugust 27th, 2009 Fire rages at chemical plant near DetroitHAMTRAMCK, Mich. — A fire broke out Thursday at a chemical plant near Detroit, sending flames and black smoke hundreds of feet into the air and forcing a nearby expressway to be closed.
Officials say firefighters extinguish Detroit chemical plant fire; cleanup efforts to beginAugust 25th, 2009 Fire at Detroit chemical factory is extinguishedDETROIT — Authorities say firefighters have put out the blaze at a Detroit chemical factory that had forced employees and nearby businesses to evacuate. Fire officials say no one was injured in the fire at Diversified Chemical Technologies Inc.
300 workers evacuated after explosions at Detroit chemical plantAugust 25th, 2009 DETROIT — Explosions and a fire at a chemical factory Monday forced firefighters to evacuate employees and police to caution nearby residents to stay inside their homes. Several explosions were heard from inside Diversified Chemical Technologies Inc., where dense black smoke billowed from the blaze that began about 2:30 p.m.
Welding believed to have sparked fire at TX chemical plant that forced thousands to flee homesJuly 31st, 2009 Official: Welding likely sparked TX plant fireBRYAN, Texas — Officials believe a welding job likely sparked a fire at a central Texas chemical plant that forced thousands of people from their homes and closed Texas A&M University's main campus. John Salsman with Brazos County emergency management said Friday the investigation is continuing but "the best information we have" indicates the blaze started during a welding job.
Welding likely cause at Texas chemical plant fire that forced evacuation of thousandsJuly 31st, 2009 Official: Welding likely sparked Texas plant fireBRYAN, Texas — Officials believe a welding job likely sparked a fire at a central Texas chemical plant that forced thousands of people from their homes and closed Texas A&M University's main campus. John Salsman with Brazos County emergency management said Friday the investigation is continuing but "the best information we have" indicates the blaze started during a welding job.
Evacuation orders lifted after fire at Texas chemical plant; welding eyed as causeJuly 31st, 2009 Evacuations canceled after chemical warehouse fireBRYAN, Texas — Evacuation orders have been lifted after a fire at a central Texas chemical plant forced thousands of people from their homes and closed Texas A&M University's main campus. John Salsman with Brazos County emergency management says a welder may have sparked the fire Thursday at El Dorado Chemical Co.
Evacuation order lifted for thousands in Texas after chemical plant fire brought under controlJuly 31st, 2009 Texas plant fire under control, evacuations liftedHOUSTON — An evacuation order was issued for thousands of central Texas residents and Texas A&M University campus was closed Thursday as a fire burned at a chemical plant and warehouse that processes explosive ammonium nitrate. Black smoke settled over Bryan, a city of about 80,000 people about 100 miles north of Houston, after the fire started about noon at the nearby El Dorado Chemical Co., said fire dispatcher Andy Throne.
Thousands evacuated, A&M closed amid fire at Texas plant that processes explosive chemicalsJuly 31st, 2009 Texas chemical plant fire evacuates thousandsHOUSTON — Thousands of residents were evacuated and the Texas A&M University campus closed Thursday as a fire burned at a chemical plant that processes explosive ammonium nitrate. Black smoke settled over Bryan, a city of about 80,000 people about 100 miles north of Houston, after the fire started about noon at the nearby El Dorado Chemical Co., said fire dispatcher Andy Throne.
All-night evacuation over in Texas after train derailment spills hazardous chemicalsJune 17th, 2009 Evacuations ordered in Texas train spillSCHULENBURG, Texas — Some residents of a Texas community had to spend the night away from their homes while crews contained hazardous chemicals from a derailed train. Two rail cars containing chlorine were among 22 freight cars of a Union Pacific freight train that derailed late Monday two miles outside Schulenberg in Fayette County.
269 employees fired or suspended for abusing mentally disabled residents at Texas group homesJune 12th, 2009 269 punished for abusing disabled in TexasDALLAS — State records show that 269 employees at Texas' 13 residential centers for the mentally and developmentally disabled were fired or suspended last year for abusing or mistreating residents. The revelations Friday come a day after Gov.
Fire destroys 60 condos at Galveston, Texas, beachfront development damaged by Hurricane IkeJune 4th, 2009 Fire destroys 60 of Ike-damaged Galveston condosGALVESTON, Texas — A fire has destroyed at least 60 condos in a Galveston, Texas, beachfront development that was being rebuilt after being damaged by Hurricane Ike. Fire Chief Mike Vaerla Sr.
Fire continues overnight at chemical plant in Wisconsin, about 140 residents evacuatedMay 12th, 2009 Wis. chemical plant fire chases people from homesCOLUMBUS, Wis. — A fire at a chemical plant that triggered explosions and forced the evacuation of about 140 homes was burning itself out Tuesday and residents were allowed to go home.
Teacher dives under table as school roof caves in from tornado in Corsicana, TexasApril 28th, 2009 Tornado damages school, homes in TexasJONAH, Texas — The National Weather Service says a tornado has damaged more than 20 buildings north of Austin, Texas. Meteorologist Chris Morris says 12 to 15 homes were among the structures damaged when the twister touched down west of Jonah in Williamson County early Monday.
Shell agrees to $5.8 million settlement with Sierra Club over Deer Park refineryApril 23rd, 2009 Shell settles with Texas environmental groupsNEW YORK — Shell Oil Co. reached a $5.8 million settlement Thursday with environmental groups and agreed to cut greenhouse gas emissions at a Gulf Coast refinery.
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