December Marks the 15th Anniversary of the Buncefield Depot Disaster
Overfilled gasoline storage tank causes worst explosion in Europe since World War II.
November 30, 2020
Overfilled gasoline storage tank causes worst explosion in Europe since World War II.
November 30, 2020
Mission creep is the expansion of a project or mission beyond its original goals, often after initial successes. It is a fact of life with which firefighters must live.
May 4, 2020
Christmas 1989 fire hits Baton Rouge, Louisiana, refinery.
May 4, 2020
The U.S. Coast Guard chose an unusual, yet effective, tactic for dealing with the grounding of a fuel-laden freighter off Coos Bay, Oregon, on Feb. 4, 1999.
May 4, 2020
When 22 tons of pool cleaning tablets began to oxidize in a shipping container, acrid fumes created a toxic cloud.
March 4, 2020
The ignition source for the blast remains unknown.
February 21, 2020
The fiery Feb. 6 train derailment spilled 7,500 barrels of crude in Saskatchewan.
February 19, 2020
The amount of sulfur dioxide and butadiene released were above environmental limits.
February 19, 2020
Combustible sugar dust caused an explosion that killed 14 workers in Port Wentworth, Georgia, on Feb. 7, 2008.
February 7, 2020
The fuel-laden freighter ran aground off the shoreline of Coos Bay, Oregon on Feb. 4, 1999, and triggered an unusual maritime response that involved setting fire to the ship's cargo.
February 3, 2020
The latest violations involve more than 6 tons of air pollutants released.
January 31, 2020
The PES facility was extensively damaged by fire and an explosion in June.
January 20, 2020
A 64-foot-tall industrial autoclave that separated under 90 pounds per square inch pressure is being blamed for a massive nitrogen release on Dec. 27 in Wichita, Kansas, that blew apart a section of the Beechcraft aircraft plant, injuring 15 workers and contractors.
January 9, 2020
A silicon hydride emulsion made at a Waukegan, Illinois, chemical plant where four people were killed in a May 2019 explosion can produce hazardous amounts of flammable hydrogen gas under certain conditions, federal investigators revealed Wednesday.
December 18, 2019
Dangerous chemical reactions led to explosions that killed three people in two separate incidents at a West Virginia facility for decontaminating obsolete odorizer vessels, a U.S. Chemical Safety Board report issued Tuesday states.
December 17, 2019
