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.
Combustible sugar dust caused an explosion that killed 14 workers in Port Wentworth, Georgia, on Feb. 7, 2008.
When 22 tons of pool cleaning tablets began to oxidize in a shipping container, acrid fumes created a toxic cloud.
Rubber dust explosion tears apart a North Carolina factory.
Overfilled gasoline storage tank causes worst explosion in Europe since World War II.
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.
Christmas 1989 fire hits Baton Rouge, Louisiana, refinery.
The ignition source for the blast remains unknown.
The fiery Feb. 6 train derailment spilled 7,500 barrels of crude in Saskatchewan.
The amount of sulfur dioxide and butadiene released were above environmental limits.
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