Industrial Fire World

02/13/2023

David White, founder and former publisher of Industrial Fire World, died Sunday morning.

02/01/2021

A breach in a recently installed liquid nitrogen system is the suspected cause in a chemical release Thursday morning that killed six workers at a poultry plant in Gainesville, Georgia. https://www.industrialfireworld.com/592596/six-dead-in-hazmat-incident-at-georgia-poultry-plant

02/01/2021

Heavy smoke from a Friday night fire at a chemical plant in southern Taiwan earned the owners a five-million-yuan penalty from the government for air pollution violations. https://www.industrialfireworld.com/593043/fire-breaks-out-at-taiwanese-chemical-plant

01/29/2021

HAIX®, functional footwear and clothing specialist, has acquired Gustav Wahler KG, a leading workwear manufacturer. https://www.industrialfireworld.com/592734/haix-global-acquires-workwear-manufacturer

Footwear specialist expands into clothing segment.

01/29/2021

On Jan. 29, 2003, an explosion followed by fire at a Kinston, North Carolina, rubber components plant resulted in 44 casualties, six of them fatally injured. https://www.industrialfireworld.com/536832/kinston-north-carolina-jan-29-2003

01/28/2021

CSB is deploying to the scene of a fatal chemical release Thursday morning at a poultry plant in Gainesville, Georgia. https://www.industrialfireworld.com/592596/six-dead-in-hazmat-incident-at-georgia-poultry-plant

01/27/2021

A fierce inferno consumed a paint factory Wednesday morning in Taiwan. https://www.industrialfireworld.com/592405/flames-devastate-taiwan-paint-factory

01/26/2021

FirstNet, Built with AT&T – America’s public safety network – is driving innovation in lifesaving, public safety technology. https://www.industrialfireworld.com/592265/firstnet-brings-responders-innovative-communication-tools

01/26/2021

Fire tore through a Rosneft owned refinery Monday in Ufa, Russia, leaving one worker dead and another injured. https://www.industrialfireworld.com/592124/storage-tank-fire-reported-at-russian-refinery

01/22/2021

Risk of an ammonia tank explosion forced a local evacuation Thursday night when fire broke out at a potato dehydrating facility in eastern Washington state. https://www.industrialfireworld.com/591643/potato-factory-fire-forces-evacuation-in-washington-state

01/22/2021

Fire people died Thursday when fire broke out at a major vaccine manufacturing plant in India where millions of doses of COVID-19 preparation are being produced. https://www.industrialfireworld.com/591633/blaze-at-covid-19-vaccine-plant-in-india-kills-5

01/21/2021

At least seven oil storage tanks near Syria’s major refinery in Homs burned after an explosion Tuesday at a government-owned crude oil facility. https://www.industrialfireworld.com/591511/flames-spread-through-7-crude-storage-tanks-in-syria

01/21/2021

Fire destroyed a warehouse stocked with 7,500 pallets of candy factory inventory Wednesday morning in northern France. https://www.industrialfireworld.com/591509/major-french-candy-brand-overwhelmed-by-factory-fire

01/20/2021

A thermal power plant explosion Wednesday morning in the Tashkent region of Uzbekistan killed three people and injured three others. https://www.industrialfireworld.com/591381/uzbekistan-power-plant-explosion-kills-3-injures-3

01/20/2021

Two defendants – the Dupont company and a former employee – pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that ignored safety regulations led to a 2014 toxic release that killed four workers. https://www.industrialfireworld.com/591375/dupont-pleads-not-guilty-in-fatal-2014-toxic-release

01/19/2021

Firefighters used breathing apparatus to enter a burning factory Monday night in the English East Midlands. https://www.industrialfireworld.com/591353/firefighters-rush-to-factory-blaze-in-english-east-midlands

01/19/2021

A federal judge has ordered Kidde to pay a $12 million civil penalty over allegations that the company failed to timely inform the Consumer Product Safety Commission about fire extinguishers issues. https://www.industrialfireworld.com/591358/kidde-hit-with-12-million-civil-penalty-over-product-recall

01/18/2021

FDA has been adding more stringent regulatory requirements for manufacturers of Automated External Defibrillators to ensure their safety and effectiveness. https://www.industrialfireworld.com/589780/are-your-facilitys-defibrillators-fda-approved

01/18/2021

Fire gutted a rubber goods warehouse Saturday evening in northeast Borneo Island, part of Malaysia. https://www.industrialfireworld.com/591118/rubber-gloves-destroyed-in-malaysian-warehouse-fire