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USA – Containership Fire at Wilmington Port Leaves Four Injured
A generator-related fire aboard the Liberian-flagged Chiquita Voyager led to four people sustaining minor burn injuries while the vessel was berthed at the Port of Wilmington, Delaware, on Wednesday, November 26. Emergency…
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USA – Fire erupts on container vessel at Port of Los Angeles
A fire erupted below deck on the container ship ONE Henry Hudson, the vessel was berthed at Berth 218 in the Port of Los Angeles. The U.S. Coast Guard reports that the…
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USA – Ammonia leak at Oklahoma hotel parking lot sends dozens to hospitals
A hazardous ammonia leak from a tanker truck in the parking lot of a Holiday Inn Express in Weatherford, Oklahoma, led to a major emergency response Wednesday 12 November night and sent…
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USA – DFW Airport Deploys Six Striker Volterra Electric ARFF Vehicles
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) has officially placed six new Striker® Volterra™ 6×6 Electric Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) vehicles into service. Delivered by Oshkosh Airport Products, a subsidiary of Oshkosh…
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USA – Jury Awards $118 Million to Victims of Houston Propylene Explosion
A Harris County jury has awarded more than $118 million (£90 million) in damages to seven people injured or affected by the 2020 propylene explosion at Watson Grinding and Manufacturing Company in…
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USA – Ammonia leak triggers evacuations after explosion at Mississippi chemical facility
An explosion at the CF Industries chemical plant near Yazoo City, Mississippi, released anhydrous ammonia on Wednesday, prompting emergency responses and evacuations. Officials confirmed that no injuries or deaths have been reported.…
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USA – Louisville UPS cargo plane crashes shortly after takeoff; at least 11 killed
A UPS cargo jet crashed moments after taking off from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport on Tuesday evening, leaving at least nine people dead and several others injured, local officials confirmed. Louisville…
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USA – Fire at HF Sinclair’s Artesia Refinery Sends Three Workers to Hospital
A fire erupted at HF Sinclair’s Navajo Refinery in Artesia, New Mexico, on Oct. 31 after an explosion was reported at the facility. Thick smoke drifted over nearby parts of the city…
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USA – CSB Opens Investigation into Fatal Explosion at Accurate Energetic Systems in Tennessee
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) announced that it is deploying a team to investigate the fatal explosion that occurred on October 10, 2025, at the Accurate Energetic Systems,…
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USA – Tennessee Plant Explosion: Sixteen Presumed Dead
Casualties and Official Statements Sixteen workers who went missing after a massive explosion at a Tennessee explosives facility on Friday are now presumed dead, according to Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis. Authorities…
