Firefighters Battle Flames at Plant
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By DAVE SKRETTA  KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Firefighters worked Thursday to douse the last of the flames at a chemical distribution business where several explosions shot fireballs hundreds of feet in the air and sent a vast plume of black smoke drifting over the downtown skyline.
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By DAVE SKRETTA  KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Several explosions engulfed a chemical plant in flames Wednesday, forcing a broad evacuation as the fire spewed a sticky substance that residents were warned not to touch.
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A hazardous materials fire at a chemical plant in Apex, N.C., shot flames some 150 feet into the sky this morning.
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Firefighters tackling a major blaze following an explosion at an Essex oil refinery say it is now under control.
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Five firefighters were injured Friday morning, some severely, while battling a blaze at a bar, officials said.
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Explosions and fires at a chemical plant Wednesday killed four people, injured at least 14 and sent debris flying several stories into the air, fire officials and witnesses said.
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An investigation is opened into a huge fire at a chemical plant in Crewe which sent smoke across the town.
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By Jenni Laidman, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio  Feb. 20--Black smoke billows across the Maumee River from a fast-moving factory fire.
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Around 40 firefighters are tackling a blaze at an industrial laundry in south Belfast for a second time.
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A gas line exploded Monday, sending flames hundreds of feet in the air as some workers were laying a pipeline. Several nearby vehicles were burned but no one was hurt.
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Fire struck a workshop at Russia's largest steel mill, killing six people, as firefighters' efforts Wednesday were hampered by temperatures that fell to 17 degrees below zero.
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A fire at a pork processing plant in southwest Missouri forced the evacuation of nearly 100 people from a neighboring town amid concerns of ammonia fumes released by the blaze.
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Several people were seriously injured after a blaze broke out at a fireworks factory near Ringmer, southeast England, creating a plume of smoke visible for several miles.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo.  -- A small explosion slowed firefighters Thursday as they tried to mop up a fire that devastated a chemical distribution plant a day earlier.
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Firefighters were still at the scene of a chemicals factory blaze this morning.   The fire broke out at around 12.15pm yesterday when an explosion was reported to have taken place at Aztec Chemicals in Crewe, Cheshire. A 200-metre exclusion zone was set up around the premises.
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TOKYO, Aug. 20 (Xinhuanet) -- Fire broke out Friday at a tire plant belonging to Bridgestone Corp. in Amagi, western Fukuoka Prefecture of Japan, leaving 13 people injured.
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Fire crews in Londonderry are tackling a huge blaze which has caused extensive damage at a retail park.