by Associated Press Published: January 21,2011
Tags: fire, manufacturing, workplace safety
WIGGINS — All 19 night shift employees are reported safe after a fire at a paper plant in Wiggins. Firefighters were working to contain the fire this morning. WLOX television says the blaze at Coastal Paper Co. broke out around 1:30 a.m. in a pulp storage shed. The fire had not spread to the plant. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 16,2010
Tags: accident, fire, manufacturing, shipbuilding
PASCAGOULA — Northrop Grumman Corp. says no one was injured when a fire broke out at its Pascagoula shipyard. The company says the blaze occurred about 7:35 a.m. today and was extinguished by emergency personnel. Northrop Grumman says the area remains evacuated as the cause is investigated. Company spokesman Bill Glenn told The Mississippi Press [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 15,2010
Tags: disaster, fire, law enforcement, theaters
HATTIESBURG — Hattiesburg fire investigator Scott McRaney says he’s asked state and federal investigators to look into the blaze that destroyed the historic Beverly Drive-In on Oct. 30. He said he called the state fire marshal and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives because of its value in money and history. The [...] [...]
RANKIN COUNTY — Fire has destroyed a Rankin County archery business due to lack of water. WLBT-TV reports that the nearest hydrant was blocks away from Emerson’s Outdoors, so firefighters had to truck in water. The building was about 10 miles north of Brandon, east of the Ross Barnett Reservoir. Owner Jerry Emerson said that [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 21,2010
Tags: accident, fire, manufacturing
ALCOA, Tenn. — The hot rolling mill at the Alcoa plant in Blount County is closed after a weekend fire. Alcoa spokeswoman Christy Newman told The Knoxville News Sentinel the damage to the building is being assessed. She did not yet know how long it would take to repair the mill and get it running [...] [...]
DENVER — A wind-whipped wildfire sent flames roaring through a rugged canyon in the Colorado foothills, forcing hundreds of people to flee and destroying dozens of homes — some that belonged to the firefighters themselves, authorities said early today. Firefighters were waiting until sunrise to count the exact number of houses that have burned, said [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 22,2010
Tags: fire, oil spill, workplace safety
GULF OF MEXICO — Authorities say 130 people were evacuated from a vessel that housed oil spill response workers when an electrical outlet caught fire Tuesday, but there were only “very minor” injuries. Scott Epperson, a spokesman for the Gulf oil spill’s unified command, said the injuries included a man who bumped his elbow while [...] [...]
JACKSON — Cal-Maine Foods Inc. announced that its egg complex in Shady Dale, Ga., was damaged by a fire June 28. Cal-Maine said the loss is fully insured, including the loss of production. The fire destroyed one of the 12 layer houses, with additional loss of laying hens at three adjoining houses due to smoke [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 15,2010
Tags: fire, oil and gas, REFINERY, workplace safety
BATON ROUGE, La. — A fire at the Exxon Mobil refinery in Baton Rouge, La., has injured three workers. Company spokesman Jeff Neu says refinery firefighters quickly brought the blaze in a refinery unit under control Wednesday morning. The injured were transported to Baton Rouge-area hospitals. Neu says the fire had no impact outside the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 31,2010
Tags: fire, manufacturing, warehouse
DENHAM SPRINGS, La. — A huge fire broke out at a chemical warehouse Tuesday in southeastern Louisiana, rocketing 55-gallon drums into the sky, forcing the evacuation of about 200 people and pulling in about 100 firefighters, authorities said. An explosion inside the Coco Resources warehouse triggered the fire about 2 p.m., and two or three [...] [...]
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