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OXFORD, Ala. — There was a fire at the Tull Chemical Company facility in Oxford late Friday night. According to the city, firefighters were dispatched around 11:14 p.m. to the fire.
The fire began following a leak in the propane deasphalting unit and spread quickly, in part because of the rapid collapse of a major pipe rack carrying flammable hydrocarbons. Some of the rack's support columns had not been fireproofed. [163] April 27, 2008 - A fire broke out at a tank battery in Ward County. [164]
The depot is located in Calhoun County, Alabama, 10 miles (16 km) west of Anniston. It covers 25 square miles (65 km 2) of land, or 15,200 acres (6,200 ha). [4] Its northern side is the Pelham Range portion of Fort McClellan. The central and northern portions of the depot span over 13,000 acres (5,300 ha) and serve as an ammunition storage area.
Muscle Shoals, Alabama May 3, 1925: 0 On April 4, 1925, and May 3, 1925, two carloads, each containing 220 barrels of ammonium nitrate, were dispatched from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and caught fire in transportation. The barrels had been stored in a warehouse with varying humidity for 6 years, so it is believed that they were ignited by friction ...
In 2004, warehouse explosions led to the evacuation of 300 people, and a chemical fire in 2020 prompted a shutdown of Interstate 20. With reporting from The Associated Press.
The lawsuit states that residents are suing both BioLab and KIK Consumer Products Inc for property-related damaged from the Sept. 29 fire, according to court documents filed in the U.S. District ...
0–9. 1864 Washington Arsenal explosion; 1919 Standard Oil Company fire; 1945 Edgewood Arsenal explosion; 1946 Greenville propane explosion; 1956 Bush Terminal explosion
A fire occurred at the lab, which produces pool and spa chemicals, in 2020. An investigation by the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board found that a "thermal decomposition event ...