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An 8-day long fire then consumed at least 45 acres of storage tanks and damaged nearby homes and businesses. In addition to a boy killed in his home, one Standard Oil workman died of a heart attack, another 40 were injured, and 1,500 evacuated. [49] On Nov 23, 1957, 2 workers were killed in a Whiting Standard of Indiana refinery fire. [49]
An explosion at the ARCO Chemical (ACC) Channelview, Texas petrochemical plant killed 17 people and injured five others on July 5, 1990. It was one of the deadliest industrial disasters in the history of the Greater Houston area. The land along the Houston Ship Channel is a heavily industrialized area, with numerous oil refineries.
Four oil company workers were killed, and three others injured. [96] October 21 – Two workers bleeding a gas pipeline, in Santa Clarita, California, were injured when gas vapors were ignited, and, one of them later died from the injuries. [97] November 19 – A gas pipeline exploded and burned near Warrenton, Virginia. The blast created a ...
A truck driver died in a fiery crash near Dallas on Tuesday when their 18-wheeler collided with another vehicle on a highway and fell to the roadway below,
The 1988 crash of Delta Flight 1141 was the last major commercial accident at Dallas-Fort Worth. ... beyond the runway 18L and slid sideways into a field on the south end of the airport ...
Nationally, 39 workers died doing that work in 2022 alone, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. In North Carolina, at least eight construction workers have died in trench collapses since ...
In the aftermath of his disappearance, a local deputy organized a search party and spent several hours investigating the area near Lawson's truck, but found no signs of Lawson. [1] Friends and family of Lawson set up a Facebook page called "Help Find Brandon Lawson", which, as of 2025, had over 29,000 followers.
A crude oil spill was spotted coming from a leaking oil pipeline off of Grand Isle, Louisiana. About 8,000 barrels of crude were spilled. [46] A Texas-New Mexico Pipeline Company crude oil pipeline ruptured near Shiprock, New Mexico, spilling 285,000 US gallons (1,080,000 L) of crude oil into the San Juan River, polluting it for 100 miles ...