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Fire Develops in Pulp Machine at Paper Products Manufacturer in Florida
On October 25, 2023, First Coast News reported a fire at a paper products facility in Palatka, Florida. It was inside a digester, which converts wood chips into a pulp ...
No Injuries Reported in Afternoon Fire at Pulp and Paper Mill in Germany
On July 4, 2022, NASDAQ reported a fire at a pulp and paper mill in Arneburg, Germany. Damage was confined to the wood chip bunkers and their associated conveying systems ...
Pulp From Flash Dryer Smoulders on the Roof of New Zealand Pulp Mill
On October 17, 2021, Nzherald.co.nz reported a fire at a pulp mill in Ohakune, New Zealand. Pulp from a flash dryer was smouldering on a mill roof. Winds spread it ...
Paper Machine Ignites in Evening Fire at Newfoundland Pulp and Paper Mill
On July 17, 2020, the CBC reported a fire at a paper mill in Corner Brook, Newfoundland. Corner Brook's Deputy Fire Chief confirmed that a paper machine had caught fire ...
Fire Starts in Debarking Machine at Pulp and Paper Mill in Mississippi
On June 17, 2021, the Daily Leader reported a fire at a paper products mill in Brookhaven, Mississippi. It started in the plant’s debarker. No injuries were reported ...
Lightning Strike May Have Caused Evening Fire at Pulp and Paper Mill
On May 26, 2021, the Daily Jefferson County Union reported a fire at a paper mill in Wisconsin Rapid, Wisconsin. The smokestack collapsed and caused additional fires ...
Fire Ignites in Wood Room and Chip Piles at Alberta Pulp and Paper Mill
On August 23, 2020, Everything GP reported a fire at a pulp and paper mill in Grande Prairie, AB. It was in the wood room and a chip pile ...
No Injuries Reported in Explosion at Bulgarian Hardwood Pulp Facility
On June 29, 2020, SeeNews reported an explosion at a hardwood pulp facility in Svishtov, Bulgaria, that occurred when a sodium hydroxide tank exploded ...
Fire Breaks Out in Chip Bin at Maine Pulp and Paper Processing Plant
On Feb 19, 2020, the Bangor Daily News reported a fire at a paper factory in Old Town, ME. It ignited in a bin of wood chips and pulp processing ...
Firefighters Called to Dust Collector Fire at Pulp and Paper Mill
On June 3, 2019, TBWatch reported a fire at a pulp and paper mill in Thunder Bay, ON. The cause is may have been an overheated dust collector machinery ...
Paper Machine Failure Causes Fire at Thunder Bay Pulp and Paper Mill
On Mar 18, 2019, Pulp & Paper Canada reported a fire at a paper products company in Thunder Bay, ON. It started in a paper machine after a bearing failure ...
Annual Combustible Dust Incident Reporting
Combustible dust incident report covering materials, incidents and equipment involved in combustible dust fires and explosions in 2021 ...