CHANGSHA - Five people were confirmed dead and one was seriously injured in a fire that broke out at a barium nitrate plant in Central China's Hunan province early on Tuesday, local authorities sai

At least 15 people were injured Wednesday after an explosion at a steel plant in central Japan, the latest in a series of accidents at the site.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Environmental investigators faulted Chevron Inc. site managers in a report released Wednesday on a natural gas well fire in western Pennsylvania that killed one worker.

An explosion ripped through a chemical plant in East China's Changzhou city on Thursday evening.

Following an industrial fire that broke out in Bnei Brak, the Environmental Protection Ministry on Sunday warned the public to avoid spending time outside enclosed buildings located within a 50-met

The Orissa High Court on Wednesday directed the State Government to submit a status report on the health condition of the victims of Bhushan Steel plant mishap in Dhenkanal district.

Asking the Odisha government to submit a report on the fire and explosion at Bhushan Steel Limited’s (BSL) plant at Meramundali in Dhenkanal district, the Centre on Tuesday sent officials to inquir

About 70 people were taken ill after a sulphuric acid leak at a chemical company in California late on Monday, Los Angeles County Fire Department officials said.

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vajubhai Arsibhai Dodiya Ors. Vs Gujarat PCB Ors. dated 31/10/2013 on the accident at Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd. The applicants submit that on the night of 1st May, 2011, an accident took place in the cement plant due to which poisonous dust and powder spread over the nearby areas. The said accident was so severe that poisonous gas, cement dust had spread over the nearby area and destroyed all the agricultural products grown in the nearby vicinity of the cement company.

The owner of the detergents factory responsible for emitting ammonia gas which left 72 area residents in hospital on Tuesday, has agreed to shift the facility to Kalutara.

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