In September 2023, sirens blared again across Hopewell, Virginia, after oleum, commonly known as fuming sulfuric acid, leaked from the AdvanSix chemical plant. The plant, one of many big polluters in ...

Explosions at a Hyogo Prefecture chemical plant on Saturday afternoon killed a firefighter and injured at least 30, NBC News reported. A fire broke out after a chemical reaction, which employees tried ...

The KuibyshevAzot chemical plant, a major Russian producer of nitrogen fertilizers, caught fire following an air attack on the city of Tolyatti, Samara Oblast, the Astra Telegram channel reported ...

YAZOO CITY, Miss. (AP) — An explosion at a hydrogen and nitrogen product manufacturer in Mississippi on Wednesday caused an ammonia leak and forced nearby residents to evacuate, officials said.

A North Texas man and his family fear the worst after an explosion destroyed the chemical plant where he worked Thursday morning. Dylan Mitchell, 27, is believed to have been inside the Tri-Chem ...

CLAIRTON, Pa. (AP) — For Don Furko, Aug. 11, 2025, was a normal shift. Until it became the shift he would never forget. At 10:47 a.m., U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works outside Pittsburgh — a sprawling ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal safety agency investigating an August blast at a U.S. Steel plant near Pittsburgh that left two workers dead said it found a series of incomplete, outdated or ...