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In Wisconsin, a state environmental policy board voted Wednesday to prohibit the discharge of water with detectable amounts of the bioaccumulative compound PFAS from sites where firefighting foam is tested or used for training. #FireWorld #Industrial #IFW https://www.industrialfireworld.com//proposed-wisconsin-ru

A factory specializing in barges and houseboats caught fire Wednesday morning in central eastern France. #FireWorld #Industrial #IFW https://www.industrialfireworld.com//boat-factory-warehous

Flames broke out at an electronics factory Wednesday afternoon in northwestern Taiwan, forcing the evacuation of nearly 2,000 workers. #FireWorld #Industrial #IFW https://www.industrialfireworld.com//electronics-plant-fir

OSHA citations against an Oklahoma oil refinery after an explosion that killed two workers in 2012 were affirmed Tuesday by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. #FireWorld #Industrial #IFW https://www.industrialfireworld.com//court-affirms-osha-ci

A freight train derailment Thursday morning near Mauriceville, Texas, forced nearly 600 residents to evacuate until spilled hazardous materials can be cleaned up. #FireWorld #Industrial #IFW https://www.industrialfireworld.com//evacuations-follow-tr

Firefighters extinguished a blaze that broke out Wednesday afternoon at a central Missouri wood products company. #FireWorld #Industrial #IFW https://www.industrialfireworld.com//firefighters-extingui

Ottawa Fire Services’ hazardous materials team resolved an emergency Wednesday morning involving a chemical spill at the 3M tape plant in Brockville, Ontario. #FireWorld #Industrial #IFW https://www.industrialfireworld.com//canadian-hazmat-team-

A large tower at the Amuay refinery on Venezuela’s northern Carribbean coast collapsed Tuesday during what President Nicolas Maduro described as a terrorist attack. #FireWorld #Industrial #IFW https://www.industrialfireworld.com//venezuela-claims-terr

An inquest into a chemical plant explosion in July 2018 in eastern England heard testimony this week that a worker witnessed his father’s death in the disaster. #FireWorld #Industrial #IFW https://www.industrialfireworld.com//inquest-opens-in-2018

An explosion Sunday night at a chemical plant that resounded across northwest Ohio collapsed a tank structure but posed no threat to the community. #FireWorld #Industrial #IFW https://www.industrialfireworld.com//tank-explosion-report

The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and U.S. Coast Guard continue to spearhead a cleanup operation for tar balls and oiled debris that washed ashore this week over a stretch of Delaware coastline. #FireWorld #Industrial #IFW https://www.industrialfireworld.com//oil-spill-cleanup-of-