A Small list of Coincidences
Living in a sea of serendipity
This post is a mere extension of the one below.
And this is an introduction to the series, and you should read it.
Someone on Twitter send a few screenshots from an excel doc with some of these, I decided to cross-check, and add some more.
The following list is focused on the US alone.
January
Explosion at Iowa Chemical Plant Lights Up the Night Sky
Keeping Passaic fire from chlorine prevented 'one of the biggest disasters in the country’
Lithium batteries believed to have caused Taylor recycling plant fire, preventing zero waste goal
Explosion and Fire Reported at Cargill-Nutrena Feed Mill
Memphis Fire Department combats blaze at PMC Biogenix chemical plant
Covington residents urged to shelter in place due to chemical plant fire (Silmar Chemicals)
FIREFIGHTERS PUT OUT MASSIVE FIRE AT PLASTICS FACTORY IN WHARTON
Fire breaks out at ADM Grain Company
Firefighters Face Enormous Fire At Hatch & Kirk, Building Is Destroyed
Fire at Didion Ethanol Plant in Cambria, WI
Van Drunen site 'total loss' after fire
Approximately 75 percent of the 80,000-square-foot freeze-drying facility of the Van Drunen Farms Tuthill production site will be considered a “total loss,” a company official confirmed Monday.
Jacam Chemical storage building destroyed in fire along Dunn, Stark County line
They have now rebuilt it.
Man killed in Hampshire explosion ID'd; another critically injured at construction manufacturer
February
Investigators Probe Cause of Deadly Oregon Fire, Explosion
The barn was at Champoeg Farm, Landers said. The farm near St. Paul was established in 1856 and specializes in raising turkeys and other poultry.
Belgrade grain elevator destroyed in Friday morning fire, investigation underway
Massive fire erupts at California walnut factory
Portion of Wisconsin River Meats plant “a total loss” after overnight blaze
Fire destroys Percy family barn
No one was hurt but scores of cows perished in the blaze, according to Stowe Fire Department interim chief Scott Reeves.
90 milk cows perish in Bedford County barn fire
Fire sweeps northern Indiana barn, killing dozens of cattle
Firefighters battle blaze at Gavilon grain elevator
Winston Weaver Fertilizer plant, chemical fire | What we know in the aftermath of the fire
Explosion, fire rock Marathon Petroleum oil refinery in Louisiana; 1 worker injured
Crews extinguish massive fire at Willoughby factory at the Delmilta Iron and Metal Plant.
March
Large Fire Near The Mercedes Benz Battery Plant
Multiple departments respond to fire that destroyed farm shop Tuesday night near Brooten
ExxonMobil oil refinery in Montana rocked by explosion
ATF: Ruptured methane pipeline near coal mine possible criminal act
April
Explosion at Towanda chemical plant leads to hospitalizations
Massive factory fire broke out in Black Hawk
Below here, globally.
Mysterious Fires Break Out at Russia Chemical Plant and Defense Facility
An explosion at a South Korean petrochemical plant has killed four people and injured four
Spain chemical factory blast killed man two miles away – and second victim is found dead in debris
Explosion at petrochemical plant injures three in Malaysia
Major fire at Lotte Ube butadiene rubber plant
Major fire breaks out at Haryana chemical factory
Huge Lebanon factory fire kills three near Beirut
Burton fire: Huge chemical blaze breaks out in factory - residents ordered to evacuate
Maharashtra: Chemical factory blaze in Palghar district kills manager
The company makes chemicals like water treatment, polymers, construction chemicals, high performance coatings, animal health and industrial biotech products.
This is merely a short one, just an addendum to the aforementioned post at the beginning of this piece. I won’t share any opinion, or analysis, I will leave it for you to think about it. Won’t even end the usual way.
Hope you all have a blessed Sunday. Another short one coming soon.
I believe the food supply issues are critical, I'm personally very concerned. but I don't know what number to ascribe to the background level of fire occurrence within the food supply system in order to tell if this is an increase, or just the normal rate that we are now paying attention to as we are concerned about the food supply chain.
Interesting that this article shows up:
FBI WARNS OF TARGETED CYBER ATTACKS ON FOOD PLANTS AFTER MYSTERIOUS RASH OF FIRES
https://mixedtimes.com/business/fbi-warns-of-targeted-cyber-attacks-on-food-plants-after-mysterious-rash-of-fires#