What the records say
- When
- 12 Apr 2002
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 55.01° N, 1.44° W
- Description
- 2002 industrial fire in North Shields, England
Placed at the coordinates of its English Wikipedia article.
Distillex factory fire
2002 industrial fire in North Shields, England
The Distellex factory fire started at the Distillex chemical plant in North Shields, England on 12 April 2002. Distillex Ltd. operated a chemical recovery service, annually recycling 10,000 tonnes of oxygenated, hydrocarbon, and halogenated solvents and 1,000 tonnes of other chemical wastes produced by manufacturing industries and laboratories. The plant was situated in the middle of a largely residential area.
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