Risks: Fires, Fatalities and Catastrophes in 2025


Feb 2025: Fire crews put out fire at Georgia-Pacific Zachary, Louisiana paper mill; cause not determined

Feb 2025: Multiple departments respond to fire at PotlatchDeltic Forsyth Township, Michigan lumber mill

Feb 2025: 2 workers taken to hospital after fire breaks out at P&G facility in Oxnard, California

Feb 2025: Fire crews return to extinguish fire at Weyerhaeuser Plant in Columbia Falls, Montana

Feb 2025: Greater Cincinnati, Ohio paper facility catches fire, multiple fire departments respond

Feb 2025: Explosion at Columbia Falls, Montana Weyerhaeuser facility causes extensive damage

Feb 2025: Sludge-like material in Fox River coming from ongoing spill from McKinley Paper mill

Feb 2025: Final insurance settlement for Norske Skog Saugbrugs

Feb 2025: International Paper blames temperature-related malfunction for sulfur smell in Georgetown, South Carolina

Feb 2025: Contractor's fall at Sappi Somerset, Maine Mill under federal investigation

Jan 2025: Louisiana-Pacific fined more than $15,000 for environmental violations

Jan 2025: Firefighters work 11 hours to extinguish Sappi wood yard fire

Jan 2025: Weyerhaeuser's Longview lumber mill gets another big fine for stormwater pollution

Jan 2025: Contractor seriously injured in Sappi mill accident

Jan 2025: CDC releases report on large blastomycosis outbreak at Billerud Michigan paper mill

Jan 2025: Putnam, Florida firefighters battle fire at Georgia-Pacific facility