MASSIVE FIRE IN TEXAS CHEMICAL PLANT

Is that wise?

Geez its insane its one event after another my question how bad this shit gonna be??

Well, crap. The worst area is where I happen to live...

EPA on scene. Stalling. Setting out metering equipment at strategic areas. Will inform public later. Stay tuned... or not.

JUST SAW VIDEO OF A FIRE TRUCK THAT WENT UP IN FLAMES THIS MORNING HOLY SHIT!!!

News conference going on now...

By law, most of the large storage tanks should have containment dikes.

Those fools hav no idea of what they're doing.

Fire Chief:

They were mixing chemicals and had a reaction.

The plant used to be owned by DuPont.

Large amounts of plastics on site. A lot burned in fire.

It is wildly insane to see burning liquid chemical flow under a fire truck and consume it.
Almost got to the railyard. It got close to a tanker full of naptha.

Fire Chief just said if had gotten to the Naptha it would have been much worse.

Could the explosions be triggering these seismograms?

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Last Edited by G2DU on 10/03/2011 03:40 PM

Magnablend spokesman Donald Golden told WFAA-TV that the 25 to 30 employees who were inside a warehouse at the plant evacuated safely when the fire broke out. Golden said the company manufactures about 200 products, including some that are hazardous when ignited.

"I can only speculate on what's going on inside that building right now," Golden said of the 100,000-square-foot warehouse.
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Does this imply those products weren't hazardous before they were ignited?

Any wagers on a lack of training, illegal workers, lax enforcement of regulations, etc. as the root cause?

Yeah, let's deregulate all of these industries so we can have more jobs... until the plants all burn to the ground?

I'm not in the plume yet, but am getting some burning plastic smell in the air.

If It gets to bad where you are...head up my way and we can have a beer! (LOL)

Are you watching the press conference? I feel so much better now..No one was wearing a hazmat suit on TV. ha ha

And that EPA guy Nicholas Brescia (sp?)is an idiot. He kept saying...Well I just got here after lunch!!

I wish one of the reporters would have asked him what he had for lunch...maybe we could have gotten a straight answer about something.

So they have ground air monitors in place and are calling in the Aspect air sniffing craft from New Mexico. He said it would be here in 2 hours....Guess they are eating lunch too!

It's a huge deal everywhere. Nasty stuff. For a list of the chemicals used, click on the page 8 chart included in this link. Alone they are bad. Do they even know the toxicity when combined? I'd leave that area.
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“Between 2005 and 2009, the oil and gas service companies used hydraulic fracturing products containing 29 chemicals that are (1) known or possible human carcinogens, (2) regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act for their risks to human health, or (3) listed as hazardous air pollutants under the Clean Air Act.” Of the 29 chemicals, 13 are classified as carcinogens, 8 are Safe Drinking Water Act regulated chemicals, and 24 are hazardous air pollutants. Many of the chemicals fall into more than one category. (See chart on page 8 of report.)
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yeah, but amanda is free. derp.

There are also no more than four drums, each weighing 550 pounds, of Hydrofluoric Acid on site. These drums are handled with extreme care, and employees and contractors must attend an annual safety class, given by the manufacturer of the acid, in order to continue to purchase this chemical. This class teaches the employees of Magnablend, Inc. how to properly handle the chemical, what to do in case of a spill, the effects of exposure, and first aid responses. The employees of Magnablend, Inc. and the environmental consultants both attended the class on August 4, 1998.
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Hydrofluoric acid (HF) is a solution of hydrogen fluoride in water.

Hydrogen fluoride gas is a severe poison that may immediately and permanently damage lungs and the corneas of the eyes. Water solutions (hydrofluoric acid) are a contact-poison with the potential for deep, initially painless burns, with later tissue death. By interfering with body calcium metabolism, the concentrated acid may also cause systemic toxicity and eventual cardiac arrest and fatality, after contact with as little as 160 cm2 (24.8 square inches) of skin.
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I found out from an FM radio station Herr in Dallas, the emergancy.radio broadcaste. it was Fucking scary hearing that broadcast thinking I'm in a big city, where's my bugg out bag!

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Is that a train line with those tankers to the bottom right? if those blow, the entire 1/4 mile area will be completely gone.

Cant find anymore live feeds


it all just stopped....