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Cause of massive fire at St. Clair Power Plant under investigation
voicenews ^ | 08/14/2016 | Pamela Binsfeld

Posted on 08/14/2016 10:18:19 AM PDT by BenLurkin

Authorities are investigating the cause of a massive fire that raged for more than 10 hours at the St. Clair Power Plant in East China Township Thursday and Friday.

The fire broke out at the DTE plant on Recor Road at about 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Fire crews extinguished the blaze at about 4:45 a.m. Friday and continue to monitor the facility for rekindling.

All employees were evacuated from the building with no injuries reported.

DTE teams invoked emergency procedures and shut down all generating units at the site while working with first responders to control the situation, the energy company stated in a release

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TOPICS: US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: detroit; powerplantfire
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To: tet68

The Obama/Clinton process.....

......that would be assgas.


21 posted on 08/14/2016 3:58:09 PM PDT by Rockpile (GOP legislators-----caviar eating surrender monkeys.)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE
The Voice story probably assumes the world ends at the border of East China Township, just like The New York Times assumes all journalists are limited to only reading that paper. It is sad, and DTE Energy isn't much different when it comes to the mindless automation of customer service that is so stylish with big companies these days.

None of that has anything to do with the fire at St. Clare Power Plant of course. Like many others, St. Clare was due for moth-balling anyway and this event probably just turns the dials forward, nothing to see here, go back to your houses.

22 posted on 08/14/2016 6:15:52 PM PDT by WhoisAlanGreenspan?
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