Serious HAZMAT Situation in Downtown Johnstown PA --BREAKING--

KDKA Radio | 11-19-2002 | VANNROX

[vannrox]

--BREAKING--

Just on the radio at KDKA - Pittsburgh.
Information is confused right now.
Apparently a large Tanker Truck was involved in a accident of some sort.
Location is Downtown Johnstown PA.
Serious casualties reported.
No deaths reported yet.
Many people are in the hospital
.Airlifts by helocopter and multiple Hospitals are involved.
Residents are told to stay indoors.
A multiple block area is secured with no one entering and leaving.
PA State Police is converging on the area now.
Main event resulted in an excessive explosion between 3:00 and 4:00 PM.

[vannrox]

Any other information would be appreciated.

[Desdemona]

Know anything about this?

[Dog]

What was in the tanker???

Nothing on the Philly news..

[abner]

Nothing here yet.

[vannrox]

No one is saying what was in the tanker.
But apparently it has created a dangerious gas cloud.
People going to the hospital have red faces and blisters on their hands and faces!

[LikeLight]

Probably too far east, but checking police scanner now . . .

[null and void]

Ping!

Any news???

[hchutch]

Dang...

Y'know, causing HAZMAT spills in the right places can cause a ton of terror and hassle. If I were some al-Qaida scumbag, I'd think about that. How hard to carjack one of those things and the cause it to overturn or something like that?

[Dog]

Blistering???

[101st-Eagle]

my guess is either sodium hypochlorite or muriatic (hydrochloric) acid.

[Lokibob]

What is an "excessive explosion"?

[cmsgop]

Jeez!

[Not Insane]

I would guess anything larger than an m-80 would be pretty exessive.

[LikeLight]

FWIW, no wind in PA today . . . Old Glory hanging motionless on the pole . . . so the cloud would be relatively stationary . . .

[cmsgop]

What would be the affects ?

[Wright is right!]

"my guess is either sodium hypochlorite or muriatic (hydrochloric) acid."

Just someone trying to winterize their REALLY REALLY REALLY BIG swimming pool.

Michael

[Imperialist]

Acid of some sort?

[Lokibob]

well, to me "excessive explosion" would indicate an outside force. Like a land mine or something. Guess I'm paranoid.

[demlosers]

Where is Johnstown PA?

[jgrubbs]

TOXIC CLOUD IN JOHNSTOWN'S EIGHTH WARD
The Johnstown Fire Department is on the scene of a large cloud of "smoke" in the area of Osborne and Franklin Streets. Several people in the area are reporting burning and itchy eyes with difficulty breathing. The fire department is requesting that people stay out of the area. They are also requesting that residents in that area remain indoors with their windows and doors closed.

http://www.wtaj.com/