[topher]

Possible Chlorine fire as well as second fire in petro chemical area (a number of plants by Westlake, Sulphur and Moss Bluff. One has black smoke (oil fire?) and the other has gray smoke.

[topher]

Forgot to mark that this is an excerpt...

[plain talk]

“A shelter in place order has been given for Westlake and Sulphur and residents are advised to turn off their air conditioning units.”

They still got power! I’m surprised. At least that is a good sign.

[topher]

KATC is in Lafayette LA.

KPLC is in Lake Charles LA where fire is at (Westlake/Sulphur). Story from KPLC:

KPLC TV: Fire at chemical plant in Southwest Louisiana following Laura

[Red Badger]

... residents are advised to turn off their air conditioning units.

That'll be fun..................

[matt04]

I foresee a new US chemical safety board YouTube video coming out as a result of this.

[topher]

The TV station has changed the title of the article to:

UPDATE: State police confirm chlorine leak after fire at Westlake chemical plant in wake of Hurricane Laura

State Police confirm Chlorine leak... Significant.

Someone may have restarted a petrochemical plant without adequate checking, and it went BOOM!

Gov. John Bel Edwards to give briefing on Hurricane Laura at 1 pm CDT today... May learn more at that time...