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"There's something terribly wrong with a hospital system that would sue to take possession of the homes and tangible assets of American citizens unable to pay their medical bills (including the elderly and terminally ill), and provide free treatment to illegal aliens amounting to $2 million per person"

Your succinct comment deserves a thread of its own!

Chemical fire forces evacuation in Oak Ridge

Chemical fire forces evacuation in Oak Ridge
Roane St. set up as evacuation shelter
DOE officials describe fire incident

May 8, 2004

OAK RIDGE (WATE) -- A fire at the former K-25 site west of Oak Ridge has forced residents living nearby to evacuate.

Dept. of Energy officials say the fire at the East Tennessee Technology Park was caused when liquid sodium reacted to water vapor in the air. They stress that no radioactive material is involved in the incident.

There have been no injuries and all personnel are accounted for at the site.

Warnings sounded at 1:10 p.m. Roane Co. Sheriff's Department officers are assisting in the evacuation. Residents living within 1/2-mile of the facility are being asked to leave their homes. They may go to a shelter that has been set up at Roane State Community College in Harriman where cots and other facilities have been set up.

Residents who are not sure if they should evacuate may call a hotline set up by DOE's Joint Information Center. The number is (865) 362-8600.

Roads near the K-25 site have been closed off, including Gallaher Road between I-40 and Oak Ridge, as well as state roads 95 and 58.

Tennessee Wilderness Resources Agency officers checked the Clinch River to make sure no boaters or fishermen where in the evacuation area.

Officials say there was one report of a family driving through smoke from the fire and later saying they felt sick.

The fire started in an area involved in recycling sodium at the former federal nuclear facilities. DOE spokesman Walter Perry said the fire must be allowed to burn itself out. "We're still on site working to contain the fire," Perry told 6 News.

Thank you Jerseygirl. I've personally known people who've lost everything they've worked so hard to earn when a family member became seriously or terminally ill. Doctors and hospitals have NO sympathy for those who do not pay in a timely manner. Lawyers and debt collectors (both social equals to cockroaches) thrive by the poor fortune of their fellow Americans and have nothing to gain by pursuing illegals or those who have nothing of value to take.