Posted on 12/14/2004 6:01:32 PM PST by Sweet Southern Freedom
Thanks for the post.
Bump to follow. Weren't there large explosions in Houston recently?
From WVTM-TV/DT Birmingham:
Fire Shuts Down Interstate 459 Southbound At Highway 150
POSTED: 8:02 pm CST December 14, 2004
BESSEMER, Ala. -- Bessemer police have confirmed that Interstate 459 southbound has been shut down Tuesday night because of a fire.
The interstate is closed at Highway 150.
The cause of the fire is still unknown. Police and firemen are on their way to the scene.
I live in Birmingham, a few miles from Bessemer. Been pretty quite around here, but I'll see what I can find.
bump. waiting for more info.
This from the original poster:
"My wife came running down the stairs into the basement..saying she could hear explosions ...We went outside and from the house we could see the fires iluminating the night sky...the explosions followed one after the other...then we could fire trucks off in the distance...I pray to GOD look over those people who could be affected tonight by this incident.
John Needham
Hoover, AL"
Pray for a good outcome
Huh. I almost went to a poker game tonight. Instructions were to take 459 to 150. I might've been on the road about that time. Hope the players are alright.
Are they still working on "malfunction junction"?
Wax plant in Houston about a week ago...
My son lives in Birmingham please let us know of you find out anything....
"Pray for a good outcome" I have been and hope all is well in Alabama.
Should have explained:Malfunction junction is the area where I65 intersects all the other interstates going through B'ham.Workers "were" working day and night on the Tuscaloosa exit because of an earlier explosion or crash there,if I remember correctly.
http://www.bessemerchamber.com/members.htm
These are links to members of the Chamber of Commerce in Bessemer, Alabama.
Nothing really from any local news in Birmingham other than a fire.
Bump
I don't know any info from media .
ping
bump
another 'witness' comment:
"saw the fire balls from shades crest road thought it might the chemical plant on 150 "
Some chemical plant on 150?
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