Posted on 08/10/2005 12:06:47 AM PDT by MetalHeadConservative35
CNN) -- An explosion at a hazardous waste plant rocked suburban Detroit late Tuesday, sending fireballs and billowing smoke hundreds of feet in the air. There was no immediate word on injuries or fatalities.
Authorities with the Romulus Police Department and the fire department said the explosion happened at a chemical plant shortly after 9 p.m. and that a half-mile radius around the facility has been evacuated, including a nearby Ford plant.
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Terrorists
Plane Crash (up till about an hour after they said a plane had crashed)
It happend in wayne,not romulus michigan
i tried to walk up to where it happend to get a better look because i had friends in the area and i couldnt get through to there phones
I'm glad you're safe!!! There's a LONG thread about this very subject...looks like it's quieted down for the night, though.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1460207/posts
i searched and couldnt find it,
Oh, I wasn't being a thread police....please trust me. I just wanted you to know there's more info, too, on the other thread...albeit NOT first hand like YOURS. It was VERY frustrating because it took HOURS for the news to pick it up!
If I read this right, you were NOT evacuated, right?
Shelters were set up at the community center (where i was at trying to locate friends who live nearby)Wayne Memorial High School,John Glenn as well as St Marys Church and Annapolis Hospital
the response was quick and you could literally see the glow for miles,
so far its still only a one mile radius evac zone,no information regarding that being extended and or being lifted,and so far there are no fatalites or injuries
i am literally a jump away from it lol
The wind... Is it still relatively still? And are the firefighters able to get near the thing yet?
Tell ya what, if I were you....I think I'd pack some stuff up real fast and hit the road. Just till the thing is under control.
That's nasty on your lungs.
im pretty sure the fire is out by now but both detnow.com and clickondetroit.com havent put anything new up
They gave it a passing mention at best, even at the height of it.
I'm outta here...check your FRmail before you log off.
Thanks for the first hand account!!
BTTT
Dude - I wouldn't be breathing the air. Go on a trip somewhare for a week or so.
Authorities said no injuries were reported, and no one was inside the plant when the fire started late Tuesday.
About a dozen people were treated at a hospital in neighboring Wayne for minor complaints, such as difficulty breathing, said hospital spokesman Tom Worobec. All were expected to be discharged by Wednesday morning, he said.
Romulus Public Safety Director Charles Kirby urged residents within a mile-radius of the fire to evacuate their homes. The area included about 1,000 homes in Wayne and another 150 in Romulus, but it was unclear how many people chose to leave, officials said.
Witnesses described a series of loud explosions at the E.Q. Resource Recovery Inc. plant that shook the ground and shot flames and smoke into the air. The company specializes in treating, recycling and disposing of hazardous material.
Dan Gilbert, a plant spokesman, told WXYZ-TV that plant employees were working outside in an area around the tanks just before the explosion and were evacuated after an emergency horn sounded. All were accounted for and none of them requested medical treatment, he said.
Romulus Mayor Alan Lambert said the intensity of the fire and uncertainty about the chemicals kept firefighting crews from getting too close. The fire didn't threaten any homes and there was no risk of it spreading, officials said.
The fire caused eight metal tanks containing acetone, a chemical used to clean machinery, to melt to half their original size, Kirby said. Fire officials expected that the chemical would burn out within eight hours, he said.
Hazardous materials officials had tested the air quality and found no danger present, Kirby said. But workers from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency were on their way to conduct more tests.
Romulus, home to Detroit Metropolitan Airport, is about 25 miles southwest of Detroit.
i checked outside this morning still a orangish glow in the general direction of where it happened the air is alittle stale too but the news is saying theres no threat yet,
Carolyn
with as hot as its been this summer "contents under pressure" is all i have to say,other than that i think its only a 1 in 50 chance of terrorism,
Carolyn
Is that near you? I saw some video that looked pretty bad.
"Odd how so many of these plants have blown up in recent weeks."
My same thoughts for some time.
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