Another "explosive" update:
Chemical Stash Is Destroyed At Miami Condo
Florida - Two days after a predawn chemical explosion rocked a 17-story Miami condo, investigators are picking through the possessions of a 23-year-old chemistry student -- and blowing some of them up -- and the building remains evacuated. Several chemicals from the stash of 23-year-old Itai Polatnick, who is charged with failing to properly store hazardous materials, have been taken to a pair of pits just east of the building to be detonated, said Ignatius Carroll, Miami Fire Department spokesman.
Wednesday's pyrotechnics were so powerful that the alarms of the cars parked in the Sausalito Square shopping center parking lot across the street went off.
The operation at the Blue Lagoon condos, 5075 NW Seventh St., is costing several hundred thousand dollars, authorities said.
Approximately 70 members of the Miami police and fire departments; Department of Homeland Security; Drug Enforcement Administration; FBI; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Department of Environmental Protection have been camping out near the condo.
In addition, the FBI has flown in a top chemist from Washington, D.C.
Bomb squad robots are also being employed. (snip)
http://www.firefightingnews.com/article-US.cfm?articleID=24528
Wowser, thanks Velveeta for the update.
All updates appreciated on this case.
Ahhh, the plot thickens on this "chemist". Thanks Vel.