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Explosion In Midtown Manhattan
Foxnews.com ^ | Dec. 17, 2007

Posted on 12/17/2007 8:46:31 AM PST by waimea.man

Man Burned In Fox News Channel Chemical Explosion

MyFoxNY.com -- A man has been burned in a chemical explosion in Midtown.

The explosion happened at the Fox News building at 1211 Sixth Avenue.

About 700 people have been evacuated from the building.

The explosion has not interrupted the cable news channel's broadcast.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: explosionfoxnews
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1 posted on 12/17/2007 8:46:31 AM PST by waimea.man
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To: waimea.man

Any word on the cause?


2 posted on 12/17/2007 8:47:28 AM PST by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3rd Bn. 5th Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
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To: waimea.man

Said to be a reaction from a mix of ‘an oxidizer’ and ‘an acid’.


3 posted on 12/17/2007 8:48:01 AM PST by null and void (Nully, you think of the oddest things. - sweetliberty)
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To: ConorMacNessa
45th floor. building not being evacuated.
4 posted on 12/17/2007 8:48:42 AM PST by null and void (Nully, you think of the oddest things. - sweetliberty)
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To: waimea.man

Prayers for the injured man.


5 posted on 12/17/2007 8:48:44 AM PST by mysterio
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To: waimea.man

Yikes. Hope the guy is better off than it sounds.


6 posted on 12/17/2007 8:48:54 AM PST by Vision (" 'Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says the Lord Almighty." Zechariah 4:6)
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To: waimea.man

ruh roh!


7 posted on 12/17/2007 8:48:55 AM PST by willgolfforfood
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To: waimea.man

Hillary’s election chances?


8 posted on 12/17/2007 8:49:04 AM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: ConorMacNessa
Any word on the cause?

Rabid liberals?

9 posted on 12/17/2007 8:49:08 AM PST by jdm
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To: ConorMacNessa

they were just talking about it on fox news.. Seems it was some kind of chemical reaction..


10 posted on 12/17/2007 8:49:14 AM PST by eXe (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: null and void

Said to be a reaction from a mix of ‘an oxidizer’ and ‘an acid’.

Bill and Hill having a conversation on the corner?


11 posted on 12/17/2007 8:49:35 AM PST by saganite (Lust type what you what in the “tagline” space)
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To: waimea.man

Leftovers from Hillarys hot air interview this morning caused a combustion.


12 posted on 12/17/2007 8:49:56 AM PST by donnab (saving liberal brains...one moron at a time.)
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To: saganite

lol.


13 posted on 12/17/2007 8:50:06 AM PST by waimea.man
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To: null and void

A reaction from an oxidizer and an acid... let me see...

(Thinking quickly)

H30 is an oxidizer (Hydrogen peroxide) a common oxidizer. Hmmm Vinegar? Naw... something else perhaps?


14 posted on 12/17/2007 8:50:19 AM PST by Rick.Donaldson (http://www.transasianaxis.com - Visit for lastest on DPRK/Russia/China/Etc --Fred Thompson for Prez.)
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To: saganite

Nope. They both suck the oxygen out of any room.


15 posted on 12/17/2007 8:50:26 AM PST by null and void (Nully, you think of the oddest things. - sweetliberty)
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To: waimea.man

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An explosion was reported at the News Corp building in midtown Manhattan on Monday, a New York Fire Department spokeswoman said.

Employees were evacuated from floors 42 to 45, she said.

Breaking News Network, which monitors emergency services activity, reported one person had been injured by a chemical used in a cooling station.

http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1740648920071217?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews&rpc=401


16 posted on 12/17/2007 8:50:31 AM PST by jdm
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To: Rick.Donaldson
H2O2
17 posted on 12/17/2007 8:51:25 AM PST by null and void (Nully, you think of the oddest things. - sweetliberty)
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To: saganite
I blame......

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JANITOR!
18 posted on 12/17/2007 8:52:09 AM PST by cripplecreek (Only one consistent conservative in this race and his name is Hunter.)
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To: waimea.man

The fellow that was injured ... he wasn’t a member of the Religion of Peace, was he?


19 posted on 12/17/2007 8:52:43 AM PST by Ken522
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To: null and void

Sorry, I said I was thinking quickly. lol Thanks.


20 posted on 12/17/2007 8:53:09 AM PST by Rick.Donaldson (http://www.transasianaxis.com - Visit for lastest on DPRK/Russia/China/Etc --Fred Thompson for Prez.)
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