Posted on 03/23/2008 1:41:23 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
BOONEVILLE, Ark. - A meat packing plant exploded Sunday afternoon, injuring an unknown number of people and forcing homes to be evacuated because ammonia gas leaked into the air, state officials said.
Flames poured out of the Cargill Meat Solutions plant just after 2 p.m., witnesses said. It wasn't immediately known how many homes were evacuated in the western Arkansas town of 4,000, emergency management spokeswoman Renee Preslar said.
A hazardous materials team from Sebastian County was heading to Booneville, Preslar said
Meredith Voges, 22, of Connecticut, said she heard the explosion while staying at a hotel just behind the plant. Voges, a member of a film crew shooting footage for a television program about a Booneville school principal, said hotel staff and police urged everyone to leave the area.
"The whole factory was ablaze with black smoke flying into the air, plumes of smoke," Voges said.
Booneville is about 90 miles northwest of Little Rock.
Now that was some rancid meat they were packing.
BBQ, Clintoon style?
I suspect cow pharts
Defective sausage casings?
Cargill Meat Solutions
a little too much ‘solution’ in this batch, it seems.. damn!
There were a ton of chicken farms along with meat packing and egg packing built during the Clinton years in that neck of the woods.They all stink.
I’ve always been a little suspicious of exploding meat.
Part of the
Cargill Value Added Meats Facilities
http://www.cargillmeatsolutions.com/about_us/tk_cms_about_loc.htm
Booneville
http://www.cargillmeatsolutions.com/about_us/tk_cms_about_loc_meat_boone.htm
That stuff usually doesn’t cause explosions until after I eat it.
Great.
Now I’m gonna be hungry all day.
We’ve blown up pits before, but never the whole party!
The fire has been burning out of control all afternoon, despite the efforts of four agencies on the scene.
Emergency management officials said they are concerned the plant’s ammonia tanks may have been damaged and could be leaking.
Crews are evacuating residents within a half-mile radius of the plant.
http://www.4029tv.com/news/15683393/detail.html
Now there's a thought-provoking name.
I wonder how come I've never seen a "Meat Solutions" section in a restaurant menu?
Methane gas. My wife would be proud if that blast was from me, not her.
Thanks, ammonia is bad stuff to be around.. hope they get it out without further injuries
Getting rid of evidence now that it looks like the x42's might not make it back into the White House.
PAAAAARRR- TAY !!!
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