Posted on 05/05/2010 10:30:55 AM PDT by Eyes Unclouded
An oil refinery just southeast of downtown San Antonio is on fire.
The fire started at the AGE Refinery on South Presa, following an explosion. Large black plumes of smoke can be seen spilling into the skies above San Antonio.
The plant is located near Mission San Juan on Military Dr. and Presa.
AGE Refining, Inc., is based out of San Antonio. They refine several specialized petroleum products, including jet fuel and diesel. The company was founded in 1991.
There is at least one burn victim, according to initial reports.
Our sister station, KENS 5, has a crew on the way.
We are under attack..that is not flame throwing rhetoric...there is no way all these things are happening by chance.
“San Antonio refinery on fire following explosion”
First Anacortes, Wa.
Second the Gulf.
Now this. Does anyone BUT this sorry excuse of an administration believe that we are under attack?
Sabotage so that the administration can crack down. Again.
I’m in SA, I believe I’m looking at the smoke plume.
Aluminum Foil Deflector Bean on!
http://zapatopi.net/afdb/
Agreed. Campaign underway.
“Hello $5 a gallon gas”
No, no, no. Think $8/gal. fuel!
econazis at work..puttin carbon out of business....bet there’s a faction now controllin’ one of the alphabet agencies...”shiver”
If you have a fireplace or woodstove, stock up on firewood now for next winter.
No wood cutting to be allowed, comrad./s
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I’m so distrusting of this Regime and it’s controlled media that if these are the results of terrorism, do you think we’d ever hear about it???
I’m not familiar with the way the city is laid out. Where is this in relation to BAMC and Randolph?
Tea Party’s fault.
The Muslim in Chief?
Gee. 2 refineries, one coal mine and one oil rig all since the beginning of April. What a coincidence. I was a policeman for 30 years so I don’t believe in coincidence.
USW Chastises Oil Industry for Weekly Refinery Fires
One USW Oil Worker Burned Seriously in Valero Refinery Fire in Memphis
PITTSBURGH, May 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The United Steelworkers Union (USW) today chastised the oil industry...
According to the listing of refinery events on the Department of Energy’s website, there is a weekly fire at one of the nation’s refineries. In 2009 there were 46 fires and explosions. So far this year there have been 18 fires and explosions. Six of the fires and explosions this year at refineries have resulted in 10 injuries and nine deaths.
Since April 2, there have been 40 injuries and deaths in the oil industry. Seven workers were killed as a result of the April 2 explosion and fire at the Tesoro refinery in Anacortes, Wash. Twelve days later on April 14, three workers were injured, one seriously, in a fire at ExxonMobil’s Baton Rouge, La., refinery. A contractor died five days later on April 19 in a crane accident at the Motiva Enterprises expansion project in Port Arthur, Texas. One day later on April 20 the Deepwater Horizon oil-drilling rig exploded, injuring 15 workers, seven critically. Eleven other workers were never found. Nine days later, two workers and one supervisor were injured, one seriously, in a fire April 29 at Valero Energy Corp.’s Memphis refinery.
“Whether it is a refinery, a refinery construction site or an oil rig, the oil industry does not pay enough attention and money to health and safety within the sector,” Beevers charged. “The oil companies have a duty to provide a safe workplace for their employees and they have strayed from their responsibility.”
Sorry, I’m unable to help, I’m visiting here. Scheduled to get on the road in a few minutes and head out, wondering if there will be road delays..
I have two words: Reich and Stag.
Only difference here is that today’s statists have learned a bit from history. Investigators had plenty of clues with Reichstag... not so much here (at least that we’ve heard of).
Get an extra sweater.
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