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San Antonio refinery on fire following explosion
WFAA and KENS 5 ^
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.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: alamocity; energy; fire; gas; gasprice; obama; oil; refinery; sanantonio; texas
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To: Eyes Unclouded
Is anyone else thinking something like ‘Greenpeace’ about now...
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posted on
05/05/2010 11:12:54 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Be still & kneel before the know-nothing Omnipotent One, Il Douche' Jr., may fleas be upon him.)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Im really starting to see a pattern here. Me too!
82
posted on
05/05/2010 11:13:22 AM PDT
by
Hillbillary
(I know how to deal with Communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
To: EmilyGeiger
83
posted on
05/05/2010 11:13:43 AM PDT
by
listenhillary
(Capitalism = billions raised from poverty, Socialism = billions reduced to starvation)
To: Blue Turtle
The system is working the way it should....
84
posted on
05/05/2010 11:15:37 AM PDT
by
Merlinator
(Take them all down...one czar at a time FUBO)
To: listenhillary
Near Huntsville, Alabama.
85
posted on
05/05/2010 11:15:44 AM PDT
by
EmilyGeiger
(Our constitution was written so that we could have equal opportunity, not equal results.)
To: listenhillary
86
posted on
05/05/2010 11:16:46 AM PDT
by
EmilyGeiger
(Our constitution was written so that we could have equal opportunity, not equal results.)
To: McLynnan
If I remember correctly, BAMC is on the opposite side of downtown from where this occurred. Randolph is probably 15-20 miles northeast of that.
87
posted on
05/05/2010 11:16:59 AM PDT
by
jimmango
To: Tuxedo
According to WOAI radio, the initial explosion was a tanker containing octane, which is very flammable.That, I could understand.
88
posted on
05/05/2010 11:18:17 AM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(Liberal Logic: Mandatory health insurance is constitutional - enforcing immigration law is not.)
To: jersey117
A coal mine, an oil rig and now a refinery. A refinery that makes diesel and jet fuel. At least some of the jet fuel is for the US military.
89
posted on
05/05/2010 11:18:40 AM PDT
by
El Gato
("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
To: MNJohnnie
Hello $5 a gallon gas This is a very small refinery, and it doesn't make gasoline.
90
posted on
05/05/2010 11:20:18 AM PDT
by
El Gato
("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
To: IYAS9YAS
If a tree falls on an eco-Nazi, does it make a sound?
Yes, if you could hear their bones crack. That’s a good sound.
91
posted on
05/05/2010 11:20:26 AM PDT
by
unkus
To: TWfromTEXAS
DAMN people, this is a dangerous industry, shi$ happens all the time, most of you just don't pay attention.
Your exactly right, it is a very dangerous industry! It is not a matter of "if" an accident will happen, but "when" will an accident happen. Not to mention the fact that these refineries are getting old and new ones are not being built to replace them.
92
posted on
05/05/2010 11:21:21 AM PDT
by
TexanByBirth
(Obama should quit judging the 48% that did not vote for him by the mental capacity of those that did)
To: EBH
a refinery construction site Whoa, whoa, whoa...Were building refineries again??
93
posted on
05/05/2010 11:23:10 AM PDT
by
Michael Barnes
(Call me when the bullets start flying.)
To: ctdonath2
Not sarcasm: the Obama wants to regulate home sales, including not allowing a sale of a home with a wood stove.
Inspectors will be severely dealt with.
94
posted on
05/05/2010 11:23:12 AM PDT
by
unkus
To: EBH
Regardless of the steel worker's union claim, filling up a tanker, or unloading it should not be a dangerous matter. This tanker was neing loaded with Jet A and A1 and they have a flash point of 100
o F (38
o). It's only 88
oF there now.
Even if this was gasoline, simply connecting the grounding wire provided to the source and tanker will eliminate all sources of ignition except those provided deliberately by an employee, or some other jerk.
Lumping blowouts and crane accidents all together as a set is bogus. The steelworker's union is simply attempting to gain access to the worker's paychecks through any propaganda they can conjure up, nothing more.
95
posted on
05/05/2010 11:24:21 AM PDT
by
spunkets
To: jimmango
Thanks. Just curious. My brother and sister-in-law both work at Wilford Hall and I have friends who work at BAMC. BAMC will probably get the burn patients.
96
posted on
05/05/2010 11:29:50 AM PDT
by
McLynnan
To: null and void
Energy is just too inherently dangerous to be extracted in America. Exactly what the MSM wants you to think, therefore they are now reporting all these accidents.
97
posted on
05/05/2010 11:38:21 AM PDT
by
Hillbillary
(I know how to deal with Communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
To: TWfromTEXAS
98
posted on
05/05/2010 11:58:09 AM PDT
by
MEG33
(God Bless Our Military Men And Women)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
WEll u know that supposedly the Russian fleet reported that a N Korean minisub suicide missioned the Gulf rig?
It does seem a pattern. Anyone hear anything else about the bomb at the Pittsburgh Marathon over the weekend?
99
posted on
05/05/2010 12:16:38 PM PDT
by
tutstar
(Baptist Ping List-freepmail me to be included or removed. <{{{><)
To: Eyes Unclouded
TWO Coal Mine Explosions.
An Oil Rig Explosion
And now this.
100
posted on
05/05/2010 12:55:11 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(Your Mi'KMaq Paddy Whacky Bass Playing Biker Buddy)
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