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Breaking:Firefighters are battling a 'major emergency fire' in South L.A.
ABC News ^ | June 11th, 2010

Posted on 06/11/2010 12:08:24 PM PDT by TaraP

Massive titanium fire explodes in South L.A.

SOUTH LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Firefighters are battling a large titanium fire in South Los Angeles that began with an explosion on Friday morning.

Authorities responded to the "major emergency fire" at a recycling plant at Slauson and Central avenues at about 11 a.m. There was originally a report of a firefighter missing, but authorities have confirmed that the firefighter is OK.

There's been a report of one civilian injury, but no further information is available on the victim's condition.

Firefighters are asking the Department of Water and Power to de-energize the high voltage lines above the firefighters battling the blaze.

LAUSD schools in the area are being told to keep shelter until further notice from the fire department.

The Coast Guard was notified about runoff possibly getting into the flood control channel.

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To: I Buried My Guns
I was near there once, at night. It was very scary.

I know the area well. Most of my family lived in that area from the mid 40's to the mid 70's. My elderly aunt and uncle still live not far from there.

It wasn't so bad when I was a kid, but today, I wouldn't go there unarmed.

41 posted on 06/11/2010 12:55:59 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: ZX12R

They could just dump some gulf oil on it because apparently it can’t be burned off, much better to leave come ashore.


42 posted on 06/11/2010 12:58:13 PM PDT by east1234 (,)
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To: JennysCool

Oh, I see. You are the FR class clown.

Well, it works for me!! LOL.


43 posted on 06/11/2010 1:10:54 PM PDT by La Enchiladita
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To: kingu
"So watching live video of it, firefighters are drowning the fire in water. To the point where a lot of firefighters are waist deep in water. I suppose they should have checked Wikipedia. "

I wonder if they just haven't resigned themselves to the fact they they can't necessarily extinguish it, but are just hoping to contain it. This would explain why they're dousing it, and the surrounding area, with so much water - trying to keep temperatures down to the lowest possible level.

44 posted on 06/11/2010 1:14:41 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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To: Cheetahcat

I saw Titanium set on fire in a CNC lathe that was making the pins that hold the jet engines inside F-16s. Freaky.


45 posted on 06/11/2010 1:33:50 PM PDT by NeverForgetBataan
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To: Zuben Elgenubi
0bama needs to shut down ALL recycling plants immediately.

Well....not immediately....he will wait a week or two before he acknowledges the fire. Then he'll wait until the fire has been burning for 50 days and then claim to have been involved since day one.

At least that's how he usually handle disasters...

46 posted on 06/11/2010 1:36:12 PM PDT by PATRIOT1876 (Language, Borders, Culture, Full employment for those here legally)
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To: TaraP

This one http://articles.latimes.com/1990-12-05/local/me-5286_1_magnesium-fire beats the titanium fire.


47 posted on 06/11/2010 1:44:26 PM PDT by muglywump (Seven days without laughter makes one weak.)
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To: TaraP
From Google Earth:

Central and Slauson, LA

48 posted on 06/11/2010 2:13:38 PM PDT by ARepublicanForAllReasons (BORDERS, LAWS and LANGUAGE)
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To: ARepublicanForAllReasons

Looks like it had already burned before this photo was taken.


49 posted on 06/11/2010 2:19:33 PM PDT by So Cal Rocket (We will remember in November)
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To: NeverForgetBataan

“I saw Titanium set on fire in a CNC lathe that was making the pins that hold the jet engines inside F-16s. Freaky.”

Scary how fast it goes up.


50 posted on 06/11/2010 2:21:22 PM PDT by Cheetahcat (Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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To: So Cal Rocket
Looks like it had already burned before this photo was taken.

In the SW corner of Slauson and Central is what appears to be a recycling plant. Those are heaps of scrap metal.

51 posted on 06/11/2010 2:29:02 PM PDT by ARepublicanForAllReasons (BORDERS, LAWS and LANGUAGE)
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To: NavyCanDo

Yah... burning titanium is nasty stuff. On my CG Cutter, the basic plan for a helicopter fire on deck was to throttle up to full speed and throw the helm over hard... hoping that the thing would fall off the flight deck. Never saw it tested. :-)


52 posted on 06/11/2010 2:35:01 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: TaraP

53 posted on 06/11/2010 4:37:10 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps ("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Jimmy Carter".)
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To: Cheetahcat

We were dry machining it. Duh, not a good idea. We set the chips down in the chip pan afire. We just hit the “coolant on” switch and put it out real quick.


54 posted on 06/11/2010 5:36:15 PM PDT by NeverForgetBataan
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To: NeverForgetBataan

“We were dry machining it. Duh, not a good idea. We set the chips down in the chip pan afire. We just hit the “coolant on” switch and put it out real quick.”

Those boys learned a hard lesson.


55 posted on 06/11/2010 6:46:04 PM PDT by Cheetahcat (Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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To: Lurker

At the fork in the road.


56 posted on 06/11/2010 6:50:09 PM PDT by Overtaxed
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