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Looks like the cloud from the fire will contain many nasties.
Watch out if you have breathing difficulties.
Posted on 08/19/2020 7:57:29 AM PDT by texas booster
A massive fire at a plastics facility in Grand Prairie, Texas, that can be seen for miles is likely to continue burning for days and could knock out electricity in the area for some time, firefighters said Wednesday morning while urging people to stay indoors because of the "toxic plume" rising from the scene.
At about midnight, an overhanging power line fell onto plastic sheeting in a storage facility at the Poly-America manufacturing plant in the 2000 block of West Marshall Drive, said Bill Murphy, Assistant Chief with the Grand Prairie Fire Department.
The materials ignited and spread throughout the storage area, an area about 300 yards wide, Murphy said. One rail car exploded and supporting towers for electricity lines are expected to collapse under the heat of the flames. At least three of Poly-America's freight rail cars had caught fire, Murphy said.
In an update more than eight hours after the fire began, Murphy told reporters the fire was contained to one area of the factory complex and would be allowed to burn itself out -- which could take days.
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Thank God for the unseasonably cool weather.
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Looks like the cloud from the fire will contain many nasties.
Watch out if you have breathing difficulties.
Now how does that happen?
Storing highly flammable plastics below power lines is not the smartest idea.
They’ve done it for years. And they’ve had problems with fires for years, though that was more often inside the factory than the bales stored outside.
I live in this area. I’m glad we had rain two days ago, or the fire would more easily have spread in the grassy area behind the plastic bale storage area to the creek behind it and then on to a bunch of apartments and industrial buildings.
The infamous grassy knoll? /s
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Plastic bags maybe in short supply for some time. May have to bring
your own when grocery shopping, etc.
Thanks. We just see the smoke plume.
Yay. About 5 miles from work. Yuck.
Good thing we’re all wearing masks. LOL
Don’t worry: “ With none of the buildings impacted by the fire, Murphy said manufacturing work at the sprawling plant is ongoing Wednesday.”
They won’t let a little thing like a massive fire interfere with production!
Back to work! Back to work! Haven’t any of you ever seen a chemical fire before?
The smoke in the sky has decreased significantly in the past hour.
Deaf
I have no idea. My little info came off scanning some
articles on the net. I really didn’t read them closely.
If they were available for such public use, I’d think it
possible. But they may be restricted to the DFW property.
Hmm. I’m over east past Dallas, and nothing in the sky here. GP is a good 30+ mi as the crow flies though, and on the opposite side of downtown. No power issues whatsoever.
Sure that area won’t smell too good for a while.
The talking heads on the afternoon radio stated that at some point fire fighting foam was used.
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