Explosion at Chicago water filtration plant

WBBM - AM Radio | 7/10/02 | Local news

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

As I was pulling into the driveway after running errands this morning, I just heard the news on the local all-news, all-the-time radio station in Chicago, that there's been an explosion at the water filtration plant in Chicago, and that many emergency vehicles were being dispatched to the site. Nothing more at this immediate time, but it's being treated as a very serious event.

[Semper Paratus]

Oh,oh. Infrastructure attack?

[phasma proeliator]

PING

[phasma proeliator]

Pucker factor = HIGH

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

My apologies - the radio station call letters should have been WBBM, not WMAQ, as the source for where I heard this news announcement.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

gee water does not just blow up by itself. heading to the bunker...

[Cynderbean]

2 transported to hospital. 60 firefighters and emergency personel on the scene.

[FreedomFarmer]

No problem. Water blows up all the time. Move along and let your government handle it.

[RCW2001]

WBBM reporting 'construction related' problem...

[mhking]

the radio station call letters should have been WBBM, not WMAQ

WMAQ - AllNews 67...R.I.P.

[oldvike]

gee water does not just blow up by itself.

Yes, but chemicals stored at high pressures and handled by morons does.

[hellinahandcart]

Water does not blow up, but generators do, hope that's all it is.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Another isolated incident.

It might have been a hate crime, though, because we do know that dynamite has 'issues', deep personal issues, with concrete.

Turn on the shower....

[Michael Barnes]

IF water now blows up, this is going to provide a real problem for us "shower takers" during airport threads..

[VRWC_minion]

Isolated incident.

[JHENN22499]

Son at Navy Bootcamp in North Chicago. Was it anywhere near there?

[wimpycat]

ROFL! We should make that an official FR classification system. Instead of code red or yellow or orange, or whatever, I propose the Free Republic "pucker factor" to determine how panicked we should be. You know, like a barf alert. Good idea, no?

[zook]

I think the water plant is way south.

[Cynderbean]

Propane explosion at water filtration plant by Navy Pier, underground where construction was being done. Water supply has not been compromised.
CLTV

[Geronimo]

He says a contractor working with a torch apparently ignited propane and caused an explosion. That worker and another have been taken to a hospital, both with minor injuries.