[Hot Tabasco]

So the plant owners didn’t know the homes were there?

The plant has been there for 60 years, built when it was nothing but countryside.

So let me throw the ball back into your court, why did the town's zoning laws allow neighborhods and schools and whatever be built within such close proximity to the plant?

[driftdiver]

Good question; doesn’t excuse the plant operators from their actions.

The town leaders mostly likely knew what was stored there but there’s a possibility they didn’t know the danger.