Serious HAZMAT Situation in Downtown Johnstown PA --BREAKING--

KDKA Radio | 11-19-2002 | VANNROX

[vannrox]

--BREAKING--

Just on the radio at KDKA - Pittsburgh.
Information is confused right now.
Apparently a large Tanker Truck was involved in a accident of some sort.
Location is Downtown Johnstown PA.
Serious casualties reported.
No deaths reported yet.
Many people are in the hospital
.Airlifts by helocopter and multiple Hospitals are involved.
Residents are told to stay indoors.
A multiple block area is secured with no one entering and leaving.
PA State Police is converging on the area now.
Main event resulted in an excessive explosion between 3:00 and 4:00 PM.

[abner]

[dirtboy]

Or ammonia. They had a horrible accident on a Houston interchange many years ago with a truck carrying ammonia...

[LikeLight]

Next county north of where Flight 93 went down . . . maybe 70 miles east of Pittsburgh . . .

[hchutch]

"Excessive explosion?"

Govno, ANY explosion around HAZMAT is excessive!!

[Imperialist]

http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?Pyt=Tmap&addr=&city=Johnstown&state=PA&csz=Johnstown,+PA&slt=40.326820&sln=-78.921761&zip=&country=us&BFKey=&BFCat=&BFClient=&cs=7&name=&desc=&poititle=&poi=&ds=n&mag=4&newmag=3

[LikeLight]

Large cloud of smoke certainly sounds less ominous than excessive explosion!

[eastsider]

It's here (use "Zoom Out" to locate within state).

[101st-Eagle]

LOL-there are other uses for industrial strength 7-8%% SH though. I would lean more towards hypochloric acid or maybe sulfuric. The blistering makes me think so.

[Molly Pitcher]

any cable coverage???

[vannrox]

Map of Johnstown, PA

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

What is an "excessive explosion"?

One thet goes Kaboom instead of just Boom ?

[the bottle let me down]

Where is Johnstown PA?

yahoo map

[Petronski]

Johnstown is roughly between State College and Pittsburgh. Home of Freeper Polycarp.

Local clueless news channels showing PRESS CONFERENCE. BULLETIN FLASH FLASH FLASH Container marked RIOT GAS (PEPPER SPRAY OR MACE). FBI Investigating. Dozens affected.

[jgrubbs]

So far WTAJ-TV 10 is the only place I can find with any news about this.

[Not Insane]

I think they missed the cables. They don't look covered.

[SamAdams76]

SamAdams76, you fear-mongerer you!

Absolutely nothing on any news outlet. I think you are engaging in mass hysteria here. Let's wait until some facts come in before you go off half-cocked. Now go get yourself a beer and chill out until you have more information to report.

[Dog]

What local news channel??

[SamAdams76]

Hey, don't be so tough on the guy.

[Molly Pitcher]

You're probably right. Now if it were a car chase in CA or FL...