[NerdDad]

OK. I read all the posts and didn't see anything about this so here goes. We have a company here that manufactures and packages surgical garments and the like. That plant uses a sterilization method that includes a radiological agent for irradiating the finished product when it reaches the warehouse. There are considerable safeguards including a 12' thick concrete pit where this agent resides.

Does anyone know if the West plant has anything similar? If so, what is the condition of that facility? It is not outside my realm of thinking that a 1 mile radius evacuation could be blamed on the smoke and omit certain contents of that smoke to avoid a mass panic.

[MichaelDammit]

Unlikely.....however many of these medical device manufacturers use ETO (ethylene oxide) as a sterilant gas. This stuff is HIGHLY flammable