Frackville is just a hop, skip and a jump from another town in PA, which has been taken by eminent domain (yes, the whole town) because the under world is on fire, literally.
Check it out on Durango.
Hiển thị các bài đăng có nhãn fires. Hiển thị tất cả bài đăng
Hiển thị các bài đăng có nhãn fires. Hiển thị tất cả bài đăng
Thứ Năm, 5 tháng 1, 2012
Thứ Ba, 6 tháng 12, 2011
Haltom City explodes
Read about it in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
An explosion apparently caused by a gas leak rocked a neighborhood Tuesday night, setting a house on fire and injuring one of the occupants, fire officials said.
Neighboring houses in the 4900 block of Orien Street were evacuated, Fire Chief Steve Ross said. Gas had not been restored to those homes as of 9 p.m. while Atmos crews worked to cut off the gas that fueled flames.
Fire Marshal Fred Napp said the explosion blew the front door of the wooden, one-story house almost to the street. One wall of the house blew out and that side of the house was destroyed by fire. The rest of the house was extensively damaged.
Firefighters found that the explosion had sheared off the gas meter at ground level at the home on fire.
Neighbors said they saw flames shoot into the sky. "We heard a loud boom around 7 p.m. It shook our house," Judy Reyes said.
Thứ Năm, 3 tháng 11, 2011
Fires and Floods
FEMA fills you in. So if a wild fire can cause a flood downstream, what else could?
Flood mitigation methods will also be discussed because flooding risks can jump after a wildfire, even in areas far from the fire that were not previously considered as having moderate or high flood hazards.
Flooding may be the last disaster wildfire survivors think they should guard against. When fire burns away vegetation, however, there is nothing to soak up the water from the heavy rainstorms that can occur in Texas. Storm runoff can cause severe erosion, mudslides and flooding.
While the highest risk of flooding is for properties directly impacted by fire, it also rises for homes downstream or below scorched areas.
Thứ Tư, 5 tháng 10, 2011
Waxahachie can't catch a break
Is Fort Worth next?
First, they have their failed boondoggle. Recently, they had an earthquake that was felt in Fort Worth. Now, they have a major chemical fire. WHAT kind of chemicals? Fracing chemicals.
Read Brett Shipp's report on WFAA.com.
Up until late Tuesday, about all Scott Pendery, the owner of Magnablend Inc., was telling the public was this particular facility produced was agriculture and oil and gas products. The only specific chemicals being mentioned were mostly harmless or marginally volatile.
But when pressed, the owner began telling another story.
Most of what the plant was producing was a dangerous cocktail of chemicals blended specifically to be used in hydraulic fracturing (or "fracking") fluids.
As rivers of flammable product flushed out of the Magnablend plant on Monday, all that mattered was that the workers and firefighters escaped with their lives.
A day later, local, state and federal officials began investigating what started the fire — and what all was burning.
"And so some of those products that we make in that plant do get used in that application," the Magnablend owner conceded. "Company-wide, we're probably in the 80 percentile with the oil and gas industry, and then the balance is the agriculture industry."
Later, when we tried to ask Pendery about specific chemicals parked in the tanker cars next to his facility, he ignored our questions and got back into his car without comment.
Waxahachie Fire-Rescue Chief David Hudgins told News 8 he was not aware that 80 percent of what Magnablend produces is fracking chemicals.
EPA officials said they had no idea what Magnablend was producing at the plant.
While it's legal to blend fracking chemicals, federal law states if enough dangerous chemicals are being stored on site, then the company must file a risk management plan.
No such plan has been filed for this facility.
Local, state and federal authorities continue their investigation.
First, they have their failed boondoggle. Recently, they had an earthquake that was felt in Fort Worth. Now, they have a major chemical fire. WHAT kind of chemicals? Fracing chemicals.
Read Brett Shipp's report on WFAA.com.
Up until late Tuesday, about all Scott Pendery, the owner of Magnablend Inc., was telling the public was this particular facility produced was agriculture and oil and gas products. The only specific chemicals being mentioned were mostly harmless or marginally volatile.
But when pressed, the owner began telling another story.
Most of what the plant was producing was a dangerous cocktail of chemicals blended specifically to be used in hydraulic fracturing (or "fracking") fluids.
As rivers of flammable product flushed out of the Magnablend plant on Monday, all that mattered was that the workers and firefighters escaped with their lives.
A day later, local, state and federal officials began investigating what started the fire — and what all was burning.
"And so some of those products that we make in that plant do get used in that application," the Magnablend owner conceded. "Company-wide, we're probably in the 80 percentile with the oil and gas industry, and then the balance is the agriculture industry."
Later, when we tried to ask Pendery about specific chemicals parked in the tanker cars next to his facility, he ignored our questions and got back into his car without comment.
Waxahachie Fire-Rescue Chief David Hudgins told News 8 he was not aware that 80 percent of what Magnablend produces is fracking chemicals.
EPA officials said they had no idea what Magnablend was producing at the plant.
While it's legal to blend fracking chemicals, federal law states if enough dangerous chemicals are being stored on site, then the company must file a risk management plan.
No such plan has been filed for this facility.
Local, state and federal authorities continue their investigation.
