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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Chemical Reaction

The St. Louis Fire Department arrived to the site of a chemical accident where a large number of flammable-gas cylinders were involved in a fire. Exploding cylinders became projectiles, flying up to 800 feet, damaging property and starting fires in the surrounding community. Flying debris damaged vehicles and even landed near a yard where children were playing. Firefighters evacuated local residents, directed a water stream on the fire, and extinguished secondary fires that were ignited by cylinders propelled off-site. It took five hours to control fire, which involved 8,000 cylinders. Fortunately, none of the responders was seriously injured ...

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