"...no one was inside the plant when the fire started..."
No one was "known" to be inside the plant. Spontaneous combustion?
"not-terrorist related"?
-Bruce
Explosions rock chemical plant in Detroit
By JOANNE VIVIANO
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
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A fire rages at a chemical plant in Romulus, Mich., Tuesday, Aug.
9, 2005. The fire sent plumes of black smoke high into the night sky and
forcing police to evacuate homes in a half-mile radius. (AP Photo/Paul
Sancya)
ROMULUS, Mich. -- A series of explosions rocked a Detroit-area chemical
plant, causing a fire that sent plumes of black smoke into the air and
prompting hundreds of residents to evacuate their homes.
Authorities said no injuries were reported, and no one was inside the plant
when the fire started late Tuesday.
About a dozen people were treated at a hospital in neighboring Wayne for
minor complaints, such as difficulty breathing, said hospital spokesman Tom
Worobec. All were expected to be discharged by Wednesday morning, he said.
Romulus Public Safety Director Charles Kirby urged residents within a
mile-radius of the fire to leave their homes and go to shelters. The area
included about 1,000 homes in Wayne and another 150 in Romulus, officials
said.
Andrew Crawford, 18, who lives within a few blocks of the explosion site,
was one of about 300 Wayne residents who went to a shelter at the local high
school.
"My backyard lit up orange," he said. "It was like a bomb went off."
Witnesses described a series of loud explosions at the E.Q. Resource
Recovery Inc. plant that shook the ground and shot flames and smoke into the
air. The company specializes in treating, recycling and disposing of
hazardous material.
Dan Gilbert, a plant spokesman, told WXYZ-TV that plant employees were
working outside in an area around the tanks just before the explosion and
were evacuated after an emergency horn sounded. All were accounted for and
none of them requested medical treatment, he said.
Romulus Mayor Alan Lambert said the intensity of the fire and uncertainty
about the chemicals kept firefighting crews from getting too close. The fire
didn't threaten any homes and there was no risk of it spreading, officials
said.
The fire caused eight metal tanks containing acetone, a chemical used to
clean machinery, to melt to half their original size, Kirby said. Fire
officials expected that the chemical would burn out within eight hours, he
said.
Hazardous materials officials had tested the air quality and found no danger
present, Kirby said. But workers from the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency were on their way to conduct more tests.
Romulus, home to Detroit Metropolitan Airport, is about 25 miles southwest
of Detroit.
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