Pesticide Explosion Nearby my hometown... on CNBC

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

INSTITUTE, W.Va. - Authorities say an explosion at a Bayer plant in West Virginia shook the area and sent at least one worker to the hospital with third-degree burns.
Kanawha County Manger Brent Pauley says the explosion happened around 10:50 p.m. Thursday at the Bayer CropScience plant in Institute, which is west of Charleston.

Pauley says the explosion happened in an area of the plant that makes pesticides.

Authorities are urging residents in several communities nearby to stay in their homes Thursday night as a precaution.

Pauley says the explosion sent a fire plume up to 60 feet in the air and that he felt it from 10 miles away. Firefighters are still on the scene fighting the fire.

must be pretty big news, every local station is broadcasting this same message over and over. Kinda freaked me out seeing the emergency broadcast system on , and it not be a test

http://www.cnbc.com/id/26449171/for/cnbc

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[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

better article http://wvgazette.com/latest/200808280743

 

[SyKo13 5,000+ posts]

We had a train with some pesticides derail a few miles away from here a while back, place stunk bad for a while

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

This is apparently a pretty big deal, shut down one of the main corridors from dc area to IL/chicago

also the dupont chemical plant is nearby and last i heard it was like top 10 in the terrorist target list

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

 

[bose301s 5,000+ posts]

Too bad you survived.