Industrial Plant Catches Fire in St. Louis

[maddezmom]

ST. LOUIS - A blaze at an industrial plant sent huge fireballs shooting into the air Friday afternoon and cast a towering cloud of black smoke over the area.

There were no immediate reports of any injuries, and no word on the cause of the explosions south of downtown St. Louis.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050624/ap_on_re_us/st__louis_fire_1

[shraby]

1. It's on MSNBC n/t

[LifeDuringWartime]

5. they've got some pretty wild footage

huge explosions! It seems so stupid that the anchors don't know what it is. All they have to do it type the business name into google (they said the name but i cannot remember it).

[ClintonTyree]

23. That would come under the title of "research"...

and we all know the MSM "doesn't do" research anymore. They report what's on the White House web site and that's about it.

[Frederik]

2. The Iranians!

Rally round the flag!

[ClintonTyree]

26. Syrians....

it was the Syrians, not the Iranians. :eyes: Geez........

[SlavesandBulldozers]

36. hahah

quick rally around it!

[maddezmom]

3. tanks flying through the air...no firemen on the scene

the plant makes oxygen tanks

[NYdemocrat089]

4. I'm watching on TV right now!

I suggest if you have access to a TV you turn it on. I've never seen anything like this. I hope no employees are inside!

[Misunderestimator]

6. Watching on CNN... Wow!!!

These are some major explosions!

[ihaveaquestion]

7. Live video from channel 5 in St Louis

http://ksdk.com/video/live.aspx

[norml]

22. The KSDX view on CNN is so much better than the KTVI view on Fox News

The view being shown on Fox News is pathetic, just smoke coming up from over the horizon. They don't even have a helicopter on the scene? Fox News has no real ability to cover any real news or live event. When something's breaking even the Fweepers know to go to a real news channel.

[shadowknows69]

38. wow

it blowed up real good.

[TheDebbieDee]

8. Good grief! It looks like hell.......................

but the explosions appear to be slowing down a little, now.

[Misunderestimator]

9. Yeah... for a minute.... except for that huge one that just happened!

On edit.... make that FOUR HUGE explosions in a row... the fireballs are going hundreds of feet up!

[jim3775]

10. This is why you shouldn't smoke around an oxygen tank.

That's what this plant manufactured.

[karlrschneider]

37. Oxygen doesn't burn.

;-D

[Hokie]

11. Praxair

They produce industrial gases. Nitrogen, oxygen, argon, etc. Not sure what is burning at this plant.

[chalky]

15. Praxair! Holy crap, that's one of our company's vendors!

n/t

[jim3775]

16. Wolfie said this plant was selling propane for indurtrial use. n/t

[deadparrot]

12. It's all over live TV here...

I'm in St. Louis, BTW. Scary.

[Misunderestimator]

14. That's a lot of smoke... are you down wind of it?

If so... shut your windows now!

[deadparrot]

17. Don't think so...

we're down the highway about 15 miles or so.

I do, however, have to get to work. Kinda worried about traffic.

[Misunderestimator]

20. You shouldn't go... call them... I'm sure they will understand.

[deadparrot]

21. We'll see how it goes...I've got a few minutes...

will see how it develops then.

[Misunderestimator]

13. The smoke is going to blot out downtown St. Louis in a few minutes.

At least they "think" that no one was in the plant at the time. But that seems doubtful... what plant has NO ONE in it at any time, and it's not yet 5pm.

[maddezmom]

19. 4 vehicles are on fire accross the street

[Misunderestimator]

24. I see that now.... must have been firebombs.

[RebelOne]

18. I wonder if any of our DUers live in the area. n/t

[Roy]

25. If your watching this......

you can see my house.

Maybe I'll wave at you guys LOL

[maddezmom]

27. how come you're not evacuating?

:scared: Be safe. :hug:

[Roy]

29. They are just starting to evacuate some

But, I'm not in danger right now.

[karlrschneider]

28. Jeez, be CAREFUL...more big splosions right now!

:eyes:

[Roy]

30. I'm watching on TV

Looks under control now..

[karlrschneider]

34. It doesn't look under control to me...big fireball blasts every 3 or 4 sec

well anyway just be safe!

[Roy]

40. They may have neen showing pics from the begginning

By the time you posted... big explosions was mostly over

[karlrschneider]

41. Okay, that's good. Hopefully most of the fuel is gone by now...

;-)

[Roy]

31. Lotsa heat tho...

added to an already nearly 100 degrees

[TahitiNut]

33. Brick? Two-story? Tar roof? I see you! Hi!

:silly: :dunce: :silly:

[karlrschneider]

32. Looks like acetylene bottles blowing up every 3 or 4 seconds...

no way to put out this kind of fire, it'll just have to burn itself out.

[Roy]

35. Like big Roman Candles

shooting in the air only to explode big time

[SlavesandBulldozers]

39. MSNBC is cracking me up

they have a meteorologist talking about the wind around the fire with a graphic of the midwest in the background that has a burning fire video clip over st louis bahahahahha.

the media laps disaster up like fine nectar.

[Roy]

42. This was a big fire....

with explosions and all, but if you heard them on the local channel talking about the Branch St. fire from years back, it was much worst than this. this would be a weenie roast in comparison.

[gorbal]

43. Are you guys sure noone was hurt?

I am sure their are DEFINATELY going to be casualties. This is horrible.

[SoCalDem]

44. It's ENORMOUS.. I hope everyone's ok

:scared:

[Roy]

45. No reports....

But just now on NBC (local) reports ambulances coming and going with flashing lights. But sez no injuries reported.

[maddezmom]

46. witnesses say ambulances leaving with lights on, but Mayor on now

saying he knows of no casualties :shrug:

[NorthernSpy]

50. company says all workers were successfully evacuated

I just hope that it's true, and everyone really is okay.

[SaintLouisBlues]

47. Seven blocks from my house, they're evacuating five blocks

As I walked that direction I saw my neighbors running away. Scary shit. Luckily for me the noxious cloud is blowing north, away from me.

[Roy]

48. HI SLB

60 + year fellow southsider here.

[SaintLouisBlues]

49. Hey Roy

Never a dull moment in Lafayette Square!