Recycling Plant in Indiana on Fire

[CraigSca]

From CNN:

ANDERSON, Indiana (AP) -- A magnesium fire at a recycling plant burned out of control Friday night, forcing the evacuation of several thousand people from their homes.
 
Hundreds of firefighters rushed to the Advanced Magnesium Alloys Corp. plant after the fire erupted. Explosions inside forced firefighters out less than three hours later, although they continued working from outside the building, said police spokesman Detective Terry Sollars.
 
"The whole building is engulfed now," Sollars said. "It's a bright glow, it's burning pretty hard."
 
There were no immediate reports of injuries.
 
Magnesium is a silvery-white, highly flammable metal that, when ignited, releases irritating or toxic fumes. Magnesium fires are typically extinguished using dry sand since water can cause a flare-up or explosion.
 
Authorities evacuated about 5,000 people from an area about one mile wide and two miles long that fell in the path of the smoke and fumes; wind speeds were about 5 mph, Sollars said.
 
CNN, quoting an official with the Indiana State Emergency Management Agency, reported that 30,000 people were evacuated.
 
"[People are] afraid the plant is gonna blow," said Doug Parks, who lives across the street and upwind from the plant. "We heard a couple of explosions that shook the house."
 
Sollars said the fire began with an estimated 4,000 to 6,000 pounds of magnesium in one section of the plant. "We're not sure yet on what the start of it was," he said.
 
Twelve to 18 of the plant's approximately 70 workers were inside at the time, he said.
 
The factory is located in the sprawling former Delco Remy plant site. Anderson is about 40 miles northeast of Indianapolis. 

When are people going to learn that recycling is just too dangerous?!

[Mr. Wednesday]

Fixing the tags:

Originally Posted by CNN

ANDERSON, Indiana (AP) -- A magnesium fire at a recycling plant burned out of control Friday night, forcing the evacuation of several thousand people from their homes.

Hundreds of firefighters rushed to the Advanced Magnesium Alloys Corp. plant after the fire erupted. Explosions inside forced firefighters out less than three hours later, although they continued working from outside the building, said police spokesman Detective Terry Sollars.

"The whole building is engulfed now," Sollars said. "It's a bright glow, it's burning pretty hard."

There were no immediate reports of injuries.

Magnesium is a silvery-white, highly flammable metal that, when ignited, releases irritating or toxic fumes. Magnesium fires are typically extinguished using dry sand since water can cause a flare-up or explosion.

Authorities evacuated about 5,000 people from an area about one mile wide and two miles long that fell in the path of the smoke and fumes; wind speeds were about 5 mph, Sollars said.

CNN, quoting an official with the Indiana State Emergency Management Agency, reported that 30,000 people were evacuated.

"[People are] afraid the plant is gonna blow," said Doug Parks, who lives across the street and upwind from the plant. "We heard a couple of explosions that shook the house."

Sollars said the fire began with an estimated 4,000 to 6,000 pounds of magnesium in one section of the plant. "We're not sure yet on what the start of it was," he said.

Twelve to 18 of the plant's approximately 70 workers were inside at the time, he said.

The factory is located in the sprawling former Delco Remy plant site. Anderson is about 40 miles northeast of Indianapolis.

[BigJohn&TheLions]

Originally Posted by CraigSca

When are people going to learn that recycling is just too dangerous?!

True. It's much more cost effective and efficient to pile up garbage in every possible corner of the globe. Personally, I take all the trash marked with those little fucking "recycle" marks in my truck and haul them out to those damn "nature reserves" and "national parks." Fuck wildlife and nature.

...and God Bless George W. Bush.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by BigJohn&TheLions

True. It's much more cost effective and efficient to pile up garbage in every possible corner of the globe. Personally, I take all the trash marked with those little fucking "recycle" marks in my truck and haul them out to those damn "nature reserves" and "national parks." Fuck wildlife and nature.

...and God Bless George W. Bush.

Criminy, you are quite an asshole, aren't you? Go find a tree to hug, preferrably a large one that is about to fall in your direction.

[BigJohn&TheLions]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Criminy, you are quite an asshole, aren't you? Go find a tree to hug, preferrably a large one that is about to fall in your direction.

Thank you!

Trees suck ass too. All that damn "oxygen" they supposedly put into the air. I mean, why should we believe those commie scientists when they tell us that trees make oxygen anyway? They probably only like trees as phallic symbols. I just like the fact that every year NBC cuts another one of those big motherfuckers down before it kills us all!

[Dutch]

Looks like somebody's got a case of the Mondays!