racer254 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Man what a sight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer254 Posted June 15, 2021 Author Share Posted June 15, 2021 https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-rockton-big-fire-industrial-chemtool-20210614-dq7nazur3beshboydz36fv7qgy-story.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted June 15, 2021 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted June 15, 2021 These pictures give it a whole new perspective from what I seen earlier on social media. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yami123 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 (edited) It’s about 20 miles from my house. The amount of smoke was pretty wild. Edited June 15, 2021 by yami123 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSR Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 30 minutes ago, yami123 said: It’s about 20 miles from my house. The amount of smoke was pretty wild. Did you feel the shockwave??? I saw the blast footage on the news,,,unfucking real!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yami123 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 2 minutes ago, HSR said: Did you feel the shockwave??? I saw the blast footage on the news,,,unfucking real!!! I did not but my buddy I work with lives less then a mile from it. He said he heard it walked out and felt the heat from it. From what I heard the smoke in the air was a good 40 miles long. There saying 5-7 days before it’s totally burnt out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSR Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 9 minutes ago, yami123 said: I did not but my buddy I work with lives less then a mile from it. He said he heard it walked out and felt the heat from it. From what I heard the smoke in the air was a good 40 miles long. There saying 5-7 days before it’s totally burnt out. What exactly is burning chemical wise? What was the initial fuel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer254 Posted June 15, 2021 Author Share Posted June 15, 2021 16 minutes ago, HSR said: What exactly is burning chemical wise? What was the initial fuel? I believe they make different types of lubricant and grease. Possibly DEF for diesels as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yami123 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 33 minutes ago, racer254 said: I believe they make different types of lubricant and grease. Possibly DEF for diesels as well. That’s correct as far as what I have read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yami123 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Few more pics I ran across. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSR Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Wow 😯 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 The smoke looks as bad as the scrap yard fire we had here a year or so ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer254 Posted June 16, 2021 Author Share Posted June 16, 2021 (edited) It will be interesting on the clean up and EPA responses to this. BTW, Chemtool is owned by Lubrizol. Berkshire Hathaway is the parent company of Lubrizol and we all know Warren Buffet is the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Edited June 16, 2021 by racer254 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmo Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 I had a customer that was a big chemical plant. I really did not like going there. They were always on the news for some kind of leak, explosion, fire, etc. Can you imagine what those employees were exposed to on a daily basis? It can’t be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voodoo Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 That makes Greta cry f'er sure! Looks like a couple shitty running dodge diesels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer254 Posted June 16, 2021 Author Share Posted June 16, 2021 48 minutes ago, Voodoo said: That makes Greta cry f'er sure! Looks like a couple shitty running dodge diesels. Do you think she is calling Warren Buffet about this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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