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Thu Feb 20, 2014, 03:01 PM Feb 2014

Sulfuric Acid Fire Injures Four, Forces Iowa Town to Evacuate

A fire containing sulfuric acid burning at an airport facility in northern Iowa has injured at least four people and forced the evacuation of a small town.

Residents of Northwood, Iowa, were asked to evacuate by Worth County Emergency Management, who called the fire at Northwood Municipal Airport a "dangerous situation."

The fire was burning at a fertilizer plant on the airport grounds, The Quad-City Times reported.

Mercy Medical Center in Mason City, about 20 miles from the fire, received four patients Thursday morning, a hospital spokesperson said. The patients all walked in seeking treatment on their own; the extent of their injuries was not made public.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sulfuric-acid-fire-injures-four-forces-iowa-town-evacuate-n34596

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Sulfuric Acid Fire Injures Four, Forces Iowa Town to Evacuate (Original Post) liberal N proud Feb 2014 OP
Pour on water, let it explode out bubbles of sulfuric acid uppityperson Feb 2014 #1
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