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Fire Roaring at Chevron Refinery in Richmond (Update)
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2012/08/fiery_explosion_rocks_east_bay.php
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XemaSab
Aug 2012
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Update: Chevron's California refinery fire contained, not out yet (Includes pix)
Rhiannon12866
Aug 2012
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proud patriot
(100,705 posts)1. We are sheltering in place
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)2. It must be a horrible mess, depending upon wind direction.
Be safe!
Systematic Chaos
(8,601 posts)3. mmmMMMMMMmmm BREATHE IT IN!
Good thing nobody with respiratory distress would ever die from this.
Because, you know, it's not a nuclear accident.
joshcryer
(62,270 posts)4. Any idea how many asthmatics this is going to murder?
PopeOxycontinI
(176 posts)5. I think...
repukes/cons are medievalists. Energy can't be made without burning stuff,
like FFs, wood, witches. Hence, Solar Panels and windmills are no good in their
view. To be fair though, nothing beats liquid fuel for transportation.
Systematic Chaos
(8,601 posts)6. ???
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Rhiannon12866
(205,237 posts)7. Update: Chevron's California refinery fire contained, not out yet (Includes pix)
(Reuters) - A massive fire struck at the core of Chevron Corp's large Richmond, California, refinery on Monday, spewing flames and a column of smoke into the air, threatening a prolonged outage that may increase prices of the costliest U.S. gasoline.
The fire was contained, but not extinguished, according to the company. The fire has blazed for hours after it erupted at the refinery in a densely populated industrial suburb of San Francisco. Smoke could be seen billowing over the Bay Area and four train stations were shut.
Nearby residents were ordered indoors after the fire hit the sole crude unit at the 245,000 barrel per day (bpd) plant, which accounts for one-eighth of California state's refining capacity. About 200 people have sought medical help, complaining of respiratory problems, the San Pablo, California-based Doctors Medical Center said in a statement.
The fire had started in the No. 4 crude unit, the only one at the plant, at 6:15 p.m. shortly after a leak was discovered, Chevron said. As the leak grew, workers were evacuated, plant manager Nigel Hearn told journalists at the site. He said some units were still operating, but gave no details.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/07/us-refinery-fire-chevron-richmond-idUSBRE87602Y20120807
The fire was contained, but not extinguished, according to the company. The fire has blazed for hours after it erupted at the refinery in a densely populated industrial suburb of San Francisco. Smoke could be seen billowing over the Bay Area and four train stations were shut.
Nearby residents were ordered indoors after the fire hit the sole crude unit at the 245,000 barrel per day (bpd) plant, which accounts for one-eighth of California state's refining capacity. About 200 people have sought medical help, complaining of respiratory problems, the San Pablo, California-based Doctors Medical Center said in a statement.
The fire had started in the No. 4 crude unit, the only one at the plant, at 6:15 p.m. shortly after a leak was discovered, Chevron said. As the leak grew, workers were evacuated, plant manager Nigel Hearn told journalists at the site. He said some units were still operating, but gave no details.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/07/us-refinery-fire-chevron-richmond-idUSBRE87602Y20120807
GliderGuider
(21,088 posts)8. I wonder how this compares in local toxicity
to Fukushima?
Is it time yet to just stop the world-wide use of all fossil fuels and nuclear power? I say we should give it a shot. We've got lots of alternatives, after all...
XemaSab
(60,212 posts)9. There's been a cancer cluster in Richmond since forever