Rockton chemical plant fire rages on; could burn for days

[@ditavalerio615]

So is there going to be an investigation? I’m sure the people in Rockton and the surrounding areas would like to know EXACTLY how this happened!

[@Adino1]

Seeing as this is the 4th petro lubricant factory to blow up in the past week, I'd say there needs to be an investigation.

[@khb6686]

@@Adino1 Definitely looking into this. I wasn’t aware of other plants catching on fire. If true definitely not a coincidence.

[@donl3248]

Nah, us small town folks we don’t really give a hoot what or how it happened. Just clean up the mess and move on. Of course there will be an investigation! However at this time the fire is still burning.

[@Adino1]

@@khb6686 West Virginia, Iran, Russia, Illinois. Probably missed some, too much to keep up with.

[@khb6686]

@@Adino1 Ty definitely seems like a pattern but no sympathy for Iran. Just saying

[@peterkovinski8476]

No one was hurt until you stepped inside.

[@joeschlotthauer840]

This is where a helicopter water tanker would be useful... With foam and surfactant additives...

[@joem3502]

Can't use water as the chemicals will leak into the nearby river.

[@joeschlotthauer840]

@@joem3502 Maybe it wouldn't have gotten out of hand...

[@helenabasquette7222]

@@joeschlotthauer840 to close to the river bro if gets into the rockriver it will be truley catastophic everthing in that ecosystem will be at risk aswell it dumps into the misssipi river

[@helenabasquette7222]

then what?

[@joeschlotthauer840]

@@helenabasquette7222 So, you're saying that when the fire first broke out in the warehouse, that a helicopter with water, foam, and a surfactant wouldn't have contained, or helped the fire to be extinguished, but the fireman are *CLEARLY* seen putting water on an out of control grease fire....

[@ItsaRomethingeveryday]

What a massive catastrophe

[@nolaughing5087]

If the CDC said face mask couldn't filter smoke from a forest fire, how tf is it helping here?

[@TheVuduYuDu]

The CDC said "dust or paper masks" and surgical masks aren't very useful for forest fire smoke, not all "face masks". With that being said though I get your point this isn't forest fire.

[@rogerwilcoxii359]

Because Dr. Falsi said it would........

[@Dr_Nuclear-sloth]

@@rogerwilcoxii359 will be listening to his dear leader and injecting bleach to stay clean

[@nolaughing5087]

@@Dr_Nuclear-sloth lmao are you a welder?

[@reonholt6190]

@@Dr_Nuclear-sloth 😆

[@stephensiew8134]

hope no loss of life,both civilians and 1st responders!

[@_nickatnite_]

A chemical plant next to a river?! convenient..

[@fredsalter1915]

4:28 look at the yolk on that beast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@alancaron984]

I only had fire fighting in the U.S. Navy. But I was surprised to see water being used to put out the fire. If the liquids are flammable, this just spreads the fire. What is actually burning?

[@josephmigliore2581]

Liquid nitrogen, lead, anti freeze, grease, some funky acid products. Chemtool is huge and full of harmful chemicals I live about a mile down the street from it. The smoke is about 1/3 what it was yesterday which is good but it’s still gonna burn for a long time. Kaka

[@quentinquogamoddy1999]

@@josephmigliore2581 Liquid nitrogen is not going to burn. You are breathing gaseous nitrogen right now as 78% of our air is made up of nitrogen. Lead won't burn, it's a metal. The other stuff, yeah. In general, acids won't burn, but if it is an organic acid (organic meaning carbon-containing), as it sounds like this plant could make, then some of those can burn.

[@anitaleroy9442]

water is just for refreshing the structures, not extinguish, for extinguish they use foam and the aim to stop contact with oxygen. but with a scale, the fire has to burnt down itself, at least for the most part of the plant.

[@Og-Judy]

They brought in Team from Louisiana to put foam on the fire? They have foam trucks at O'Hare international Airport. ALL major airports have foam trucks that could have showed up. Only way to really fight a chemical fire which is generally more "oily" and we all know water and oil don't mix. Chemtool should have had a fire suppression system with dry chemicals in place!

[@anitaleroy9442]

Remember me of Rouen Lubrizol. Fire at midnigh in the storage, firefighters (in a city with Seveso and chemicals classidied plants) had no foam. They called the foam (only on truck) from the private refinery 30 miles away (with an highway). I took hours to get the truck and begin at dawn to fight the fire, while the city had been engulfed under the plume for hours.

[@notthatdonald1385]

How was a large chemical factory be allowed to build within yards of a river? Some type of corruption for sure.

[@anitaleroy9442]

No worry, Lubrizol Rouen is close to the river Seine (you know the river through Paris...)

[@priscillaross-fox9407]

Big money from billionaires talks and gets their way no matter what the consequences.

[@johnanderson-lb9zi]

Lubricants will go up in price you watch

[@rusaliagumerova1896]

Seem to be a loads of fires 🔥 all over the world,that’s not normal

[@Og-Judy]

There has always been fires around the world. Just not on YT and other video media platforms to alarm all the Chicken Littles out their! "The end is near .... The sky is falling! Ahhhh...... run for your life! " ! Jeepers Nellie. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@evilvolts]

never heard of Rockton where is this?

[@quentinquogamoddy1999]

It's in Illinois, west of Chicago and just south of Wisconsin.

[@jimleech2364]

key to getting this fire out was foam spray. Unfortunately it was not brought in til the plant was just about gone.

[@JBernert52]

THE MIXTURE OF THESE PRODUCTS IGNITING REMIND ME OF NAPALM USED IN WW2 AND VIETNAM HOW AWFUL.

[@16Rra]

🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽

[@Dr_Nuclear-sloth]

Cuase you were alive for both

[@reonholt6190]

@@Dr_Nuclear-sloth 😆

[@DriverJ-N]

happy no one died by the looks of it I thought there would be a few...

[@DanzRdy]

Face panties still in Illinois, sadder than the accident itself.

[@OregonCrow]

4:29 JESUS CHRIST LADY! Looks like your children are far behind either....

[@BWowed]

Make sure you get all the drama in the title as possible..

[@bkwil6078]

Great idea to build a chemical plant next to a river

[@Dr_Nuclear-sloth]

Thank your local Republicans

[@quentinquogamoddy1999]

Most chemical plants ARE built along side a river. They have to have a cheap source of water for cooling the process, for making steam, and possibly as a raw material. A plant this size (based on aerial views) will probably use 500,000 gallons per day. That's 21,000 gallons every hour. Some large plants and paper mills I've been to use 27 to 44 Million Gallons of water every Day. They bring it in, filter it, treat it to drop all silt and mud out, use it in their process, then discharge it to a manmade lagoon or pond where it will sit for 3 to 7 days to let the natural bacteria and yeast in the air eat up any bad components, then is tested to be sure it doesn't have any acid or alkali in it, tested for oxygen content, total suspended solids, and for any contaminants specific to that chemical plant, and if it meets state and federal (EPA) guidelines, then it is discharged back into the river.

[@quentinquogamoddy1999]

@@Dr_Nuclear-sloth It's not just Repubs. Dems do it, too. See my other reply comments. ALL industrial plants have to have a cheap source of water. The EPA was formed in 1971 under Pres. Nixon (Repub) to combat and oversee industrial waste discharge into the air, water, and ground. But I'm sure Dems had to agree in Congress for the bill to pass and get to Nixon's desk. He DID NOT come up with it on his own, I assure you. He wasn't that smart. Previous to that, industry would dump willy-nilly into streams and belch crap into the air. You could not swim in Lake Erie, and the Houston ship channel often caught on fire from petroleum product floating on the surface.

[@susycue3]

I live 63 mi south. Going to bed now, and opened windows cuz turned ac off. Air has an odd smell. Also smoky smell.

[@josephmigliore2581]

The smell at ground zero is unbearable and your eyes burn horrible after being out more than a few mins even if the smoke isent straight above you

[@anitaleroy9442]

@@josephmigliore2581 Yes, same experience at Rouen, Lubrizol fire 2019. the particulates fall down from the plume. Full face gas masks are a must.

[@anitaleroy9442]

Don't breath this air. The odd smell is from all the toxic organic vapors and combined products from the fire. Be aware of inner pollution of home, air con, and so on.

[@mopthermopther]

burn for days ...? that’s nice

[@davidmordt5649]

Nice mask. The police “FORCED” you to MOVE. Umm, the police got their orders from the firefighters. They should have left y’all where you were.

[@cathyeller5722]

I caught that to, "Forced" it was for her own safety. Should of pushed her in, she would be the first with her hand up yelling "they didn't protect me". Silly people

[@Dr_Nuclear-sloth]

@@cathyeller5722 bunch of negative Nancy's

[@anitaleroy9442]

So close to the plume, even, if on the opposite, she should had something more efficient than this mask. Air with changing winds can be filled with fine PM2.5 .

[@codychow180]

I thought i was looking at la soufriere

[@stephenclabaugh2651]

Tonight’s feature movie following this broadcast is “up in smoke “starring Cheech and Chong

[@reonholt6190]

😆

[@Glock_Lesn4r]

Fauci is recommending 4 masks.

[@dfwprodriver2752]

Father God keep everyone safe in Jesus name!

[@purgeanarchy4846]

Nie wiem jak ci strażacy mogą chodzić w tych useless kaszkietowkach

[@KevinTheDogGuy]

100s still missing presumed dead 😢

[@ericamiles666]

Looks like Iran getting some revenge 😂

[@hoosierdaddy8002]

Bought a lot of their lithium bearing grease when I was a printer.

[@Destroyer369]

Dirt use dirt that suffocates the fire

[@wileydickerson2511]

Dirt snuffed the Chernobyl reactor fire

[@paulkazjack]

Aint that big.

[@rkrk-tc1mk]

well if you cant make money and taxed to death ,,, burn it out ,,