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Chemical Plant Explosions Rock Waxahachie
Topic Started: October 3 2011, 08:35 PM (147 Views)
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Chemical Plant Explosions Rock Waxahachie
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A massive fire continues to burn at Magnablend chemical plant along state Highway 287 near Interstate 35E in Waxahachie, prompting evacuations of schools and residences in the immediate area.

Lisa Wheeler with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality said the plant deals with ammonia, sulfuric, hydrochloric, nitric and phosphoric acids and mixes them for fertilizer and agricultural products.

It is advised that anyone in the path of the plume, or anyone that can smell the fire, to try to avoid breathing the air. To that end, the Ellis County Office of Emergency Management issued an evacuation order for those near 35E and 287 before noon Monday.

Winds are pushing the plumes of smoke and particulates from the south to the north at about 6 mph.

The company has three facilities in Waxahachie and the fire is at the Central Facility at 1601 state Highway 287 Bypass just east of Interstate 35E. The TCEQ said the company has a good history of being in compliance with no enforcement history. An official with the EPA is headed to the scene.
Fire Prompts Evacuations of Schools, Residences

Wedgeworth, a nearby elementary school, was evacuated Monday morning. About 650 students were bussed to the Waxahachie Ninth Grade Academy. Parents may pick up their children at the 9th grade campus but must follow proper pickup procedures.

The Ellis County campus of Navarro College was evacuated immediately after the fire broke out.

Residents of a nearby apartment complex, the Solon Place apartments, were also advised to evacuate.

Battling the Fire

While progress by firefighters has been made over the last several hours, the fire continues to be very intense. At about 12:30 p.m. firefighters began to pull back from the scene due to the volatility of the fire. The fire briefly moved beyond the property and into an adjacent field toward the college, but was stalled by firefighters protecting the campus.

The fire continues to burn near a train loaded with tankers stopped on the tracks but has, so far, not crossed the tracks. A fire engine at the property was engulfed by the fire as it spread quickly across the ground.

There are no residences immediately threatened by the fire. The facility is bound by McNaughton Street and 287 to the north, the railroad tracks to the east, the school and a field to the south along John Arden Drive and a parking lot and field to the west.

It is not yet know if anyone has been injured in connection with the fire. An official with Magnablend said the nearly three dozen employees that were in the facility at the time are safe and accounted for.

The Waxahachie Fire Department is being assisted by several departments in battling the fire, including the Dallas HAZMAT team.

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