DCHAS-L Archives, Apr 26, 2018 - Re: [DCHAS-L] At least 20 reported injured in Superior oil refinery blast followed by more blasts and fires

From: Richard Rosera <richardrosera**At_Symbol_Here**GMAIL.COM>

Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] At least 20 reported injured in Superior oil refinery blast followed by more blasts and fires

Date: Apr 26, 2018 21:43 UTC

Reply-To: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety

In-Reply-To:

The black smoke on the right side of the photos in the link is from a flare - i.e., part of the safety system for the refinery designed to automatically vent & burn flammables in case of an emergency. It is likely to be reduced fairly quickly once the supply of flammables being vented diminishes.

Let's hope the injuries are relatively minor. Explosions are never kind to people (and equipment) in the proximity, and sometimes to those farther afield.

Richard Rosera

Rosearray EHS Services LLC

101 Beryl Street

Los Alamos, NM 87547

Cell: 908-279-4463

On Apr 26, 2018, at 12:33 PM, Jeffrey Lewin <jclewin**At_Symbol_Here**MTU.EDU> wrote:

Breaking news. My step-daughter's nearby campus has been closed (she is okay).

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2018/04/26/20-casualties-reported-superior-refinery-blast/554131002/

Jeff

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