A chemical fire burned for days in Parkersburg, WV

[spinbaby]

And if I hadn’t had friends in WV, I would have never heard of it. It’s at a warehouse that’s been a dumping ground for stuff DuPont can’t legally get rid of. Local residents are frantically worried and the fire is getting next to no news coverage.

https://m.imgur.com/gallery/2TraE

https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/fire-continues-to-burn-at-parkersburg-facility/article_007c3008-917a-5e83-9727-76bf3f822d6d.html

[underpants]

1. Saw this a few days ago and forgot to post on it

No news coverage at all.

[appleannie1943]

2. I posted it on facebook. It was on PGH news almost a week ago.

It still was not out as of yesterday.

[benld74]

3. The link to the gallery thread is especially hellish to look at

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. Parkersburg Warehouse Fire "90 Percent" Extinguished

West Virginia emergency officials say a warehouse fire that began last week is nearly out.

Lubeck Fire Chief Mark Stewart estimates that the fire in South Parkersburg is "90 percent" extinguished from ongoing efforts by firefighters.

The goal is to finish overnight Friday and Saturday, then monitor it for up to two days for possible flare-ups.

The 420,000-foot (130,000-meter) warehouse property where the fire broke out Saturday is owned by Columbia, Maryland-based Intercontinental Export Import Inc., which says on its website that it buys and sells an array of recycled plastics worldwide.

http://www.wvillustrated.com/story/36649951/parkersburg-warehouse-fire-90-percent-extinguished

10% of something that big is still a lot, though.

[Achilleaze]

5. Corporate media failing America

It a very old and sad story.

[Persondem]

6. This kind of news needs to get more play. Thank you for posting K & R nt

[onethatcares]

7. what a strange coinkydink.

It seems that Union Carbide, which brought Bhopal to the world, merged with Dow Chemical, which in turn merged with some company called DuPont.

And after all that hip shaking, money making, people killing, healthcare job creatin' bullshit, they are still in the business of "better dieing through chemistry".

We have fucked the Earth over and I dn't think she's coming back soon.

Somebody talk me down.

[spanone]

8. K&R...

[Crabby Appleton]

9. Someone on DU posted about this

Last edited Sat Oct 28, 2017, 11:34 AM - Edit history (1)

About a week ago.

link added:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029741540