Factory Fire In Detroit

[PassingFair]

Source: WWJ



Detroit (WWJ) -- Detroit firefighters were working to put out a fire at a chemical plant in Detroit Monday afternoon. Smoke from the fire could be seen for miles.



Fire officials say there has been some explosions inside the Diversified Chemical Technologies building on Woodrow Wilson and Pilgrim, which is near the Lodge Freeway and McNichols. A number of chemicals are inside the building, according to officials.

"The fire started in an auto plating facility and the building stores chemicals, solvents and acids," Deputy Fire Commissioner Seth Doyle told WWJ.


Read more: http://www.wwj.com/Factory-Fire-In-Detroit/5069464

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Yikes. Visible from all expressways...
I WONDERED what was going on...

[susanna]

1. We saw it here in SW Detroit too.

That's quite a ways...

Hope they can get it under control.

[SharonRB]

2. That must be what I saw as I headed from the Lodge onto

696 from work in Southfield this afternoon. Location sounds right.

[PassingFair]

4. Hey-- I SAW you....

Near the zoo...but you were looking STRAIGHT ahead.

I was the idiot in the Cadillac with the DFA sticker.....

:hi:

[Octafish]

5. Hey, I let you in at the barrels!

Sunday, though, had to go way 'round cause even 10-Mile has the barrels.

[PassingFair]

6. Was that you..."straddling the lanes"?

The whole shebang was closed this weekend...

I'm late everywhere I go these days.

(LatER...)

:hi:

[alcibiades_mystery]

3. Airborne Toxic Event?

:-)

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

7. Geeze,

I hope all my homies held their breath as they drove by..........