http://www.netscape.com/viewstory/2006/11/22/explosion-sparks-huge-fire-near-boston/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.yahoo.com%2Fs%2Fap%2F20061122%2Fap_on_re_us%2Fmassachusetts_explosion&frame=trueChemical plant explodes near Boston
A chemical plant exploded early Wednesday, sparking a massive fire and blowing debris for blocks that damaged nearly 90 homes but caused only minor injuries, officials said.
The explosion hit just before 3 a.m. and could be felt miles from the CAI Inc. plant, about 20 miles north of Boston. About 300 people were in the surrounding neighborhood at the time, but police who went door-to-door throughout the area found fewer than a dozen had been injured, and none was in serious condition, T (adv. in way, so couldn't copy and past all of this paragraph)
The explosion ripped rooftops from homes, and buildings were shaken off their foundations. Nearly all of the about 90 homes in the surrounding neighborhood were damaged, including 15 to 25 that probably can't be saved, Tutko said. Residents, including those in a nursing home a facility for the deaf, were evacuated to shelters set up at area schools.
Nancy Chick, who lives in a second-floor condo across the Crane River, said the shock bowed her windows inward and pulled her curtains halfway out before the windows returned to their normal position in the frames.
Afterward, the curtains hung from their rod and flapped outside her window, even though it was closed.
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Mike Nalipinski, on-scene coordinator for
Environmental Protection Agency, said preliminary tests showed a low level of toluene, a solvent, but no significant dangers.
Runoff from water used by fire fighters left a purple sheen on the nearby river, and water tests were being conducted, but Nalipinski said it was not a drinking water supply and the chemical evaporates quickly.
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