UPDATE: Cause of Fire at Akzo Nobel Chemical Plant Remains Unknown
A fire at the 26-acre facility on Route 6 in Grundy County took five hours and 17 responding units to extinguish.
UPDATED FRIDAY, JULY 15 It took five hours and 17 responding units to extinguish Thursday night's blaze at Akzo Nobel Chemical Plant, according to the Morris Fire Department. "Responding units immediately went into defensive attack with several master streams from aerial devices and ground monitors," a Fire Department news release said. There were no injuries reported, and the cause of the fire and amount of damage are still unknown. The blaze in the Dow Therm unit left a substantial portion of the structure in flames Thursday night, according to fire personnel. Responders set up tower ladders for foam units, and firefighters shut valves preventing additional pressure that was feeding the fire. The alarm went off at 6:35 p.m., and was …
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Bob
8:45 am on Friday, July 15, 2011
I believe I was misunderstood about labor. You are correct I am a retired Union worker and I have been employed at Union Oil as an operator and later have worked at the trades,so I have seen all sides. Again I don't know the cause of this mishap but I strongly don't believe it was done by labor. These plants are old as I said and the reason I asked which side your on is because there are plant … more ›