currently closed because it s inside the 1.5-mile evacuation radius. sheriffs vehicles blocking anyone getting on or off it. getting around as if getting around wasn t difficult enough, now this major highway is closed. as you are discussing, there s a lot of conflicting information right now beginning last night when there were two reports of explosions at this arkema plant. today we wake up to hear county officials and an executive from the chemical plant saying it wasn t an explosion. it was a chemical reaction. basically what s happening, the arkema executive said they have nine containers of organic compounds that are highly flammable. they anticipated harvey hitting their property so they closed shop. they brought in backup generators and those failed. then they brought in another system and that failed. right now one of the nine containers basically combusted, caused a fire and released with their calling irritants into the air. we are trying to determine just
those plumes, we would consider that dangerous. a lot of interesting information. it makes it more mores for people in the area, sandra. sandra: a diversified chemical manufacturer operating in north america at the larger chemical company, they operate in over 50 countries. they are north american and operations. a global producer of high-performance materials, industrial specialties among other things. in that press conference yesterday, we heard the arkema executive stated the smokes toxicity is a relative thing. still leaving a lot of ambiguity as to the actual nature of these fumes coming out of there. have you had a chance to talk to any nearby residents about their concern for the fires and these fumes? yesterday we were in that area all day.