Ethanol each area Officials Say that adds up to more than 250,000 gallons of fuel. That may sound like a lot but it is a fraction of what the tank hold. Authorities discussed the massive firefighting effort. Crews poured 15,000 gallons of Firefighting Foam on the fire yesterday which was diluted with water. Has been on the sce all day yesterday and he is back there again today. Tom, we are expecting a News Conference in about 25 minutes or so. Any indication of what they might say or whether there are new developments . Reporter i think there are not new developments or anything they can talk about at this moment. That is why they have backed it up for a little bit. Clearly they are trying to gather more information. You have to understand what is going on here is very slow and pains taking and will pretty dangerous. As a result what you have to do is go slowly carefully so yothat could cost them on an injury or their life. Having said all of that, here is how todays events went and th
Federal atf investigators are on scene along with cal osha, county, and other local agencies. The plant is shut down until such time osha determines it is no longer hazardous. A quarter million gallons of flammable ethanol materials were consumed, the equivalent of 28 big greg gasoline tanker trucks. So far firefighters have used one and a half million gallons of Firefighting Foam and water mixture to suppress the mixture. The usually dry containment areas that surround the tanks to prevent toxic runoff are holding a lot of materials from the tanks as well as the water and Firefighting Foam. We believe there is no risk of fire but out of an abundance of caution we are keeping foam blankets on both of those containment pods to mitigate any risk of further ignition. The tanks that sit next to the burned ones are being vented into the atmosphere to let off pressure. The tank anti leaking valves were damaged in the fire. That system has been compromised because of the fire so they are vent
Toxic, black smoke, forcing people to remain in their homes. Ktvus tom vacar was out there yesterday, he was there again this afternoon. Investigators got a search warrant for nustar, is that unusual or Standard Operating Procedure . Reporter its pretty much Standard Operating Procedure, but they do say they want to get to the bottom of it. You will see some fire trucks down between the tanks, and then the foreground, youre going to see a dry ground underneath these tanks, closest to us. But then, if you look behind, youll see a white lake on the tanks that are farthest from us. You can also see, where theyve been scorched a bit by the heat. Thats how much foam that they have actually put down on this. But as you said, the Contra Costa County fire Agency Issued a warrant on nustar agency f investigators are on the scene along with cal osha, county, fire, and other local agencies. The plant is essentially shut down until such time osha determines its no longer hazardous. A quarter milli
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