so to watch sort of parse your words this morning, sort of set off, no pun in tended, people in the area who are like what is this guy doing. the it s an explosion but i don t understand why you re so picky with words. when you see the fire burning and damage done it s clear it s more than just a reaction. you must not have heard me say that containers ruptured. small pop or sound of a popping sound. what i don t want is the public to think these are massive explosions. we re trying to make sure the citizens are comfortable in what s going on and they know the truth. and so with that, these are small container ruptures that may have a sound. excuse me. may have a sound of a pop or something of that nature. this is not a massive explosion. small explosion? that s what you re going to call it. i m going to call it a container
words and sort of set off, no pun intended, people in the area, who are like what is this guy doing, right? so it s an explosion but i don t understand why you guys are sort of so picky with words. was it a small explogs? when you look at the aerial view, you see the fire burning and the damage there s been done. it s clearitis more than just a reaction. you mus not have heard me say the containers ruptured. a small pop or sound of a popping sound. i don t want the people to think that these are massive explosions. we re trying to make sure that our citizens are comfortable in what s going on that they know the truth, and so with that, these are small container ruptures that may have a sound, excuse me, may have a sound of a pop or something of that nature. this is not a massive explosion. small explogs. that s what you call it. i m going to call it a container rupture.
over night two containers released nont-toxic irritants. they re saying they don t want to scare the public by saying explosions when they were more like ruptures. listen to how the fire marshall explained it today. these are not massive explosions. we want our citizens to feel comfortable. these are small ruptures that may have a sound of a pop or something of that nature. this is not a massive explosion. right, small explosion, that is what you re going to call it, i m going to call it a container rupture. but a company representative left open the possibility of a
least eight containers on the site to quote, pop and burn or possibly explode. these are scarry times. the grounds of the plant had been already evacuated in anticipation of the disaster. it was swamped by more than 40 inches of rain and the electricity has been out since sunday. joining us now by phone, assistant chief of emergency operations bob royal of the harris county fire marshall s office. good morning, i m so, so sorry for what you re going through. help us understand the status know, in a news conference a short while ago you describe what happened at the plant, a container rupture. the company is calling it an explosion. we re so far away and scare d by these images. walk us through what s going on. great, i d be happy to. thank you for allowing us to come on this morning. we are here in crosby, texas and we have a chemical plant here east of crosby called arkema,