a chemical fire turns day into night. and sends a community searching for cover. quite frankly, it looked like we had hell on earth down there. october 4th, 2011. a fire breaks out 30 miles south of dallas at the magnablend chemical plant in waxahachie, texas. the blaze ignites thousands of gallons of liquid chemicals and within minutes transforms acres of buildings into a sea of flames. once it got to the products, typically the mineral oil and the hydrocarbon based products petroleum products, that s going to light off and continue until there s no more fire load. fireballs explode while a thick black blanket of smoke spews hundreds of feet in the air. the morning sky grow so dark local resident chris dillinger believes a storm is brewing on the horizon. at first i thought, man, is that a rain cloud? i thought the skies were clear. i take a second look. that s not a rain cloud at all.
a chemical fire turns day into night. and sends a community searching for cover. quite frankly, it looked like we had hell on earth down there. october 4th, 2011. a fire breaks out 30 miles south of dallas at the magnablend chemical plant in waxahachie, texas. the blaze ignites thousands of gallons of liquid chemicals and within minutes transforms acres of buildings into a sea of flames. once it got to the products, typically the mineral oil and the hydrocarbon based products petroleum-based products, that s going to light off and continue until there s no more fire load. fireballs explode while a thick black blanket of smoke spews hundreds of feet in the air. the morning sky grows so dark local resident chris dillinger believes a storm is brewing on
a chemical fire turns day into night. and sends a community searching for cover. quite frankly, it looked like we had hell on earth down there. october 4th, 2011. a fire breaks out 30 miles south of dallas at the magnablend chemical plant in waxahachie, texas. the blaze ignites thousands of gallons of liquid chemicals and within minutes transforms acres of buildings into a sea of flames. once it got to the products, typically the mineral oil and the hydrocarbon based products petroleum products, that s going to light off and continue until there s no more fire load. fireballs explode while a thick black blanket of smoke spews hundreds of feet in the air.
tornado warning sirens that folks need to pay attention to in the dallas-fort worth area. the aerial footage has shown tractor trucks beingr sucked up by the storm. at least one person reportedly injured in cleburne though we are not confirming this ourselves. this is according to a local report. but lancaster, texas, 20 miles south of dallas is in the eye of this storm and dallas, texas, apparently not out of the woods yet. is that the case, gregg? reporter: it depend on how you define dallas. it s a large metropolitan area. a warning exists along the eastern portion of dallas and another west of dallas. a large part of the metroplex is under threat from at least one and possibly two tornadoes.
for cover. quite frankly, it looked like we had hell on earth down there. october 4th, 2011. a fire breaks out 30 miles south of dallas at the magnablend chemical plant in waxahachie, texas. the blaze ignites thousands of gallons of liquid chemicals and within minutes transforms acres of buildings into a sea of flames. once it got to the products, typically the mineral oil and the hydrocarbon based products petroleum products, that s going to light off and continue until there s no more fire load. fireballs explode while a thick black blanket of smoke spews hundreds of feet in the air. the morning sky grow so dark local resident chris dillinger believes a storm is brewing on the horizon. at first i thought, man, is that a rain cloud? i thought the skies were clear. i take a second look. that s not a rain cloud at all.