Sheriffs department and the d as office to interview witnesses and examine documents and digital data like surveillance video. They are working as one team. We shouldnt be subjected to this. We do not clearly, we do not want Industrial Facilities having accidents like this. Reporter and we are back here live. Again, firefighters now tell us that they have begun removing some of that foam. They are putting that foam into those red containers you see behind us. This is going to be a very long process. They have got a lot of material to work with. They also tell me that the folks here at nustar are fully cooperating with the investigation, adding that a search warrant in a case of this magnitude is not uncommon. Reporting live, jodi hernandez. Thanks for that update. Now, that black smoke billowed from the nustar fire for hours. Its gone. But the question is what hazardous particles were in that smoke and how hazardous was it . Firefighters also sprayed a blanket of foam all day to help c
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
Still on edge. Its like having your nerves knocked right out of your body. Reporter dennis lives north of the new star facility in crockett. He claims his home was damaged when two tanks explode explode e afternoon. Thats where it cracked. Reporter the blast cracked a window pictured here, he says. Today he feels on edge. Im a vietnam veteran. And with post Traumatic Stress disorder. I was afraid our house wasnt okay and our animals werent okay. That was my major thought was taking care of the animals. Reporter the Unified School District canceled classes for the day. On a normal day, those empty tables would be filled with High School Students at lunch time here at judys place, one of just a handful of restaurants here in crockett. At a park nearby,nearby,nearby, thinking twice. It was in between us and our childrens school, so it is a concern. Reporter for her son and daughter, its just another day. Residents tell me it is usuall slow moving here, but today since the students are out
Forget, even now. 30 years later. I lived in San Francisco in 1989. And it would have been really helpful to know, like, how to check in with other people in my network, etc. Reporter if you do file quake, the nations first set nate wide quake warning will be eventually launched by governor gavin newsom and other officials thursday. It will be the same wireless system that issues amber alerts and nap called my shake that gives realtime information. Download the my shake up to get a warning when earthquake shaking is headed your way. The app will be available for download on your smart phone. If a quake is at least a magnitude 4. 5, people in the area that are likely to feel the shaking will get a warning. Earthquake, drop cover, hold on. Depending on how far you are from the ep wall so i dont fall over. Just a few seconds warning would be great. Some say even an alert after a quake is helpful. It will feel like a truck is driving by and we will not necessarily know it is an earthquake
It can give you some pretty valuable seconds to get to safety. Earthquake. Drop cover, hold on. Shaking expected. Reporter this is what the app, that will be released tomorrow will look and sound like in the event of a quake. Familiarize users with the my shake app. This is best described as a rapid detection system and rapid dissemination of earthquake information. Reporter the way this Early Detection system should work was illustrated in real time earlier this summer during a News Conference following a series of quakes in southern california. Oh oh 5. 7. Okay. So we have an earthquake thats already begun. Reporter dr. Lucy jones was at caltech describing tremors from the ridgecrest quake when instruments detected an aftershock. Early warning sys waiting to roll out the network of seismic detectors like this one that was recently installed in the bay area. More centers means better chances at detecting and sending out reliable warnings. In earthquake country every second counts. If