out now. it is dangerous. trying to establish what was in the air, what was happening. couldn t get an answer. now, arkema says these are organic compounds. they have nine containers on the property. one of them combusted wednesday night. there was an explosion wednesday night. thursday morning, they are chemist said it wasn t an explosion, it was a chemical reaction. they did say the containers can go at any time. if they do, the material is very flammable. they did give that community a heads up. it looks like unfortunately we are seeing more fires. anybody in the 1.5-mile radius or even beyond, it is a very worrisome situation. bret: matt finn in houston. we look live here. this plant manufacturer manufactures organic peroxides, commonly used in these products like industrial paints, styrofoam plates, cups.
black plumes, you need to get out now. it is dangerous. trying to establish what was in the air, what was happening. couldn t get an answer. now, arkema says these are organic compounds. they have nine containers on the property. one of them combusted wednesday night. there was an explosion wednesday night. thursday morning, they are chemist said it wasn t an explosion, it was a chemical reaction. they did say the containers can go at any time. if they do, the material is very flammable. they did give that community a heads up. it looks like unfortunately we are seeing more fires. anybody in the 1.5-mile radius or even beyond, it is a very worrisome situation. bret: matt finn in houston. we look live here. this plant manufacturer manufactures organic peroxides, commonly used in these products like industrial paints,
questions. yeah. real quick. in spanish, our part of it. [ speaking spanish ] all right. you ve been listening to this news conference in crosby texas. this is about the chemical plant. you re looking at some live pictures of that plant right now where there are fires ablaze. this fire was set off overnight sort of chemical reaction that went off overnight. now the officials you re listening to right now insist it wasn t an explosion. other folks did say there was a blast. in any case, there are clearly fires burning from these chemicals, organic par rox side, it s called. officials from the county and
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
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