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Watch now: Illinois chemical plant explosion, fires prompt evacuations

SARA BURNETT and DON BABWIN Associated Press This footage was filmed and produced 14 June 2021. A massive fire broke out at a chemical plant in Rockton, northern Illinois Monday morning, June 14. An evacuation order was issued for residents within a one-mile radius of the site due to potentially hazardous chemicals in the air. Video Location: Rockton, Illinois, US CHICAGO — An explosion at a northern Illinois chemical plant Monday morning sparked massive fires that sent flames and huge plumes of thick black smoke high into the air and debris raining onto the ground, prompting evacuations. After 7 a.m., emergency crews rushed to the scene of the fire near Rockton, northwest of Chicago, at Chemtool Inc., a company that manufactures lubricants, grease products and other fluids, and is, according to the company, the largest manufacturer of grease in the Americas.

Illinois chemical plant explosion, fires prompt evacuations

By SARA BURNETT and DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — An explosion at a northern Illinois chemical plant Monday morning sparked massive fires that sent flames and huge plumes of thick black smoke high into the air and debris raining onto the ground, prompting evacuations. After 7 a.m., emergency crews rushed to the scene of the fire near Rockton, northwest of Chicago, at Chemtool Inc., a company that manufactures lubricants, grease products and other fluids, and is, according to the company, the largest manufacturer of grease in the Americas. Rockton Fire Department Chief Kirk Wilson said about 70 employees were evacuated safely from the plant, and that one firefighter suffered a minor injury. Chemtool s parent company, Lubrizol Corp., later said there were closer to 50 employees present when the plant was evacuated.

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