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Texas Refinery Explosion

#1 Postby feederband » Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:30 am

Buildings shook 40 miles away...


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#2 Postby feederband » Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:31 am

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#3 Postby feederband » Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:37 am

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#4 Postby feederband » Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:41 am

Fox has a spokesman for the refinery and he is saying 1 injury?
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Re: Texas Refinery Explosion

#5 Postby tropicana » Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:33 am

hope everyone is safe.

my brother works on the oil refineries, and he just got back a few days ago after spending the last month in Texas and Louisiana. His assignment took him to , among other places, Midland, which is like 40 miles west of Big Spring.
I know he makes good money, anyone who works in oil does, but this is the reason why, there is always a huge risk involved.

Keep us up to date . Anyone close to the scene? or can see the smoke?

-justin-
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#6 Postby southerngale » Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:35 pm

The last I heard was 5 injuries, but had just heard 4 before that somewhere else, so not sure. One worker was sent to a burn unit. No deaths though! It blew the doors off a school building that was several miles away, and they said it shook buildings 50 miles away. Local folks said it felt like an earthquake.
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Re: Texas Refinery Explosion

#7 Postby Stephanie » Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:23 pm

I'm glad to see that there weren't any deaths.
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