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Bainbridge [South Georgia] — An explosion…

Posted By Walter Schneider On March 27, 2007 @ 7:39 am In Explosions & Fires, Emission Incidents & Issues, Sulphur Logistics, Sulphur-Dioxide | No Comments

WALB News 10

Bainbridge [South Georgia] — An explosion at a [1] Bainbridge sulfur plant ignited a huge fire Monday afternoon. Firefighters from several departments battled the blaze.

No one was hurt, and no one who lives near the plant was evacuated [on account of the wind blowing the right way, “towards a less populated area” — folc.ca
], but with a plant full of toxic chemicals, a disaster was narrowly avoided. ….([2] Full Story)

The following contains photos and a video:

[3] Fire causes major damage at sulfur plant
By BRENNAN LEATHERS, News Writer; The Post-Searchlight, 2007 03 26

Article printed from Lamont County Environment: http://lce.folc.ca

URL to article: http://lce.folc.ca/2007/03/27/bainbridge-south-georgia-an-explosion/

URLs in this post:
[1] Bainbridge sulfur plant: http://georgiagulfsulfur.com/georgiagulfsulfur.htm
[2] Full Story: http://www.walb.com/Global/story.asp?S=6284794&nav=5kZQ
[3] Fire causes major damage at sulfur plant: http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18129145&BRD=2068&PAG=461&
dept_id=387472&rfi=6

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