Massive Explosion Rocks Detroit
A tank containing diesel fuel has exploded during maintenance work at Marathon Detroit Refinery, forcing a mandatory evacuation order for a nearby area. One employee has been injured in the blast, authorities said.
Reports of the explosion and fire came in just before 6 pm local time.
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Authorities on the ground say the explosion injured an employee. The incident occurred during a maintenance check.
Marathon spokesman Shane Pochard tells the Detroit Free Press the small fire Wednesday morning was extinguished quickly and the worker had minor injuries.
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The adjacent city of Melvindale however ordered a partial evacuation due to concerns over air quality from the fire rise. State police also closed ramps from I-75 to Schaefer in both directions.
“Police have blocked Fort Street off by I-75 south … oh my goodness … there’s an ambulance out here, a fireman standing outside, you know, it doesn’t look like they are trying to get close. They are not trying to go in there,” one listener told the local radio station.
A witness, Dan Taylor told the Detroit News that“I saw the fire ball. The whole top of the tank was on fire and you could see it melted.”
The fire erupted in one of the refinery’s smaller tanks, Pochard told the Detroit Free Press.
Marathon’s own fire crew were battling the flames, along with first responders from Detroit and surrounding areas. At least two trucks at the scene were streaming water and two trucks were streaming foam.
A HazMat team from the Detroit Fire Department and Senior Fire Chief Carl Smith were at the scene as well. The fire was extinguished just before 8 pm local time.
About 300 Marathon employees and additional 300-400 contractors work at the refinery, Peter Brokas, the head of security told the Detroit Free Press.
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Obams admin had something to do with this too many accidents all of a sudden with Obama in office. look no farther he is the guilty one
“oh my goodness … there’s an ambulance out here, ”
That’s about all you need to know about this article. Lame local news with alarmist headline. OP is wasting everyone’s time.
Its so sad that you’re so brainwashed, that you think things exploding all over the US as normal.
Not quite massive enough. Detroit is still standing.
all these things happening at once and with no evidence, the government blames muslims,cummon ppl of earth theres agenda here and everything is premeditated DO YOUR RESEARCH
I blame Muslims for everything, the weather, the hole in the ozone layer, global warming, and I even blame Muslims for Islamic inspired Jihad.
Oh ok, they are probably only responsible for the last one, but hey, I can’t hep disliking Muslims for supporting an ideology that promotes Islamic Jihad, and the slaughter of innocent women and children.
You do ‘your’ research.
” and the slaughter of innocent women and children.”
you think muslims have a monopoly on that.. get real dik…
over one million innocent men women and children in afghanistan and iraq.. in recent times, and the christaian crusaders responsible aint finished yet – thats not to mention the displaced, the crippled.. and the countless more that are yet to die from the depleted uranium poisoning.. fer generations to come..
gwbushs christian jihad.. because god told him to..
lol – youre so retarde.. id suggest you get a clue before you did any research.. at 50 cents a pop.. its not too expensive.. but in your case youd need a spare million or two..
For Detroit, it’s an improvement. Hahaha…
Hey! Be Nice!
no Obama voters died,too damn bad!
how is any other voter better than an obama voter?
anyone who votes is endorsing someone else to rule over them, fact is though, doesnt matter which way you vote, it makes no difference. the winner of a presidential election is determined way before an election.
your comment only lets people know you have no functioning cognizant capabilities.
What does voting for Obama have to do with this?
If you voted for Mitt Romney, you still voted for the same Elite to control us all.
Are you SO STUPID that you think voting matters? WOW WHAT IS WITH ALL THESE SHEEP ON HERE?!
Look Im sorry folks.. but Diesel fuel is almost impossible to detonate.. its not an explosive.. its a fuel.. Liquids are a hell of a lot harder to detonate than solids.. the only exception would be Nitro Glycerine.. due to the inherent cooling effect of a liquid..
Diesel is designed to explode only when
A) its in an atomized form..
B) In an enclosed space ( you cant detonate diesel in open air )
c) Under high compression.. that mix will detonate.. that’s how a diesel engine operates..but a tank full of liquid diesel could not explode of its own accord.. someone.. must have used other explosives to set it off.. and even then, most of the damage would be from a resulting fire..
apology accepted
Boston Marathon explosion, Detroit Marathon explosion….just pondering.
Thats what I was thinking too, while reading this.
Don’t worry folks. Nothing to see here. Detroit’s already a dessicated husk of what once was a thriving city. All this did was make demolition of the city a bit easier.
Fear for you togehter with a pattern of awareness.
OK… let’s see how many of you brainwashed people blame Obama for this one.
Seems everyone wants to blame Obama. He doesnt even call the shots, hes the puppet thats told what to do. His strings are pulled, and so he speaks. His strings are pulled, so he shuts up.
He is a good, obedient puppet. Just like all our other Presidents.
Remember, if you refuse to be a puppet like JFK, you get killed!!!
Its the same as people saying Bush caused 9/11. No he didnt, he was just doing as he was told! hahahaha sheep baaaaaa
Have a look at this pathetic “mickey mouse’ attempt by the cabal to rev up the move to martial law – about as pathetic as the lame (gay) smoke and mirrors in Boston – and its fu.king DIESEL – try lighting that up – it aint aviation gas. But what diesel DOES do is create big masses of black smoke when it eventually ignites – just the thing for ‘effect’. And the fact that this has a Marathon connection would be no accident – the zionist/illuminati agenda links everything. Look to the sky !!
Omg “Marathon” Detroit Refinery Lol Lets run the next one.
Diesel fuel does not explode it burns its a fuel oil. Its not explosive like gasoline vapors. They slipped up again.