Well that was quite enough excitement for a year or so.

[barbagris]

Was at may mate's workshop - as is my habit most Thursdays.

We had been repairing one of the hydraulic benches. Just tidying up and WHUUMP - the whole building shook and all sorts of crud fell from the roof.

Brief moment of WTF? and we headed outside - massive pall of dark black smoke.

After an hour or so the police advised everybody to leave the area in a radius of 2kms. Could see the smoke from our house - almost 40miles away.

Waste recycling place. Well it was.

 

[PTT]

Wow! Lucky you weren't closer. Wonder what caused it. Don't those places put out a fair amount of methane?

 

[DJ]

Scary stuff!!!!
How far away were you from the former waste plant?

 

[barbagris]

Scary stuff!!!!
How far away were you from the former waste plant?

1/2 mile-ish.
It was a solvent recycling plant. Most of those will go BANG with ease. The dark clouds indicates heavy solvents.
National news (in Spanish) Un incendio en una planta industrial de Arganda del Rey causa varias explosiones y deja 35 heridos

 

[TRIIICK]

AROUND THE NATION; 25 Injured in Explosion At Aerosol Can Factory I lost a good friend of mine back in the eighties ,he worked at an aerosol can factory. He was burned over 90% of his body. The only place that wasn't burned was around his belt area.. Once the fire hit the flammable aerosol tanks the place was leveled. Shyt happens...

 

[Nat67]

Now that's a fire !
I once rebuilt an industrial unit where an unrestrained acetylene bottle fell over and caught the regulator on the side of an anvil .
The bottle torpedoed right thru the far wall which sparked the electrics , ignited the acetylene and blew the other 3 walls clean out . Killed the 1 guy who was working there at the time and the blast was heard for miles !

 

[Gavin]

I can surely

Was at may mate's workshop - as is my habit most Thursdays.

We had been repairing one of the hydraulic benches. Just tidying up and WHUUMP - the whole building shook and all sorts of crud fell from the roof.

Brief moment of WTF? and we headed outside - massive pall of dark black smoke.

After an hour or so the police advised everybody to leave the area in a radius of 2kms. Could see the smoke from our house - almost 40miles away.

Waste recycling place. Well it was.

I can truly relate to that. 12 years ago today the hazardous waste plant I managed suffered and explosion and catastrophic fire

 

[barbagris]

I can truly relate to that. 12 years ago today the hazardous waste plant I managed suffered and explosion and catastrophic fire

Were you in it when it happened? - Jeez.

 

[barbagris]

The bottle torpedoed right thru the far wall which sparked the electrics ,

When I first stared work; the health and safety talk included a LIVE demo of the reg getting smashed off an acetylene with just compressed air in. Was mounted on a sled and aimed into an earth bank. They just moved the sled a bit each year and left the old bottles embedded into the earth. Was cheaper than digging them out. All your lovely tax pounds at work there.

 

[Nat67]

When I first stared work; the health and safety talk included a LIVE demo of the reg getting smashed off an acetylene with just compressed air in. Was mounted on a sled and aimed into an earth bank. They just moved the sled a bit each year and left the old bottles embedded into the earth. Was cheaper than digging them out. All your lovely tax pounds at work there.

Some of them at least , the rest goes on tweaking the legal system for those that can't decide what gender they wanna be !