Official: Three dead in chemical plant explosion [In Jacksonville, Florida]

CNN ^ | 12/19/2007 | CNN

[Tulsa Ramjet]

..developing.

[underground]

Uhhh coal, I think.

I’m still online and my coffee is hot, hope its not a big problem :O

[A. Morgan]

Someone watching CNN said it is a transformer burning... can’t confirm this.

[Red Badger]

I can’t see the video here at work, but it looks like it in the still. The one I was thinking of was near downtown........

[papertyger]

Is it the one I’m thinking of with the very large cooling towers on the St. Johns River?

I think you're thinking of the coal fired plant in Palatka.

[Red Badger]

Transformer burning? What? The city?...........

[gridlock]

Someone planted a post, or did they post a plant? I'm so confused.

Just so long as nobody asks us to Ignore This Post...

[papertyger]

Hey, this is series! Hugh need to be more understanding.

[deport]

shower time...... then a nap

[Red Badger]

Are you in/from Jax? I spent my “formative” years there.......Ribault HS, FJC.......

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Where!

What fuel? Coal? Natural gas? Fuel oil?

Hydrogen explosion? Breaker explosion?

[VirginiaConstitutionalist]

Bush did it! Impeach!

[papertyger]

I’m in Orange Park, the fifth side of town...

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Hmmmmm........

http://kstp.com/article/stories/S289298.shtml?cat=1

“An explosion and fire in an energy plant was reported in Washington County (MN) Tuesday night.

Part of the Xcel Energy King Plant located at 5701 St. Croix Trail in Oak Park Heights exploded and created a fire on the seventh floor of the plant in a coal storage bunker, according to Tom Hoen, spokesman for Xcel Energy......”

[Red Badger]

I lived in Sherwood Forest, on the Northside near Soutel avenue.........’69-75......

[EarthBound]

Cool! I lived in Orange Park for the first 9 years of my life. Was born in a hospital in Mandarin, and attended Elementary school at Lakeside. Small world. Moved to Atlanta and have been here 16 years.

[wolfpat]

Ain’t no nukes near Jacksonville.

[dfwgator]

Man those Steelers fans sure take their losses hard.

[Little Bill]

Sounds like burn back caused by bridging in the feed silo, if that is the cause the operator is a dumb ass.

[null and void]

Update, not a power facility, reported as at a chemical storage facility nearby.

[michigander]

At least 4 Injured in Explosion

JACKSONVILLE, FL-- Rescue crews are responding to a huge explosion on New Berlin and Faye Road.

We are told at least 4 people have been transported to the hospital.

Our cameras saw a ball of fire shooting up into a huge cloud of black smoke.

Callers near the scene say the explosion shook their cars.

One caller who works at the JEA plant nearby says officials told him it was a chemical explosion and workers are being evacuated.

Other witnesses have called First Coast News and said they were also told to get out.

A spokesperson for the Holiday Inn on New Berlin road says that the front doors were blown off their hinges and that they can smell the smoke. She says the smoke as a strange odor but that they have not yet been told to evacuate.

Stay with First Coast News and Firstcoastnews.com for continuing coverage.

Created: 12/19/2007 2:11:19 PM
Updated: 12/19/2007 2:43:08 PM